Innovative Solutions Opening Coordinator

Booz Allen Hamilton • Washington, DC

5d • $55,200 - $126,000 • Remote

About The Position

Innovative Solutions Opening Coordinator The Opportunity: To achieve an organization’s mission, leaders need strong team members who will support the development, administration, and coordination of innovative projects and opportunity pipelines, with a particular emphasis on collaboration with the Small Business program office. This role will help manage activities related to solicitations, solution summaries, proposals, and project tracking, while supporting processes associated with small business engagement and the SBIR/STTR lifecycle. That is why we need you, an experienced Innovative Solutions Opening Coordinator who can analyze every aspect of our customers’ needs and provide high-quality support. As part of our team, you'll serve as a strategic technical consultant to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. Work with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. Leverage technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA-H decision makers. Maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. You'll serve as an Innovative Solutions Opening Coordinator helping clients accelerate their mission. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client's mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission's success.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in project coordination, contracting, procurement, innovation management, or similar roles in a government, research, healthcare, or technology-focused environment.
• Experience supporting a Government research agency or a related Federal innovation environment, such as ARPA-H, DARPA, IARPA, HSARPA, ONR, R&E, or AFRL
• Experience supporting the development or coordination of acquisition and solicitation documentation such as RFIs, sources sought, or special notices
• Ability to track metrics effectively and manage multiple concurrent projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prepare communications, briefing materials, and presentation slides
• Ability to pay strict attention to detail and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, and display professional judgment, a proactive work style, and commitment to supporting innovation in healthcare and science
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ARPA
• Experience supporting small business programs, commercialization support efforts, or innovation ecosystems
• Experience with SBIR/STTR topic development, solicitation management, proposal review coordination, and award tracking
• Experience using Trello and Jira for project tracking, workflow management, and team coordination
• Knowledge of the biomedical research landscape
• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Possession of strong organizational skills
• Master’s degree

Responsibilities

• Support the Small Business Program Manager in the coordination and execution of small business innovation activities, including outreach, solicitation support, proposal tracking, and post-award follow-up.
• Assist with activities across the SBIR/STTR lifecycle, including topic development support, solicitation coordination, proposal tracking, review coordination, award support, and post-award progress monitoring.
• Maintain and manage pipelines of potential projects, solution summaries, and proposal opportunities, ensuring they are reviewed, prioritized, and advanced in alignment with small business office mission needs.
• Help ensure continuity across multiple parallel efforts and deadlines.
• Maintain tools, trackers, dashboards, and workflow systems to ensure effective management of small business opportunities and program metrics.
• Establish, refine, and maintain processes for soliciting, reviewing, and managing incoming opportunities, proposals, and small business engagement activities.
• Serve as a liaison among internal teams, subject matter experts, and external stakeholders to enable collaboration and efficient information flow.
• Develop and maintain timeline for awards, keeping project on track for timely completion, and coordinating with both contracting partners and technical teams to ensure a smooth process.
• Provide process guidance to Program Managers and technical teams throughout the solicitation process.
• Coordinate within the small business program office and across internal stakeholders to support cost proposals, technical evaluations, project schedules, and milestone tracking.
• Conduct preliminary analyses of proposals and opportunities to assess alignment with solicitation priorities.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts and leadership to support technical reviews, briefings, presentations, and decision support materials.
• Build and maintain working relationships with program managers and program staff involved in the development and execution of small business initiatives.
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, process improvement efforts, and problem-solving activities to include developing lessons-learned.
• Provide general coordination, briefing support, documentation support, and administrative support as needed.

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• recognition awards program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level