Clearance Requirement : Must have an active Secret Clearance to be considered

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Required Skills:**

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration field or 5 years of related experience
• Advise as Subject Matter Expert on business innovation, modernization, and transformation projects
• Leverage agile methodologies and data-driven insights to lead teams, execute innovation initiatives, deliver business solutions, and drive workforce culture change
• Facilitate workshops, trainings, and key sessions for strategic planning efforts and execution

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Preferred Skills:**

• Expertise in project management frameworks and methodologies, innovation and design thinking frameworks,

• Knowledge of change management methodologies, strategic communication plans, workshop facilitation, and skills coaching

• Lead and manage innovation projects, ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence, while evaluating emerging technologies to recommend potential applications for the customer

• Design and implement innovation frameworks and processes, and establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and report the impact of innovation initiatives to senior leadership

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate innovative solutions, and identify and mitigate risks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies

• At least 10 years of experience in business administration, innovation, strategic planning, or engineering-related services

• Certifications:

1. o Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
2. o PMP Certification

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or at least 10 years of relevant experience

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Day-to-day Responsibilities:**

• The selected candidate will have several responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities and experience working in the following areas:
• Providing comprehensive project management and support services for innovative business improvement projects. This includes ensuring that all personnel involved have the necessary qualifications and training to perform their tasks effectively
• Creating strategic communication products for senior leadership and workforce reporting
• Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary
• Coaching and facilitation for innovation project owners to help them succeed. This includes reviewing, shaping, aligning, facilitating, providing pitch coaching, and incubating bottom-up innovation projects through various mediums such as innovation campaigns, open calls, and leadership-directed tasking
• Conducting research activities, draw connections between latest regulations/policies and acquisition management gaps, and formulate logical justifications for potential acquisition policy pilots
• Advising on and executing culture initiatives and drive organizational change management. This includes developing and facilitating organizational change workshops, introducing industry standard business practices, and facilitating best-practice knowledge sharing across program offices
• Building, testing, and maintaining various project management tools and templates on a routine basis, and support the decommissioning or updating of outdated tools or templates

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Expected Deliverables:**

• Inventory and Analysis of Innovation Projects Portfolio
• Year-in-Review Report
• Best Practices Guide
• Innovation Toolkit
• Strategic Initiative Framework
• MVPs/Program Pathfinders
• Scaling Plan
• Transition Out Plan
• 5-Year Roadmap
• Assessment Brief