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

RTI Consulting, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI Consulting, LLC in Springfield, VA and St. Louis, MO seeks a lead for business operations. The role requires US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance (or TS/SCI with polygraph).

You will provide strategic leadership, manage contractor operations, and drive high-visibility projects for a major government program office or directorate. You will interface with senior government leaders, guide budgeting decisions, and coordinate enterprise-level logistics, reporting to government leadership

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 years of progressive experience providing business operations or program management support.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience with strategic-level expertise and support to a large DoW or IC organization.
• Demonstrated experience with resource planning and portfolio management.
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) or a related field is preferred.
• Experience leading a program-level process improvement initiative from conception to completion.
• Expert-level understanding of agency-specific policies, procedures, and organizational dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership and direction for the entire contractor support team, overseeing administration, personnel coordination, and enterprise-level logistics.
• Leading high-visibility special projects such as process re-engineering, organizational stand-ups, strategic planning efforts, and process improvements.
• Leading the contractor team in supporting the government's operational budget and resource planning with advanced data analysis and funding recommendations.
• Managing the flow of critical information between contractor team and senior government leadership with clear communication and rapid response.
• Preparing and refining background materials, talking points, and strategic summaries for engagements with Congress, OMB, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Program management

Data analysis

Budget & resource planning

Stakeholder communication

Policy understanding

Education

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

MBA or related field (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 Required Skills:
• 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.