Mission Integration Team Lead - Manager

Lafayette Group Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Lafayette Group seeks a dynamic Mission Integration Team Lead to coordinate multi-team efforts for federal contracts, manage daily task execution, and ensure timely, accurate reporting across workstreams.

You will act as the primary liaison between federal leadership and contract staff, lead cross-functional teams, and drive risk mitigation, priority setting, and process improvements in a high-tempo environment. Hybrid / client-site in Arlington, VA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of senior-level experience in people and program management with a track record of excellence in project management.
• Cybersecurity/government experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the communication bridge between federal cybersecurity teams and contract staff, ensuring workstreams, status updates, and deliverables are clearly articulated.
• Oversees day-to-day execution of tasks and reporting workflows.
• Monitors progress across multiple reporting products and escalates risks proactively.
• Serves as the main point of contact for initiatives across teams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Supports recurring reporting cycles with strong attention to detail.
• Validates inputs from stakeholders and confirms accuracy before submission.
• Coordinates and streamlines internal processes to improve workflow efficiency.
• Responds quickly to ad hoc information requests or short turnaround assignments.
• Advises senior government leaders on strategic direction, prioritization, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Provides timely, informed updates to federal leadership based on engagement with cybersecurity experts and stakeholders.
• Identifies operational inefficiencies and implements process improvements across both federal and contract teams.
• Tracks, evaluates, and reports performance measures to support accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional teams

Communication

Risk mitigation

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Mission Integration Team Lead - Manager

Join our team of high-end strategy and management consultants and professionals who have served on the front lines of homeland security, law enforcement, criminal justice, emergency management, and the military. Have an immediate impact and grow your career quickly at the same time!

Job Summary

Lafayette Group is seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to serve as the operational lead for Mission Integration, coordinating team assignments, driving daily task execution, and ensuring accurate, timely completion of reporting deliverables.

This role is responsible for overseeing day to day task execution, prioritization, team coordination, progress monitoring, risk mitigation, and deadline management while acting as the primary point of contact for ensuring timely, accurate deliverables across Mission Integration workstreams.

Job Responsibilities

• Acts as the communication bridge between federal cybersecurity teams and contract staff, ensuring workstreams, status updates, and deliverables are clearly articulated.
• Oversees day-to-day execution of tasks and reporting workflows.
• Monitors progress across multiple reporting products and escalates risks proactively.
• Serves as the main point of contact for initiatives across teams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Supports recurring reporting cycles with strong attention to detail.
• Validates inputs from stakeholders and confirms accuracy before submission.
• Coordinates and streamlines internal processes to improve workflow efficiency.
• Responds quickly to ad hoc information requests or short turnaround assignments.
• Advises senior government leaders on strategic direction, prioritization, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Provides timely, informed updates to federal leadership based on engagement with cybersecurity experts and stakeholders.
• Identifies operational inefficiencies and implements process improvements across both federal and contract teams.
• Tracks, evaluates, and reports performance measures to support accountability and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of senior-level experience in people and program management, with a proven track record of excellence in project management experience. Cybersecurity and government experience is highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively engage diverse stakeholders and foster collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to excel in fast-paced, high-volume environments, managing multiple concurrent efforts and adapting to dynamically shifting priorities.
• Experience overseeing reporting processes or recurring production cycles and managing deadline-driven operational work.
• Strong organizational and workflow management capabilities, ability to synthesize diverse inputs quickly and accurately, and coordination of cross-team assignments.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams and delivering results aligned with federal contract requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal oversight while maintaining accountability for team performance and deliverables.
• Senior-level experience in stakeholder engagement, including effective communication and relationship management with federal leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to brief senior leadership and produce high-quality, error-free deliverables.

Desired Qualifications

• Active TS security clearance and SCI eligibility; must have US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
• Strong independent initiative and ownership of tasks, with a demonstrated ability to contribute to team-wide process improvements and program support.
• Proven ability to independently manage stakeholder relationships, including communication planning, prioritization, risk mitigation, and feedback integration.
• Experience supporting high-tempo reporting operations, managing and prioritizing across multiple simultaneous taskings.
• Familiarity with government reporting structures and workflows.
• Skill in process optimization and workflow enhancement.

Location

Hybrid / Client-site (Arlington, VA)

Federal Contracts

This position involves working on federal contracts that require all workers on the contract to be U.S. Citizens. Additionally, some contracts may require the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Salary Range

$110K-$145K

LGI carefully considers various factors when determining salary, including but not limited to education and training, professional experience, knowledge, skills and competencies, licensure and certifications, contract-specific affordability, and organizational requirements. New employees are not usually hired at the top of the estimated salary range and salary decisions depend on the circumstances and factors for each case. Salary is only one aspect of LGI's generous total compensation package.