Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME
About The Position
Join Peraton's mission-critical team supporting secure, real-time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting-edge C 2I SR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team. We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance—where reliability, security, and performance are paramount. Specifically, we are looking for a TS/SCI cleared Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME - to support this mission in Tampa, Florida . Responsibilities: As a Quality & Risk Management Lead - SME , you will provide technical and management leadership for all equipment and information support functions across the Task Order. Your responsibilities include: Responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and optimization of task order quality and risk activities through implementation of a task order Quality Improvement Methodology and Risk Management Methodology, leading transformation workshops, lessons learned gathering and analysis, and continuous Improvement processes. Provides authoritative leadership for QA and risk management strategy to drive “Design for Quality” practices, shaping testing protocols, performance metrics, and mitigation planning across the TO. Ensures enterprise-wide alignment with government standards and mission outcomes. Directs enterprise-level QA and risk strategy, tracking specific risk/opportunity and corrective actions in a RAID Log. Establishes standards for QMP, POAM, and risk register development, including assignment of Risk Owners for Task 1 and working with Task 3 – 9 leads for risk assignments. Interfaces with senior leadership to align QA and risk with operational priorities. Guides integration of QA and risk data into PMP, MSRs, and transition deliverables. Leads review and validation of IMS and task order portal functionality. Shapes QA and risk governance and performance tracking across the command . Advises on strategic quality improvements and risk mitigation planning. Ensures traceability, auditability, and evaluator alignment in all QA and risk activities. Promotes continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for expertise in federal QA standards, risk frameworks, and service assurance. Utilize the following Role Specific Tools: QMP templates; ISO/Lean/CMMI frameworks; audit and inspection checklists; Archer GRC dashboards; variance analysis trackers; corrective action tracking systems; lessons learned repositories; SharePoint/Confluence for SOP updates; Power BI dashboards for AFDP metrics
Requirements
- Previous experience as a Quality & Risk Management Lead or similar role supporting a DoD customer at the C CMD leve l
- Minimum of 1 2 years’ experience with BS/BA or 1 0 years’ experience with MS/MA or 7 years’ experience with PhD.
- A current, active DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
- US citizenship is
Nice To Haves
- Must complete DoD-approved IA baseline certification for ADP-III/IT-III based on the IAT level and CE/Operating System (OS) certificate within six months of the assignment.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and optimization of task order quality and risk activities through implementation of a task order Quality Improvement Methodology and Risk Management Methodology, leading transformation workshops, lessons learned gathering and analysis, and continuous Improvement processes.
- Provides authoritative leadership for QA and risk management strategy to drive “Design for Quality” practices, shaping testing protocols, performance metrics, and mitigation planning across the TO.
- Ensures enterprise-wide alignment with government standards and mission outcomes.
- Directs enterprise-level QA and risk strategy, tracking specific risk/opportunity and corrective actions in a RAID Log.
- Establishes standards for QMP, POAM, and risk register development, including assignment of Risk Owners for Task 1 and working with Task 3 – 9 leads for risk assignments.
- Interfaces with senior leadership to align QA and risk with operational priorities.
- Guides integration of QA and risk data into PMP, MSRs, and transition deliverables.
- Leads review and validation of IMS and task order portal functionality.
- Shapes QA and risk governance and performance tracking across the command .
- Advises on strategic quality improvements and risk mitigation planning.
- Ensures traceability, auditability, and evaluator alignment in all QA and risk activities.
- Promotes continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
- Recognized for expertise in federal QA standards, risk frameworks, and service assurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
