Strategic Advisor - Army Modernization & Capability Integration

Sherpa-6; Spring Lake (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Retirement savings plan

Generous PTO

Family health coverage

Job summary

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Strategic Advisor to provide senior-level strategic advisory, integration, governance, and modernization support to Army acquisition and capability development organizations. The Advisor serves as a trusted advisor to Government leadership, enabling enterprise-wide synchronization across programs, organizations, and modernization initiatives.

The role aligns strategic priorities with capability development, portfolio management, and cross-functional integration to

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years supporting DoD or Army acquisition, modernization, systems integration, strategic operations, or capability development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Army acquisition organizations, capability development, portfolio management, and modernization governance.
• Experience supporting General Officers, SES, Program Executive Offices, or equivalent senior leadership.
• U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal strategic advisor to Government leadership on modernization, capability integration, governance, and organizational priorities.
• Advise senior leaders on enterprise integration strategies across acquisition, capability development, and operational stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize cross-functional capability gaps and recommend courses of action.
• Develop strategic plans, integration roadmaps, governance frameworks, executive decision processes, and implementation strategies.
• Coordinate collaboration among CPEs, PMs, PEOs, DEVCOM, and other stakeholders.
• Lead executive working groups, governance boards, and senior leader forums.
• Develop executive briefings, white papers, decision papers, reports, dashboards, and other decision-support products.
• Translate operational, technical, and programmatic information into actionable recommendations.
• Support portfolio planning, POM prioritization, modernization planning, and resource alignment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business, Public Administration, Military Science, Organizational Leadership, Information Systems

Master's degree in Strategic Studies or related discipline

Tools

DAWIA

PMP

Lean Six Sigma

Prosci Change Management

Job description

Description

Travel Requirement: Up to 25%

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (Top Secret preferred)

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Strategic Advisor to provide senior-level strategic advisory, integration, governance, and modernization support to Army acquisition and capability development organizations. The Strategic Advisor serves as a trusted advisor to Government leadership, enabling enterprise-wide synchronization across programs, organizations, and modernization initiatives. The position aligns strategic priorities, capability development, portfolio management, and cross-functional integration to accelerate delivery of operational capabilities while supporting Army transformation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal strategic advisor to Government leadership on modernization, capability integration, governance, and organizational priorities.
• Advise senior leaders on enterprise integration strategies across acquisition, capability development, and operational stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize cross-functional capability gaps and recommend courses of action.
• Develop strategic plans, integration roadmaps, governance frameworks, executive decision processes, and implementation strategies.
• Coordinate collaboration among CPEs, PMs, PEOs, DEVCOM, FCDs, TIDs, Army Staff, Joint stakeholders, and mission partners.
• Lead executive working groups, governance boards, technical exchanges, and senior leader forums.
• Develop executive briefings, white papers, decision papers, reports, dashboards, and other decision-support products.
• Translate operational, technical, and programmatic information into actionable recommendations.
• Support portfolio planning, POM prioritization, modernization planning, and resource alignment.
• Analyze organizational processes and recommend improvements that strengthen governance, transparency, and cross-functional execution.
• Monitor strategic initiatives, risks, dependencies, milestones, and executive action items.
• Support operational demonstrations, integration activities, and enterprise modernization initiatives as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business, Public Administration, Military Science, Organizational Leadership, Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years supporting DoD or Army acquisition, modernization, systems integration, strategic operations, or capability development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Army acquisition organizations, capability development, portfolio management, and modernization governance.
• Experience supporting General Officers, SES, Program Executive Offices, or equivalent senior leadership.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate collaboration across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance.

Preferred Experience:

• Master's degree in Strategic Studies, National Security, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related discipline.
• Experience supporting PEO C3N, PEO IEW&S, PEO Digital, PM Mission Command, PM Tactical Network, DEVCOM, ASA(ALT), or Joint capability development organizations.
• Knowledge of Project Polaris, Army Transformation initiatives, DOTMLPF-P integration, POM processes, CJCSM 5123.01, and capability-based modernization.
• Experience developing governance frameworks, integration roadmaps, and executive dashboards.
• Professional certifications such as DAWIA/Back-to-Basics, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Prosci Change Management.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

About Sherpa 6

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Background/Drug Screening

Successful completion of a pre-employment background & drug screening will be required as a condition of hire.

ADA

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.