CIO Principal Advisor

KBR•Chevy Chase, MD

2d•$159,100 - $194,400•Onsite

About The Position

This is a contingent position based upon contract award. KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. KBR is seeking a highly qualified candidate to act as the Principal Advisor to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) within our government customer in the Northern Virginia area. The CIO Principal Advisor assists in supporting executive decision-making, synchronizing priorities across multiple stakeholders, and ensures timely delivery of customer initiatives. As a senior trusted advisor, the individual supports senior leadership on strategy, priorities, governance, risk, and operational issues affecting Enterprise IT and mission delivery.

Requirements

CURRENT and ACTIVE TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance
Serving as a senior advisor to executive leadership on enterprise IT strategy, governance, and modernization initiatives.
Translation of mission priorities into actionable IT roadmaps, investment plans, and measurable outcomes.
Support to the IC, DoD, and/or Federal IT governance, policy, and compliance processes (e.g., capital planning, risk management, ATO/reciprocity concepts).

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cross-functional stakeholder engagement, briefing senior executives, and aligning disparate organizations to shared outcomes.
Experience developing strategic papers, options analyses, executive briefings
Experience with action tracking at an executive level.
Experience overseeing or guiding portfolio/program performance, resource planning, and acquisition/procurement strategy

Responsibilities

Translate vision and guidance into executable plans, roadmaps, and milestones
Define success measures and track progress against strategic objectives.
Coordinate support with stakeholders (e.g., mission owners, business functions, security, acquisition, partner organizations) to align requirements, resolve issues, and drive outcomes.
Preparing and staffing executive-level decision packages, briefs, and recommendations
Managing action items and decisions through closure.
Portfolio/Program performance support via monitoring initiative performance (cost, schedule, and scope), identifying risks and associated mitigations, and supporting corrective actions.
Support planning and prioritization of resources and investments; advise on acquisition approaches, vendor engagement, and opportunities for efficiency.
Ensure timely, accurate communication of customer priorities, decisions, and expectations.
Coordinate inputs for reports, audits, and senior-level updates as required.