Business Operations and Program Management Support Analyst - Exp with Security Clearance

RTI Consulting, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI Consulting, LLC seeks a principal expert to lead the contractor support portfolio for a major government program office or directorate. The role provides strategic recommendations directly to government leadership and oversees critical operations, budget, and process improvements across enterprise logistics.

The ideal candidate has at least 12 years of progressive business operations or program management experience, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and the ability to interface with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, or a related field is required.
• MBA or related advanced degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large DoD/IC organizations with strategic-level expertise.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership and direction for the contractor support team, overseeing administration, personnel coordination, and enterprise-level logistics.
• Leading high-visibility projects such as business process re-engineering, organizational stand-ups, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Guiding operational budget and resource planning with advanced data analysis and funding recommendations.
• Managing information flow between contractor team and senior government leadership with clear, rapid communication.
• Preparing background materials and talking points for leadership engagements with Congress, OMB, and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with resource planning and portfolio management within a large DoW or IC organization.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data analysis

Program management

Resource planning

Policy familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, or related field

MBA (desired)

Job description

Location: Springfield, VA and St Louis, MO Clearance Required: US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI or TS/SCI w/polygraph. If polygraph is not held, candidates must be willing to take a polygraph. Position Description: As the lead for business operations, this principal expert manages the entire contractor support portfolio for a major government program office or directorate. This role involves providing strategic-level recommendations directly to government leadership, spearheading special projects to improve organizational effectiveness, and ensuring all operational activities align with the agency's mission. This individual acts as the primary strategic interface between the contractor team and senior government leaders. Work at this level involves an extraordinary degree of specialized knowledge or expertise performing highly complex and ambiguous assignments that normally require integration and synthesis of a number of unrelated disciplines and disparate concepts. Duties may include:

• Providing strategic leadership and direction for the entire contractor support team, overseeing administration, personnel coordination, and enterprise-level logistics
• Leading high-visibility special projects on behalf of the government office, such as business process re-engineering, organizational stand-ups, strategic planning efforts, and process improvement initiatives
• Leading the contractor team in supporting the government's operational budget and resource planning by providing advanced data analysis, what-if scenarios, and funding recommendations
• Managing the flow of critical information for the contractor team to and from senior government leadership, ensuring clear, concise communication and rapid response on all matters
• Preparing and refining background materials, talking points, and strategic summaries to support senior leadership engagements with Congress, OMB, and other external stakeholders
• A minimum of 12 years of progressive experience providing business operations or program management support
• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience and provides strategic-level expertise and support to a large, complex DoW or IC organization
• Demonstrated experience with resource planning, and portfolio management Desired Skills:
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) or a related field
• Experience leading a Program-level process improvement initiative from conception to completion
• Expert-level understanding of agency-specific (e.g., Customer organization) policies, procedures, and organizational dynamics

All employment decisions at RTI are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. RTI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.