Army Senior Program Associate-Operations

Dcode•Tacoma, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Dcode is seeking a mission-driven, detail-oriented Senior Program Associate to support high-priority initiatives for a defense sector client. This role is ideal for professionals with 2-3 years of experience who can independently own defined workstreams, produce high-quality, decision-ready deliverables, and coordinate effectively across complex government, military, civilian, and industry stakeholder environments. The Operations specialty involves serving as an operational anchor, synchronizing efforts among Army innovation organizations while maintaining situational awareness, coordinating key events and TDYs, updating site information, and producing decision-ready SITREPs. The associate will translate broad objectives and assigned tasks into executable actions, establish repeatable process flows, and proactively resolve operational bottlenecks.

Requirements

2-3 years of relevant professional experience in consulting, government, defense, operations, finance, program delivery, or a related field.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems and develop practical next steps.
Experience producing high-quality, client-ready deliverables using PowerPoint, Excel, and written reports.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment to tailor information for working teams and senior leaders.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with or interest in government acquisition, innovation, technology integration, and mission delivery.
Comfort working in agile, iterative delivery environments with evolving requirements.
Demonstrated ownership, attention to detail, follow-through, and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
Experience coordinating operations, events, schedules, travel, workstreams, or staff actions in a high-tempo environment.
Ability to maintain situational awareness, update site and program information, manage trackers, and synthesize operational data into clear SITREPs and briefings.
Demonstrated ability to establish new process flows, optimize existing processes, and turn ambiguity into repeatable, efficient workflows.
Strong cross-functional communication and synchronization skills across military, civilian, government, and external stakeholders.
Ability to extrapolate objectives from assigned tasks, establish priorities and next actions, and follow operational issues through closure.
Eligibility for Top Secret clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an Army S3 office, DoW operational staff, or comparable operations-coordination role is a strong differentiator.
Top Secret clearance is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Execute defined workstreams with appropriate guidance, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of outputs.
Develop clear, structured deliverables - including briefings, analyses, frameworks, reports, and program artifacts - that support client decision-making and program progress.
Support day-to-day client interactions through meeting preparation, note-taking, action tracking, stakeholder follow-up, and synthesis of inputs.
Build a strong understanding of client mission priorities and connect day-to-day activities to broader organizational goals.
Contribute to agile, sprint-based execution cycles while managing multiple tasks, changing priorities, and dependencies.
Anticipate potential issues, recommend practical solutions or process improvements, capture lessons learned, and help refine tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
Coordinate day-to-day operations and synchronize efforts among Army innovation organizations.
Plan, schedule, and synchronize key events, workshops, operational touchpoints, and stakeholder engagements.
Coordinate TDYs, travel logistics, site movement, and event requirements for team members and visiting personnel.
Maintain and update site information, operational trackers, calendars, action logs, and situational-awareness tools.
Draft and submit regular SITREPs that provide leadership with clear visibility into activities, progress, decisions, risks, and support requirements.
Facilitate clear, high-level communication among military units, civilian leads, government stakeholders, and external innovation partners.
Interpret broad objectives from assigned tasks and translate them into executable actions, owners, timelines, milestones, and follow-through.
Establish and refine operational process flows to eliminate bottlenecks, improve cross-functional synchronization, and optimize program delivery.