Remote Strategic Planner - Federal DoD Communications

DecisionPoint Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a Strategic Planner to lead integrated communications strategies in a large federal/DoD-aligned mission environment. This fully remote role guides planning, messaging alignment with leadership priorities, and stakeholder needs across agencies and partners.

You will collaborate with communications, program, policy, IT, and operations teams to build forward-looking plans, develop messaging architectures, and deliver artifacts for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in strategic communications, planning, or public affairs.
• Experience developing integrated communications strategies for federal, DoD, or enterprise organizations.
• Ability to align messaging with mission, policy and leadership priorities.
• Experience coordinating multi-channel communications planning and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of integrated communications strategies aligned with mission priorities.
• Translate goals and policy themes into actionable communications plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional planning across communications, program, policy, IT and operations.
• Develop strategic frameworks, message architectures, and roadmaps for communications.
• Conduct environmental scanning, stakeholder analysis, and risk assessments.
• Support long-range calendars, campaign sequencing, and outreach planning.
• Produce strategic briefs, decks, talking points, and executive communications artifacts.
• Ensure consistent messaging across digital, print, and stakeholder channels.
• Support performance reporting to refine strategy and messaging.
• Facilitate planning sessions, workshops, and reviews to drive alignment.
• Identify opportunities for modernization, integration, and optimization of communications processes.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Planning

Facilitation

Coordination

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Strategic Communications

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations

Job description

DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a Strategic Planner to lead integrated communications strategies in a large federal/DoD-aligned mission environment. This fully remote role guides planning, messaging alignment with leadership priorities, and stakeholder needs across agencies and partners.

You will collaborate with communications, program, policy, IT, and operations teams to build forward-looking plans, develop messaging architectures, and deliver artifacts for senior leadership.