Senior Management Analyst - Implementation with Security Clearance

Blue Sky Innovative Solutions; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Sky Innovative Solutions seeks an experienced Senior Management Analyst - Implementation to support a high-visibility transformation for DHS/CISA. Lead the implementation pipeline, coordinate sponsors and tiger teams, and ensure alignment of assessment findings with execution plans.

The role requires strong facilitation, executive writing, and the ability to influence without formal authority. On-site Arlington, VA, with hybrid work options and standard full-time hours.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in organizational transformation, implementation, management consulting, or program analysis.
• Experience coordinating with senior leaders or executive sponsors.
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to manage differing perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and judgment.
• Ability to work on-site in Arlington, VA and obtain fitness processing.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the implementation pipeline as assessment findings mature and decisions are made.
• Translate transformation priorities into structured initiatives with clear objectives, owners, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate Federal sponsors, tiger teams, SMEs, and stakeholders to advance operating-model enhancements.
• Facilitate senior-level sessions on decisions, procedures, coordination mechanisms, and issue resolution.
• Develop implementation plans, KPIs, trackers, and executive decision-support materials.
• Provide senior analytical review and quality control for implementation products and recommendations.
• Coach and coordinate Management Analysts supporting work packages and progress tracking.

Skills

Facilitation

Executive writing

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Systems thinking

Influence without authority

On-site Arlington

Job description

Blue Sky Innovative Solutions LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Management Analyst - Implementation to support a high-visibility organizational transformation initiative for the Department of Homeland Security (Client) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The program will help CISA strengthen how it operates in its role as the National Coordinator for the Security and Resilience of U.S. Critical Infrastructure, translate assessment findings into implementation, and provide the executive and operational support needed to embed improvements into day-to-day operations.

In this role, you will help lead the implementation pipeline for CISA's operational transformation. You will work with Federal sponsors and cross-functional teams to prioritize findings, organize and coordinate tiger-team activity, manage dependencies and decision points, and maintain momentum as changes move from analysis into implementation. The role requires strong judgment, executive presence, facilitation, and the ability to influence progress across organizational boundaries without relying on formal authority. Location: Arlington, VA / Hybrid - must be available to work on-site at CISA facilities as required

Schedule: Full-time, generally Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM ET

Clearance: No active security clearance required

Security Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain the required Client Fitness Determination and access authorization; a recent favorable Client Fitness Determination is preferred

Certification: None required unless otherwise noted below

Experience: 7+ years of relevant organizational transformation, implementation, management consulting, program analysis, or cross-functional change experience

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage and prioritize the implementation pipeline as assessment findings mature and Government decisions are made.
• Help translate transformation priorities into structured implementation initiatives with clear objectives, owners, milestones, dependencies, and decision points.
• Coordinate Federal sponsors, tiger teams, subject-matter experts, and affected stakeholders to advance operating-model enhancement efforts.
• Facilitate senior-level and cross-functional working sessions focused on implementation decisions, operating procedures, coordination mechanisms, and issue resolution.
• Identify cross-organizational dependencies, unresolved decisions, readiness needs, and implementation risks; develop options and drive timely resolution or escalation.
• Support development of guidance clarifying National Coordinator responsibilities, roles, and operating expectations.
• Guide development of implementation plans, progress measures, KPIs, trackers, and executive decision-support materials.
• Integrate information from assessment, implementation, and operational workstreams to keep implementation aligned with current evidence and approved direction.
• Provide senior analytical review and quality control for implementation products and recommendations.
• Coach and coordinate Management Analysts supporting work packages, facilitation, analysis, guidance, KPI development, and progress tracking.

WHAT YOU BRING

Required

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in organizational transformation, implementation, management consulting, program analysis, process improvement, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating implementation of complex changes across multiple functions, organizations, or stakeholder groups.
• Experience working directly with senior leaders or executive sponsors to frame decisions, resolve dependencies, and advance implementation.
• Strong facilitation skills and the ability to manage differing stakeholder perspectives while maintaining progress toward a decision or outcome.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills, including the ability to understand dependencies, governance, decision rights, operational impacts, and organizational readiness.
• Strong executive writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent judgment, diplomacy, and professional discretion.
• Ability to influence without formal authority and build productive working relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Ability to remain composed, organized, and decisive in a fast-moving environment with incomplete information and changing priorities.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and follow-through on complex workstreams.
• Ability to work on-site in Arlington, Virginia, as required and successfully complete Client personnel security and fitness processing.

Preferred

• Experience supporting Federal organizational transformation, enterprise implementation, or operating-model initiatives.
• Experience with Client, CISA, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, or another complex Federal mission environment.
• Experience coordinating tiger teams, executive sponsors, governance bodies, or cross-agency working groups.
• Experience developing implementation roadmaps, governance models, guidance, KPIs, or change-readiness approaches.
• PMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, organizational development, or comparable credentials.
• Recent favorable Client Fitness Determination.

About Blue Sky

Blue Sky Innovative Solutions (Blue Sky) assists its federal, state and local, and commercial clients with solving their toughest challenges in the areas of IT Infrastructure Support and Engineering; Application Development and Maintenance; Program and Project Management; and Management Consulting.

Find out more about Blue Sky at www.bsis-llc.com.

Blue Sky is an equal opportunity employer and recruits mission-oriented, proactive, skilled candidates from across the United States. As an SBA certified HUBZone small business, Blue Sky has a special interest in recruiting and hiring personnel who reside in HUBZones. To determine whether you reside in a HUBZone, visit http://map.sba.gov/hubzone/maps/ .

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.