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Senior Operations Facilitation Manager

Guidehouse · Arlington, VA · 4 days ago
On-siteManagementFull-time

About the role

The Senior Operations Facilitation Manager for Industry Partnerships serves as a trusted advisor and engagement lead, aligning private-sector partners, government cybersecurity stakeholders, technical teams, and cross-functional program leaders around shared cyber defense priorities and coordinated action.

Responsibilities

  • Combine strong consulting, stakeholder-management, and strategic communication skills with substantive experience in cyber threat intelligence, security operations center processes, cyber incident response, and public-private cyber defense collaboration.
  • Translate cyber threats, vulnerability, and incident information into decision-ready implications for executives and partner organizations.
  • Lead coordination across industry partners, JCDC, CSD offices, and CISA stakeholders to advance shared priorities and improve alignment.
  • Build and sustain trusted relationships with cybersecurity companies, technology providers, critical infrastructure organizations, and information sharing communities.
  • Audit stakeholder needs, identify opportunities for collaboration, and recommend practical approaches for aligning government and industry capabilities.
  • Design and facilitate planning sessions, working groups, executive discussions, and partner engagements that produce clear decisions and next steps.
  • Synthesize technical, operational, and policy inputs into concise insights, options, and recommendations for leadership.
  • Develop executive briefings, decision materials, talking points, strategic plans, roadmaps, and engagement products.
  • Interpret policies, plans, directives, and leadership priorities and translate them into workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and action plans.
  • Establish governance and action-tracking approaches to monitor commitments, risks, dependencies, decisions, and outcomes.
  • Advise leadership on industry perspectives, stakeholder concerns, partnership opportunities, and barriers to execution.
  • Engage technical and operational teams to understand threat activity, defensive needs, operational constraints, and opportunities for government-industry collaboration.

Requirements

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "TOP SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum eight (8) years of experience in cyber, consulting or related field
  • Demonstrated knowledge of CTI concepts, analytic processes, intelligence products, and information sharing considerations
  • Experience working with or supporting a SOC, cyber defense center, incident response team, threat intelligence function, or comparable operational environment
  • Working knowledge of cyber incident response, defensive operations, and the roles of government and industry in collective cyber defense
  • Significant experience in management consulting, strategic communications, program management, stakeholder engagement, or a related advisory role
  • Experience supporting cybersecurity, technology, critical infrastructure, national security, or another complex mission environment
  • Demonstrated success managing relationships with private-sector organizations and diverse stakeholder groups
  • Ability to quickly understand complex technical and policy topics and communicate their business, operational, and strategic implications
  • Experience developing executive briefings, strategic plans, roadmaps, decision papers, or comparable leadership products
  • Strong facilitation, presentation, writing, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop practical recommendations, and move initiatives from concept through execution
  • Ability to coordinate multiple organizations, priorities, and deliverables in a dynamic environment

Qualifications

  • Experience integrating CTI, SOC, or incident-response perspectives into strategic planning, partnership initiatives, or executive decision support
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity operations, cyber threat information, incident coordination, or critical infrastructure risk
  • Experience advising senior government or private sector executives
  • Experience establishing partnership strategies, governance models, or performance measures

Skills

  • Knowledge of CTI production and dissemination
  • Understanding of SOC workflows
  • Experience with cyber incident response
  • Experience with defensive operations

Benefits

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Discretionary Variable Incentive Bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan Paydown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend

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