Naval Aviation Advisor, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Naval Aviation Advisor, Senior to provide enterprise-wide expertise across functional areas, supporting government clients in strategic planning and program execution.

The role delivers solutions across complex tasks, driving performance improvements and influencing program direction. It requires experienced leadership, advanced business principles, and interaction with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of naval aviation maintenance and operations experience.
• Experience briefing senior military or government leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or OR.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic direction for complex programs with senior leadership input.
• Provide insights on strategic direction to drive performance improvements.
• Serve as senior advisor to government clients on operations and governance strategies.
• Develop/refine processes, charters, and instructions to improve methodologies.
• Analyze business, operational, and financial processes to identify improvements.
• Develop program plans, guidelines, and controls requiring practical and theoretical knowledge.
• Interface with senior client stakeholders, including military and government leaders.

Skills

Naval aviation maintenance

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research

Tools

Lean methodology

Kata

Job description

Join a culture of empowerment and connectivity.

Develop your craft

Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.

Discover benefits that support your life and work.

Innovate with intention

Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.

As an advisor, you’ll provide enterprise-wide expertise in designated functional and concentration areas, supporting Booz Allen clients in developing and executing strategic plans to achieve organizational objectives. This role is responsible for delivering solutions and recommendations across complex tasks, driving performance improvements, and influencing the direction of programs and projects. You’ll apply advanced business management principles and analytical techniques to formulate long and short-term strategies, interface with senior stakeholders, and support operational excellence across multiple organizations.

What You’ll Work On:

• Develop and execute strategic direction, vision, and missions for complex programs, collaborating with program or project managers and senior client leadership to influence objectives and outcomes.
• Provide insight and advice on strategic direction, leveraging up-to-date, industry-standard practices to drive organizational performance improvements.
• Serve as a senior advisor to government clients, supporting program and project operations and evaluating the adequacy and acceptability of evolving plans, governance, and change management strategies.
• Develop new or refine existing processes, charters, instructions, and operations to improve customer business methodology, applying advanced knowledge of business management principles, organizational structures, and information management techniques.
• Analyze business, operational, and financial processes to identify and recommend approaches for redefining, planning, organizing, designing, developing, and modifying current practices.
• Develop program or project plans, guidelines, and controls, performing tasks that require both practical experience and theoretical state-of-the-art technical knowledge.
• Interface with senior client stakeholders, including military and government leaders, to communicate findings and recommendations.

You served your country as an officer, now continue your mission with us. Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 12+ years of experience developing and implementing naval aviation maintenance and operations processes
• Experience developing solutions and recommendations across multiple complex tasks and organizations
• Experience with statistical modeling, business or continuous process improvement methodologies, and performance measurement
• Experience briefing senior military or government leaders
• Ability to manage analyses, evaluations, and recommendations for implementation
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in the military as a commissioned officer or senior-level DoD government officer
• Experience working on a TYCOM, SYSCOM, naval operations, or Fleet Readiness Center staff
• Experience supporting naval aviation policies and initiatives such as the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program and Naval Sustainment System-Aviation (NSS-A)
• Experience applying continuous process improvement methodologies such as Lean and Kata
• Experience with Booz Allen’s methodologies, tools, and client environments
• Possession of strong communication and presentation skills
• Master’s degree in a related field

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements foraccess to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Naval Aviation Advisor, Senior

The Opportunity:

As an advisor, you’ll provide enterprise-wide expertise in designated functional and concentration areas, supporting Booz Allen clients in developing and executing strategic plans to achieve organizational objectives. This role is responsible for delivering solutions and recommendations across complex tasks, driving performance improvements, and influencing the direction of programs and projects. You’ll apply advanced business management principles and analytical techniques to formulate long and short-term strategies, interface with senior stakeholders, and support operational excellence across multiple organizations.

What You’ll Work On:

• Develop and execute strategic direction, vision, and missions for complex programs, collaborating with program or project managers and senior client leadership to influence objectives and outcomes.
• Provide insight and advice on strategic direction, leveraging up-to-date, industry-standard practices to drive organizational performance improvements.
• Serve as a senior advisor to government clients, supporting program and project operations and evaluating the adequacy and acceptability of evolving plans, governance, and change management strategies.
• Develop new or refine existing processes, charters, instructions, and operations to improve customer business methodology, applying advanced knowledge of business management principles, organizational structures, and information management techniques.
• Analyze business, operational, and financial processes to identify and recommend approaches for redefining, planning, organizing, designing, developing, and modifying current practices.
• Develop program or project plans, guidelines, and controls, performing tasks that require both practical experience and theoretical state-of-the-art technical knowledge.
• Interface with senior client stakeholders, including military and government leaders, to communicate findings and recommendations.

You served your country as an officer, now continue your mission with us. Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 12+ years of experience developing and implementing naval aviation maintenance and operations processes
• Experience developing solutions and recommendations across multiple complex tasks and organizations
• Experience with statistical modeling, business or continuous process improvement methodologies, and performance measurement
• Experience briefing senior military or government leaders
• Ability to manage analyses, evaluations, and recommendations for implementation
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in the military as a commissioned officer or senior-level DoD government officer
• Experience working on a TYCOM, SYSCOM, naval operations, or Fleet Readiness Center staff
• Experience supporting naval aviation policies and initiatives such as the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program and Naval Sustainment System-Aviation (NSS-A)
• Experience applying continuous process improvement methodologies such as Lean and Kata
• Experience with Booz Allen’s methodologies, tools, and client environments
• Possession of strong communication and presentation skills
• Master’s degree in a related field

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements foraccess to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.