Senior Management Consultant – U.S. Coast Guard C5I Program Support

Arch Systems, LLC; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arch Systems, LLC seeks a Senior Management Consultant to provide senior-level management, acquisition, program operations, and process improvement support within a complex U.S. Coast Guard technology and mission-support environment. The role requires direct experience with the U.S.

Coast Guard, acquisition lifecycle management, and stakeholder coordination. You will manage major workstreams, develop deliverables, coordinate activities, and drive initiatives from planning through execution

Qualifications

• Direct professional experience supporting the U.S. Coast Guard is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, program management, acquisition support, technology lifecycle management, or related fields.
• Demonstrated understanding of U.S. Coast Guard organizations, missions, operational environments, and program structures.
• Experience coordinating across acquisition, technical, engineering, operational, logistics, and management stakeholders.
• Experience developing executive briefings, reports, dashboards, metrics, and decision-support materials.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Government suitability and credentials.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level management consulting and program support across technology acquisition, lifecycle management, business operations, strategic planning and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Support operational, functional, system, and technical requirements development for Coast Guard technology and C5I/C4ISR capabilities.
• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and supporting project schedules.
• Prepare executive-level reports, briefings, presentations, status updates, and consolidated program reporting.
• Coordinate and support major system installations, technical design reviews, and Operational Test & Evaluation activities.
• Develop program metrics, KPIs, dashboards, readiness measures, and reporting mechanisms to support Government decision-making.
• Facilitate working groups, stakeholder meetings, and executive governance meetings.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to manage priorities, deliverables, stakeholder expectations, and emerging requirements.

Skills

Coast Guard knowledge

Stakeholder management

Project management

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

MS Office Suite

Job description

The Senior Management Consultant will provide senior-level management, acquisition, program operations, and process improvement support within a complex U.S. Coast Guard technology and mission-support environment.

This is a highly hands-on position requiring direct experience supporting the U.S. Coast Guard and a strong understanding of Coast Guard organizational structures, acquisition and lifecycle processes, C5I/C4ISR environments, operational support, and stakeholder coordination.

As part of a small senior-level delivery team, the Senior Management Consultant will independently manage major workstreams, develop high-quality deliverables, support senior Government stakeholders, coordinate technical and operational activities, and drive assigned initiatives from planning through execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level management consulting and program support across technology acquisition, lifecycle management, business operations, strategic planning, and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Support operational, functional, system, and technical requirements development for Coast Guard technology and C5I/C4ISR capabilities.
• Support lifecycle management of technology, systems, equipment, and capabilities across Coast Guard operational environments.
• Assist with the development and review of operational, system, and technical architectures, system specifications, support plans, acquisition artifacts, and program documentation.
• Support acquisition planning, acquisition strategy implementation, requirements development, technical documentation reviews, logistics planning, and transition activities.
• Support the transition of systems and capabilities from acquisition and implementation into operational support and sustainment.
• Identify and address cross-organizational process, policy, acquisition, operational, and program-management gaps.
• Research, collect, consolidate, analyze, and track information related to systems, programs, requirements, schedules, resources, risks, and performance.
• Develop and maintain processes for managing projects, tasks, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables.
• Develop, maintain, and reconcile Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and supporting project schedules.
• Monitor schedules, milestones, dependencies, and assigned activities across multiple technical and operational stakeholders.
• Develop program metrics, KPIs, dashboards, readiness measures, and reporting mechanisms to support Government decision-making.
• Prepare executive-level reports, briefings, presentations, status updates, decision-support materials, and consolidated program reporting.
• Support Microsoft SharePoint and enterprise project management activities, including content management, collaboration, information organization, and reporting.
• Develop and improve business processes related to project management, data management, configuration control, document review and approval, resource management, and program integration.
• Develop process maps, workflows, standard operating procedures, governance processes, and repeatable management frameworks.
• Support strategic roadmap development, organizational planning, action planning, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Support budget planning, resource proposal development, workload analysis, and resource management activities.
• Identify program risks, issues, dependencies, and operational constraints and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Support coordination of major system installations, technical design reviews, operational readiness activities, and Operational Test & Evaluation activities.
• Support C5I/C4ISR system transitions and coordination between acquisition, engineering, logistics, operational, and sustainment organizations.
• Coordinate activities supporting System Support Agents and other technical and operational stakeholders.
• Support development and tracking of system readiness, deployment readiness, and sustainment metrics.
• Coordinate and prepare materials for executive governance meetings, program reviews, risk-management meetings, and other senior-level forums.
• Facilitate working groups, stakeholder meetings, program reviews, and management meetings.
• Develop agendas, capture decisions and action items, assign and track follow-up activities, and drive actions through closure.
• Provide recommendations to Government leadership regarding opportunities to improve program execution, efficiency, governance, processes, reporting, and operational effectiveness.
• Develop accurate, timely, and executive-ready technical, management, analytical, and program deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with the Project Manager to manage priorities, deliverables, stakeholder expectations, and emerging requirements.
• Perform other duties and support additional mission priorities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Direct professional experience supporting the U.S. Coast Guard is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, program management, acquisition support, technology lifecycle management, systems support, business operations, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of U.S. Coast Guard organizations, missions, operational environments, and program structures.
• Experience supporting Coast Guard technology, C5I, C4ISR, acquisition, engineering, logistics, sustainment, or mission-support programs.
• Experience supporting federal technology acquisition and system lifecycle activities.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or managing technical requirements, acquisition artifacts, schedules, program plans, or management deliverables.
• Experience coordinating across acquisition, technical, engineering, operational, logistics, and management stakeholders.
• Experience developing and improving organizational processes, workflows, governance structures, and management procedures.
• Experience managing schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and program deliverables.
• Experience developing executive briefings, reports, dashboards, metrics, and decision-support materials.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex technical and program information into actionable recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder-management, meeting-facilitation, written communication, and executive-communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Microsoft Project.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent priorities in a small, senior-level delivery team.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required Government suitability, system access, and credentials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting USCG C5I, C5ISC, C5I PEO, or related Coast Guard technology organizations.
• Experience supporting Coast Guard surface, cutter, boat, aviation, or shore-based technology environments.
• Experience with C4ISR or C5I system acquisition, integration, transition, deployment, or sustainment.
• Experience supporting System Support Agents, Technical Authorities, or similar Coast Guard technical organizations.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules and enterprise project management tools.
• Experience supporting technical design reviews, system installations, Operational Test & Evaluation, readiness reviews, or system transitions.
• Experience supporting PARM, risk-management, governance, or executive program reviews.
• Knowledge of federal acquisition, systems engineering, lifecycle management, logistics, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, configuration management, and data-management practices.