Strategic Executive Advisor for High-Priority Initiatives

ARMADA, Ltd.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ARMADA, Ltd. in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Staff Officer to provide strategic counsel and staff support to executives, enabling effective decision-making and advancement of priorities.

You will analyze complex information, prepare decision-ready recommendations, briefings, and executive documents while coordinating cross-functionally on high-visibility initiatives. Relentless focus on confidentiality and discretion, with ability to work independently and manage multiple high-priority tasks in a

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrated experience providing staff officer, executive support, or strategic planning.
• Experience supporting senior leadership or Government officials in a complex organization.
• Experience developing executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, issue papers, talking points, reports, or similar materials.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects, initiatives, or actions involving multiple stakeholders.
• Must possess excellent written communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to manage sensitive information and exercise discretion when supporting senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic counsel and targeted staff support to executive leadership to enable effective decision-making and advancement of key priorities.
• Analyze and synthesize complex information to identify critical issues, risks, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.
• Develop decision-ready recommendations for executive and senior-level consideration.
• Prepare executive briefings, issue papers, options analyses, talking points, decision memoranda, and other senior-level correspondence and documentation.
• Navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and changing mission requirements to appropriately sequence and advance high-priority initiatives.
• Translate executive priorities and strategic objectives into actionable workplans, milestones, governance routines, and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and manage strategic engagement plans supporting senior stakeholders and priority initiatives.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional coordination for complex, sensitive, high-visibility, or time-critical initiatives.
• Track strategic commitments, action items, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables through resolution.
• Prepare executive leadership for high-level and high-stakes meetings by identifying objectives, stakeholder positions, potential risks, decision points, and recommended actions.
• Represent executive leadership in designated working groups, coordination meetings, or governance forums within approved authorities.
• Identify emerging issues and proactively recommend appropriate sequencing, escalation, mitigation, or resource actions.
• Coordinate with Government leadership, client representatives, internal stakeholders, and mission partners on matters requiring judgment, diplomacy, and influence.
• Provide executive counsel regarding priorities, organizational risks, decisions, competing demands, and mission requirements.
• Support internal efforts related to professional development, upskilling, training, knowledge sharing, and strategic client engagement.
• Provide surge support and specialized expertise to accelerate progress on sensitive, high-priority, or time-critical projects.
• Maintain appropriate discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive information, executive communications, and organizational matters.
• Perform other staff officer and mission-support duties as assigned in support of Government requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Executive briefing

Presentation development

Project management

Discretion and judgment

Independent work

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

ARMADA, Ltd. in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Staff Officer to provide strategic counsel and staff support to executives, enabling effective decision-making and advancement of priorities.

You will analyze complex information, prepare decision-ready recommendations, briefings, and executive documents while coordinating cross-functionally on high-visibility initiatives. Relentless focus on confidentiality and discretion, with ability to work independently and manage multiple high-priority tasks in a