Engagement Consultant, DLA

About the role

The Engagement Consultant supports the day-to-day delivery of strategic consulting engagements focused on business transformation to include developing and scaling AI prototypes. They serve as the operational backbone of the engagement, orchestrating workstreams, managing the rhythm of client and team interactions, and ensuring ASI delivers cohesively as the prime contractor.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain trusted, day-to-day working relationships with stakeholders across the engagement
• Ensure ASI is appropriately represented in key client meetings, working sessions, and decision forums as the prime contractor
• Provide strategic advice, issue resolution, and actionable recommendations to achieve mission outcomes and exceptional client delivery
• Lead status reviews, decision forums, stakeholder engagements, and senior-level check-ins/working sessions to maintain alignment on priorities and decisions
• Cook up and track all meetings, presentations, and AI prototype demonstrations across the engagement
• Drive resolution of delivery, stakeholder, and operational issues
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and emerging issues; escalate to senior staff with proposed mitigations
• Track decisions, follow-ups, and commitments from client and internal meetings to ensure disciplined follow-up and on-time completion
• Bridge content development, technical, and subcontractor teams to ensure information flows efficiently and dependencies/issues are surfaced early
• Support senior ASI staff in maintaining clear roles, responsibilities, and handoffs between ASI and teaming partner
• Aid in other workstreams as needed to meet critical deadlines
• Contribute strategic ideas and practical solutions that advance client outcomes and engagement performance
• Attend domain and technical meetings with sufficient fluency to identify outstanding actions, emerging risks, and opportunities — even without deep technical AI expertise
• Translate technical progress into client-ready updates, talking points, and recommendations
• Bring a continuous-improvement mindset to engagement operations, identifying ways to streamline coordination and reporting
• Monitor contract performance and resource utilization
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation or corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, reporting obligations, and internal management expectations
• Support program reviews and executive decision-making with accurate, timely data
• Identify follow-on opportunities
• Partner with capture teams on growth, recompete planning, and targeted new work
• Contribute client insight and engagement strategy to proposals and account planning
• Help position ASI as a long-term strategic acquisition and AI partner to DLA
• Support the broader productization of ASI’s AI/RPA toolset for expansion to other agencies and departments

Requirements

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a government clearance; active clearance a plus
• 5+ years of experience supporting DoW or federal consulting engagements, programs, or mission-support initiatives, with demonstrated growth in responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to understand, identify, and assess emerging technologies—particularly artificial intelligence (AI)—to support process improvements, operational efficiency, and organizational modernization efforts
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and translate outcomes into actions, risks, and follow-ups without requiring deep technical AI expertise
• Demonstrated ability to engage credibly with senior client stakeholders, experienced ASI staff, and teaming partners
• Pristine ability in building strong client and team relationships
• Pristine ability in managing complex engagements with multiple workstreams in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop polished status presentations and client-ready materials
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
• Team-oriented mindset with a demonstrated willingness to step in and support other team members or workstreams as needed to advance shared engagement and client goals

Qualifications

• Understanding of federal and/or DoW acquisition
• Familiarity with AI/ML, RPA, intelligent automation, or digital transformation programs in a federal context
• Familiarity with DoW or federal ATO processes
• Experience working on engagements involving subcontractor partners, with awareness of prime/sub dynamics
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree a plus
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management certification