Sr Action Officer

About the role

VTG is seeking an Sr Action Officer to provide support to the Director’s Action Group (DAG) for a senior executive‑level customer, located in Chantilly, VA.

Responsibilities

• Perform and maintain DAG support functions, including recognition programs, training, and security.
• Manage Tracking Information and Enterprise Response (TIER) actions for the supported office.
• Manage CORRtemp and correspondence handbook.
• Analyze, assign, or perform actions as appropriate.
• Manage and execute the action tracking process, develop standard operating procedures, and serve as a facilitator for user requirements.
• Monitor progress on actions, generate metrics to demonstrate accountability for meeting deadlines and quality expectations; prepare periodic reports on action status and keep leadership aware of late, pending, and new actions.
• Disseminate policy and legislative changes to appropriate internal parties.
• Draft, proofread, edit, and provide final review of internal and external correspondence.
• Coordinate and maintain presentations for audiences up to the Senior Executive level; maintain a quality‑control process for all presentations.
• Participate in DAG‑related meetings.
• Participate in internal committees, integrated process teams (IPT) working groups, and task forces.
• Manage records generated during execution of customers’ projects and programs in accordance with federal laws, regulations, and customer directives.
• Lead, update, and deliver various training courses to customer audiences, including TIER, action officer, and correspondence courses.
• Lead, develop, and streamline DAG support functions.
• Identify internal and external issues that may impact the customer and take appropriate action as approved by the US government.
• Draft, consolidate, coordinate, and edit executive‑level documentation to ensure consistency with organizational strategic objectives; apply in‑depth knowledge of DoD/IC issues, policies, programs, and procedures.
• Analyze and capture metrics on task execution, make recommendations on process improvements and strategic efficiencies.
• Make recommendations and prepare briefings, point papers, and other materials based on analysis of complex policy issues and documents.
• Ensure critical information is disseminated to internal and external agencies, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and mission‑partner equipment offices.
• Lead and manage TIER actions: assign to appropriate divisions or branches, follow up, provide status reports, and coordinate responses for senior management review.
• Lead and participate in customer‑wide TIER meetings.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: federal acquisitions; Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC) budget and finance processes; national security policy.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering or project/program management, or both.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior executives at multiple organizational levels.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and standard computer applications.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment while maintaining flexibility and versatility.
• Experience fostering solid relationships that promote cooperation and communicating expectations.
• Experience analyzing situations and making well‑informed decisions.
• Experience communicating effectively and concisely using a variety of styles and techniques appropriate to the audience.
• Experience mentoring, delivering one‑on‑one training, or facilitating training courses.
• Multiple years of TIER experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business‑related discipline (advanced degree preferred) with 10 years within IC or DoD, or 5 years within the Chantilly customer; or a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with 10 years within IC or DoD and 5 years within the Chantilly customer.

Pay

VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $135,000 – $160,000 annually. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations, and may include contractual requirements that could cause an offer to fall outside this range.