Strategic Engagement Analyst

Noblis•Washington, DC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Noblis is seeking a Strategic Engagement Analyst to provide analytical, planning, and operations support to a front office organization within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T). This organization is responsible for planning and executing senior-level and strategic engagements across industry, interagency, international, Congressional, and intelligence community partners across all homeland security science and technology mission areas. The analyst will analyze, integrate, and synchronize S&T strategic engagements with external stakeholders, ensuring they are planned, governed, and executed in a consistent, enterprise-wide manner. A strategic priority will be recommending and implementing technology improvements to these processes to accelerate office responsiveness in an environment with evolving national events and priorities, inclusive of process automation and judicious use of artificial intelligence. This includes capturing, curating, and integrating data sources to inform accelerated, accurate decisions. The analyst assesses engagement priorities, evaluates stakeholder equities, and develops recommendations on sequencing, targeting, and preparation to maximize the impact of Under Secretary and senior leadership engagements. The role requires reviewing taskers for office equities and recommending responses, developing briefing materials to support strategic engagements, and coordinating with executive staff and external stakeholders to plan and execute engagements at client sites, domestic, and international travel locations. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, operate well in a matrixed environment, effectively manage competing priorities, and be comfortable exercising independent judgment in communication with external stakeholders and senior leadership. This individual must be proactive—comfortable proposing process improvements, identifying efficiencies, and personally owning execution from concept through delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of related experience or Master’s Degree with 3+ years of related experience.
Eligibility to obtain a Secret Clearance and DHS Suitability determination.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources into clear, actionable briefing materials.
Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to assess competing priorities evaluate stakeholder equities, and recommend courses of action.
Experience collecting, curating, and integrating data to enable process automation and automated decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Experience advising senior leaders in a federal front office, strategy, or executive operations environment — including shaping priorities, driving cross-functional coordination, and managing competing demands.
Deep understanding of stakeholder engagement across industry, interagency, international, and Congressional audiences — with demonstrated ability to analyze engagement outcomes and partnership data to inform strategic recommendations.
Experience synthesizing complex taskers, data calls, and action items into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior leadership.
Experience designing, refining, and automating standardized processes, data management, and workflows using automation or AI tools to increase workload efficiencies.
Experience developing executive-level communications — including memos, talking points, and trip books — by distilling and integrating inputs from multiple offices into cohesive, leadership-ready products.
Experience orchestrating high-visibility events, leadership travel, and associated resource planning to advance organizational engagement objectives.
Experience identifying process inefficiencies and designing streamlined workflows that improve team performance and operational throughput.
Proficiency with collaboration and work management tools including Excel, SharePoint, Power BI, and MS Teams.
Experience supporting DHS, DoD, or other national security organizations, particularly those with RDT&E oversight.
Strong communicator who thrives in fast-paced, team-oriented environments and adapts productively to shifting priorities.
Active Secret clearance (Top Secret/SCI preferred) and current DHS Suitability strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Analyzing engagement priorities and stakeholder opportunities to develop recommendations on sequencing, targeting, and timing of S&T strategic engagements, and coordinating logistics (attendance, travel, event planning, budget) to execute accepted engagements.
Authoring and revising briefing materials — including read-ahead memos, talking points, presentations, trip binders, and post-engagement summaries — synthesizing inputs from multiple offices and tailoring content to audience and engagement objectives.
Deploying automation and AI tools to streamline engagement preparation, follow-up communications, and data management — evaluating engagement outcomes and stakeholder data (feedback, transcripts) to identify trends, assess relationship health, and recommend strategy adjustments.
Ensuring engagement data feeds into organizational performance metrics, analyzing relationships, pipeline development, and channel performance to inform leadership decision-making.
Synthesizing incoming taskers and data calls for DHS S&T equities, assessing relevance, urgency, alignment to administration priorities, and organizational impact; and developing detailed recommended responses that reflect leadership intent, program objectives, mission requirements, and cross-cutting S&T equities.
Designing and refining standardized processes, templates, and workflows for engagement planning and execution, assessing effectiveness and recommending improvements based on operational data.