Action Officer

SAIC•Arlington, TX

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Action Officer with an active TS/SCI clearance to join our team. In this critical role, you will support the Principal Director of Integrated Sensing and Cyber within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) Critical Technology Office (CTO). You will be instrumental in developing and maintaining work products that facilitate management decision-making, strategy development, initiative definition, action tracking, and monitoring. Additionally, you will play a key role in planning and executing meetings and workshops. This position offers a Hybrid Remote work arrangement, allowing for the potential of 1-2 days of remote work, with the remaining days onsite at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance.
US citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree with fifteen (15) years of relevant experience or a Master's degree and thirteen (13) years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated strong leadership abilities, with exceptional skills in identifying and resolving problems. Flexibility and initiative to adapt to dynamic environments.
Proven ability to efficiently and effectively work with Senior Executives in high-stakes environments.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience in crafting white papers, briefings, correspondence, and reports.
Exceptional organizational skills with a strong aptitude for team-building and interpersonal relations.
Extensive experience working within high-level organizations such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Staff, and other senior Pentagon entities.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Strong knowledge of OSD-level organizational structure and understanding of the National Defense Strategy and DoD Modernization areas.
Senior Service College Graduate.

Responsibilities

Develop and document frameworks for distilling complex issues and work functions into clear courses of action to support decision making.
Planning and coordinating academic engagement efforts in collaboration with the Director, Academic Outreach.
Track actions and tasks to timely closure; assist and escalate as needed when task owners fail to achieve timely closure.
Facilitate project, initiative, and major work effort planning meetings.
Project, initiative, major work effort planning and management.
Develop executive level status and summary briefings.
Develop planning artifacts including but not limited to statements of work, charters, schedules, and Gantt charts.
Gather information; articulate, analyze, and solve problems; visualize and present information; and provide decision support to achieve mission outcomes.
Create/manage communications for the enterprise, group, and individuals including meeting agendas, briefings, and meeting minutes.
Develop weekly reports on significant activities, report on the effectiveness of events and processes Organize and facilitate internal and external communications on a wide array of subjects including internal and external tasks, program reviews, meetings, congressional events, invitations, speaking events, and resources.