Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

About the role

DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and IT solutions to federal, state, local, and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services. The company collaborates with clients to solve pressing challenges, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. This position supports a two‑phase, sequential Mission and Organizational Support engagement for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Section I involves a six‑month OGPS Organizational Redesign and Leadership Succession Planning effort, including current‑state assessment, FTE and capacity analysis, roles and responsibilities review, future‑state design alternatives, process improvements, implementation roadmap, leadership capability requirements, succession risk assessment, and a practical succession planning framework. Upon completion, the team transitions to Section II to provide OPLIA Mission Execution Support Services, covering workload assessment, mission prioritization, cross‑organizational FTE/capacity analysis, functional mapping, roles‑and‑responsibilities clarification, coordination protocols, stakeholder communications, implementation roadmap recommendations, and workforce planning analysis. The role will plan and support interviews, workshops, leadership sessions, cross‑organizational engagements, and communications activities; synthesize stakeholder input into clear themes and action items; and help build trust and alignment during sensitive organizational assessment and mission execution efforts. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance and candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders).

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and support structured interviews, focus groups, surveys, leadership sessions, working sessions, and other stakeholder engagement activities across both project phases.
• Develop stakeholder maps and engagement plans that identify key audiences, interests, concerns, influence, dependencies, communication needs, and appropriate engagement approaches.
• Conduct or support interviews with federal leaders and staff using neutral, well‑structured questions; capture perspectives accurately while maintaining discretion, confidentiality, and trust.
• Support leadership retreats, cross‑collaborative sessions, and roles‑and‑responsibilities clarity engagements by developing agendas, discussion guides, read‑ahead materials, facilitation aids, and follow‑up products.
• Synthesize interview notes, survey results, meeting input, and other qualitative evidence into themes, findings, stakeholder considerations, decision points, and recommended follow‑up actions.
• Support functional mapping and R&R clarification by documenting stakeholder perspectives on responsibilities, coordination needs, handoffs, decision points, escalation paths, and areas