Experienced Business Operations Specialist

Position Responsibilities

• Close partnership with other Business Operations functions and groups
• Affords assistance in the integration and analysis of programs, plans, strategies and processes to meet business goals for authorization, including supporting management of cost, schedule, and technical elements of the work
• Maintains compliance with earned value management system work scope
• Supports timely coordination and clarifies the analysis with business partners to validate results and determine scope to meet long range business goals and develop business case
• Covers commitments with internal and external organizations to fulfill strategies. Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning, and refines the business case
• Meets with leadership to gain approval
• Collects, organizes, and provides data according to established processes within the management system to maintain the status of programs, customer and supplier commitments, and compliance
• Develops solutions to complex problems that require ingenuity and innovation
• Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives
• Performs work with minimal direction and exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment
• Ensures follow up action for issue resolution

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship
• 3+ years of experience with Project Planning, Scheduling, Project Management or related experience
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing projects that involved cross-functional or cross-business unit teams
• 3+ years of experience producing and presenting presentations at the Executive level
• 3+ years of experience working with organizational leaders to develop & implement plans & objectives to meet requirements and create reports for management reviews & track performance to plan
• 3+ years of experience gathering and analyzing data
• 3+ years of experience developing and managing strong relationships with partners (internal and external), government and community customers, and representatives
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• An active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required).
• (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).
• Highly proficient with multi-tasking (i.e., handling daily work, urgent emerging issues, prioritizing incoming requests for all levels of stakeholders, etc.).
• Experience guiding decision making in a cross-functional teaming environment
• Experience in project management and the ability to work on several projects simultaneously
• Experience in a role which requires strong interpersonal and communication skills