Mission Program Lead

GuidehouseMcLean, VA
Onsite

About The Position

Guidehouse is a global AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to the commercial and government sectors. With an integrated business technology approach, Guidehouse drives efficiency and resilience in the healthcare, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and national security markets. Built to help clients across industries outwit complexity, the firm brings together approximately 18,000 professionals to achieve lasting impact and shape a meaningful future.

Requirements

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a FULL SCOPE (FS/P) polygraph
  • Bachelor's Degree; FOUR (4) years of additional professional experience in lieu of Bachelor's
  • EIGHT (8)+ years' of experience directly involved in mission and operational support for highly sensitive DoD/IC programs

Nice To Haves

  • A Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
  • At least 15+ years of direct mission and operational experience, supporting Operational experience in the field.
  • Complex and highly sensitive programs.
  • Ability to operate autonomously with the highest levels of professional polish, communication expertise, and mission understanding.
  • A demonstrated track record of driving programs to success, with clear outcomes, deliverables, and return on investment.
  • A demonstrated ability to operate across the national security landscape and deftly navigate complex bureaucracies to drive progress, build momentum, and achieve desired outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Work across organizational boundaries and complex bureaucracies across the national security landscape to build coalitions and accelerate progress toward shared objectives in a high-visibility, highly sensitive mission space.
  • Utilize mission program experience and internal networks to drive progress and sustain momentum at the speed of mission requirements.
  • Focus multiple efforts of streamlining authority deconfliction and ensure full clarity and coherence in terms of roles, responsibilities, and workstreams across complex, multi-entity efforts.
  • Work closely with client executive and senior leadership to coordinate and integrate all efforts, representing clients in external engagements where necessary.
  • Develop and deliver clear, concise, and compelling briefing materials, program information, and recommendations to executive and senior clients with professional polish.
  • Utilize mission and operational experience to inform the full spectrum of strategic, organizational, tactical, and operational program planning and execution.
  • Work tirelessly to build, refine, evolve, and sustain mission programs and capabilities in close partnership with key mission entities.

Benefits

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend
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