Senior Strategist

ECS Corporate Services; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Public Trust eligibility

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Strategist to work remotely, driving initiatives to align the National Security workforce and the practices they use. You will support DHS leadership with strategic planning and guide expectations across contracts, while also enhancing ECS internal strategies and staffing alignment.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, coaching teams, and thought leadership to foster a high-performing, collaborative culture that delivers value to federal customers and the ECS

Qualifications

• 7+ years of consulting experience.
• Experience developing organizational strategy.
• Experience supporting federal agencies (DHS preferred).
• Must be a US citizen or eligible for Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Work independently with little supervision while meeting established goals and be a team player.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills including public speaking.
• Lead and support change agents with complex delivery challenges.
• Exhibit excellent facilitation skills.
• Apply coaching stances (advising, teaching, mentoring, role modeling).
• Apply Agile practices (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, LeSS) and lead coaching circles.
• Drive a team of coaches in larger engagements.
• Demonstrate strong consulting management skills.
• Communicate effectively with staff, management, and C-level executives.
• Practice active listening and customer-focused relationship building.
• Identify opportunities to improve customer satisfaction and partnerships.
• Employ organizational development and change models and collaboration frameworks.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Public speaking

Facilitation

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Scrum

SAFe

Kanban

LeSS

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a S enior Strategist to work remotely . The Senior Strategist is responsible for driving initiatives that improve the alignment of the National Security business unit workforce and the practices they use, such that we continue to improve as a high-performing producer of quality IT products and services to both our federal customers and within the ECS organization. Our BU believes in the values and principles of Agile; therefore, this role is expected to support the development of a generative culture that focuses on highly collaborative teams who are close to their customers, deliver value frequently, and align strategically to our business model and current state of corporate maturity.

The daily life of a Senior Strategist is focused on engaging customer leadership at DHS HQ to support their needs and gain strategic insight into how they can continuously improve. This role will require regular contact with customer leadership across all contracts as needed, to help them with their strategic planning and to guide their expectations given their own environmental constraints.

In addition to customer-facing responsibilities, this role also focuses on ECS internal strategic improvements that include (but is not limited to):

• Business strategic goal formation and measurement
• Customer market focus and opportunities for growth
• Customer delivery performance evaluation and recommendations for improvement
• Improvements to staffing alignment on both contracts and internal operations
• Hiring and contract capture support as needed (as a SME)
• Thought leader and change agent for the culture

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to work independently with little supervision and accountable to established goals, as well as a team player
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including public speaking skills
• Support and lead other change agents with complex delivery challenges
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Experience with coaching stances (advising, teaching, mentoring, role modeling, coaching)
• Knowledge and application of Agile practices (e.g., Scrum, SAFe , Kanban, LeSS , etc.), team coaching and leadership
• Lead and sustain Agile coaching circles and communities of practice
• Drive a team of coaches in larger engagements
• Strong consulting management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff, management, and C-level individuals
• Excellent listening skills
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction, develop and deepen long-lasting client relationships
• Applying organizational development and change models
• Applying collaboration frameworks including the ability to plan, execute, analyze, and report large scale experiences with ten or more teams

Salary: $110,000 - $145,000

General Description of Benefits

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
• A Bachelors degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of consulting experience
• Experience developing organizational strategy
• Experience supporting federal agencies (DHS preferred).