Senior Consultant / Strategic Delivery Lead - Risk Management

About the role

SCT is seeking a Senior Consultant / Strategic Delivery Lead - Risk Management to provide strategic advisory and project leadership support within a national security mission organization. The Senior Consultant will support efforts to strengthen enterprise risk management, translate complex technical and programmatic information into strategic insights, and develop recommendations that support executive decision-making. The Senior Consultant will provide functional leadership across projects and interact regularly with the client as a trusted strategic advisor.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advisory support on enterprise risk management, risk-informed decision-making, governance, and program maturation.
• Analyze complex technical, programmatic and operational information and translate it into strategic recommendations to enhance enterprise risk management.
• Lead projects and workstreams, including planning, coordination, quality review, action tracking, and oversight of junior team members.
• Develop executive briefings, presentations, reports, strategic communications, and decision-support materials.
• Design and facilitate strategic summits, workshops, working sessions, training, and stakeholder engagements.
• Support development of risk management processes, training, dashboards, performance measures, and other program capabilities.
• Coordinate across technical experts, program offices, senior leaders, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Identify emerging client needs, risks, gaps, and opportunities and recommend practical approaches to address them.
• May include occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in risk management, strategic advisory services, federal consulting, program/project management, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Active U.S. Government security clearance with fully adjudicated T5 background investigation including drug test.
• Experience within the Department of Energy (DOE) or National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) environment is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex projects and multidisciplinary teams with limited supervision.
• PMP, PMI-RMP, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant professional certification is preferred.

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of risk management principles, processes, and risk-informed decision-making.
• Ability to understand complex technical information and communicate strategic implications to executive audiences.
• High-quality written, analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to interface with executive-level clients.
• Experience designing or facilitating strategic workshops, summits, or other stakeholder engagements is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employer paid basic life and short-term disability insurance
• Voluntary supplemental insurance options
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching, subject to plan eligibility requirements

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this full-time position is $100,000 to $180,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and contractual requirements, as applicable.