Chief of Staff/PM

KBR•Columbia, DC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. This position supports the ABMS Program Office by serving as a Chief of Staff, project lead, supervisor, and operational coordinator, ensuring smooth execution of acquisition activities, team support functions, and program office operations. The work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting national security.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, or related field.
Minimum 10 years of experience in acquisition or program management roles.
Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, systems, and stakeholders.
Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
Active TS/SCI with SAP eligibility

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PMP certification preferred.
Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes and documentation.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
Ability to streamline workflows and improve team efficiency.
Prior supervisory or team lead experience in a government or defense setting.

Responsibilities

Lead onboarding, security processing, and team integration activities to ensure readiness and cohesion.
Manage SharePoint, Teams, Jira, and Confluence environments to support collaboration and data organization.
Assist with acquisition planning, documentation, and milestone decision support across programs.
Track action items, manage taskers, and support oversight boards to maintain operational cadence.
Act as a deputy to the branch leadership, providing strategic and administrative support to enhance team performance.
Synchronize leadership efforts, bridging communication silos, and optimizing branch performance through strategic planning and continuous process improvement.
Lead cradle to grave in-person support to leadership when briefing external to branch; special or ad hoc projects.
Act as the primary liaison across different portfolios within the Branch; identify interrelated efforts and facilitate communication between leadership stakeholders to prevent siloed operations and ensure unified effort.
Assist the Branch Chief and leadership team in developing, refining, and tracking strategic plans; help translate leadership’s strategic vision into actionable operational milestones and workstreams.
Conduct continuous assessments of Branch operations, programmatic efforts, and capabilities to proactively identify mission gaps, blind spots, or emerging operational risks; recommend mitigation strategies to leadership.
Analyze existing workflows, battle rhythms, and standard operating procedures (SOPs); identify bottlenecks, redundancies, or administrative friction; recommend and help implement lean methodologies to enhance overall Branch efficiency.
Maintain the branch's digital footprint (e.g., SharePoint, shared drives) and manage access controls on NIPR; SIPR; and JWICS.
Monitor disparate workstreams and consolidate complex data into cohesive executive summaries, point papers, and strategic briefings; ensure the Branch Chief has a holistic, 360-degree view of operations for informed decision-making.
Receive, assign, and track all internal and external taskers (e.g., via Task Management Tool/TMT or ABMS Workflow); enforce suspense dates; ensure quality control of submissions prior to leadership review.