Policy Team Lead

KBR•Chantilly, VA

3d•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. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense. This is a contingent position based upon contract award. KBR is seeking a highly qualified candidate to act as Team Lead for a team providing policy support to the Chief Information Office (CIO) at a government customer in the Northern Virginia area. The Policy Team Lead will lead and manage a team of contractors / subcontractors, directing their efforts and overseeing the associated contractual, technical, engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative efforts. They will monitor progress and brief leadership on program status and milestones while acting as the primary point of contact with the government customer on technical execution and project issues. The Policy Team Lead will work with the customer(s) to maintain a thorough understanding of the mission as it relates to policy and of and programmatic ore requirement changes to ensure effective support.

Requirements

CURRENT and ACTIVE TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance
Requires four years of experience as a project manager.
Experience providing technical support materials for senior leaders such as strategic papers, options analyses, executive briefings.
Experience overseeing or guiding portfolio/program performance, resource planning
Experience with acquisition/procurement strategy to include vendor management and enterprise licensing concepts.

Nice To Haves

Experience translating mission priorities into actionable IT roadmaps, investment plans, and measurable outcomes as it relates to counterintelligence and security missions.
Experience with Al architecture patterns (model hosting, vector search/RAG, data pipelines, APIs, orchestration)
Experience briefing senior leaders and driving cross-team delivery.

Responsibilities

Manage, plan and direct the execution of the contractual, technical, engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative efforts of the team.
Brief leadership on program progress, status, and achievement of milestones.
Be the primary interface customer(s) on technical and project issues.
Maintain awareness of the customer’s mission and any potential impacts to that mission.