Business Transformation and Technology Consultant

AE Strategies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AE Strategies is expanding its project delivery team and seeks a Business Transformation and Technology Consultant who can bridge mission needs, business operations, and technology delivery for federal clients.

You will translate complex goals into executable plans, lead cross-functional initiatives, and drive measurable results across IT modernization, application development, data analytics, and process improvements in a fast-paced federal environment.

Qualifications

• Able to pass a background investigation and obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Must be able to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC.
• Bachelor's degree with eight+ years of business analysis or project management experience.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects concurrently across diverse stakeholder groups, preferably within IT/technology portfolios.
• Experience partnering with technical teams on technology initiatives; direct software development experience is a plus but not required.
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills with senior leadership and SMEs.
• Experience with requirements elicitation and management, current/future-state analysis, process improvement, and gap analysis.
• Experience using data, metrics, and visualization to support decisions and communicate results.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation, training, measurement and closeout.
• Create practical project roadmaps, milestones, delivery plans, risk/issue tracking, and executive status reporting.
• Partner with technical teams and business stakeholders to translate needs into clear requirements and actionable work.
• Achieve alignment across senior leaders, SMEs, technical teams, vendors, and end users while managing competing priorities.
• Identify delivery risks early, drive decisions, remove obstacles, and maintain accountability for commitments.

Skills

Executive communication

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Data visualization

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Tableau

Microsoft Office

Job description

AE Strategies is a management consulting firm supporting federal clients. Since our founding in 2003, we have partnered with more than 50 federal agencies, consistently delivering successful outcomes by embedding directly within our client organizations.

We are intentional about who we hire. Our team is made up of professionals who take pride in their work, follow through on commitments, and approach challenges with discipline and persistence. At AE Strategies, employees are trusted with responsibility early and given the opportunity to grow through real client impact. We maintain a collaborative, low-ego culture where team members support one another, give and receive feedback constructively, and continuously look for ways to improve.

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid healthcare and 401(k) matching. More importantly, we offer the opportunity to do meaningful work that contributes to the mission of federal agencies. Find out more at www.aestrategies.com.

Overview

AE Strategies is expanding its project delivery team and is seeking a Business Transformation and Technology Consultant who can move comfortably between mission needs, business operations, and technology delivery. This is not a narrowly defined project manager role. The portfolio may include IT modernization, application development, software or hardware deployments, process redesign, data and analytics initiatives, and other cross-functional efforts supporting a federal agency.

You will translate complex client goals into executable plans, bring structure to ambiguous problems, and keep stakeholders aligned from discovery through implementation. Depending on the project, you may operate as a project lead, business analyst, facilitator, tester, implementation partner, or trusted advisor. The common thread is ownership: understanding the problem, organizing the work, surfacing risks and decisions, and helping the client achieve measurable results.

The initial portfolio is expected to include a strong concentration of IT projects, with a subset focused on software and application development. The IT portfolio involves collaborating with teams spanning multiple functions. You may also collaborate with enterprise operations, networking, application development, records management, cybersecurity, asset management, and business functions such as Finance, Procurement, HR, and Facilities.

To excel in this role, you must be analytical, adaptable, business-minded, navigate complex challenges, and thrive in a fast-paced federal environment. The Business Transformation and Technology Consultant will lead the planning, execution, implementation, training, and measurement of multiple concurrent projects. You will drive project performance through effective stakeholder communication, data-driven decision-making, rigorous tracking of timelines, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and disciplined requirements elicitation, management, and validation. Success in this role requires strong leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to deliver scalable, high-quality IT solutions in a fast-paced federal consulting environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex and cross-functional initiatives from planning and requirements through implementation, training, measurement, and closeout.
• Build practical project roadmaps, milestones, delivery plans, risk and issue tracking, decision logs, and executive-level status reporting.
• Partner with technical teams and business stakeholders to translate mission and operational needs into clear requirements and actionable work.
• Create alignment across senior leaders, subject matter experts, technical teams, vendors, and end users while managing competing priorities and dependencies.
• Identify delivery risks early, drive decisions, remove obstacles, and maintain accountability for commitments and deliverables.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to pass a background investigation and obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• Must be able to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of eight (8) years of business analysis or project management experience.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects concurrently across diverse stakeholder groups, preferably within an IT or technology-enabled portfolio.
• Experience partnering with technical teams on technology initiatives; direct software development experience is desired but is not required for every project.
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership, subject matter experts, and staff.
• Experience with requirements elicitation and management, current/future-state analysis, process improvement, and gap analysis.
• Experience using data, metrics, and visualization to support decisions and communicate results.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience managing projects deploying new software implementations or hardware development, systems modernization, developing applications, and other IT modernization efforts.
• Experience in a management consulting firm, particularly working with federal government clients.
• Agile Certification such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience using project management software (i.e., Jira).
• Experience creating data visualizations in business intelligence software such as Tableau

Salary Range: $125,000 - $140,000

AE Strategies is an equal opportunity employer.