Strategic Operations Advisor

About the Role

By Light Professional IT Services LLC is seeking a highly experienced Strategic Operations Advisor to tackle complex operational, cyber, and enterprise-level challenges. This role involves serving as a trusted advisor, translating strategic priorities into actionable plans, and driving measurable organizational improvements. The ideal candidate will engage with executives and cross-functional teams, demonstrating strong leadership, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to execute disciplined solutions.

Responsibilities

• Advise leadership on strategic planning, organizational priorities, operational alignment, and execution.
• Evaluate complex operational challenges and develop practical, actionable recommendations.
• Support the development, refinement, and execution of plans using established joint planning methodologies.
• Translate senior-leader guidance into clearly defined objectives, processes, decision points, and executable initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration among operational, technical, cyber, planning, and leadership stakeholders.
• Assess existing organizational processes to identify inefficiencies, duplication, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support process mapping, analysis, redesign, and implementation efforts across critical business and operational functions.
• Help establish performance measures, governance structures, and repeatable workflows to improve accountability and organizational effectiveness.
• Advise on the integration of cyber considerations into strategic and operational planning.
• Support knowledge-management practices to enhance information sharing, collaboration, continuity, and decision-making.
• Assist with documenting processes, lessons learned, decision frameworks, and organizational knowledge.
• Develop and present executive-level briefings, recommendations, decision-support materials, and written assessments.
• Mentor and guide personnel involved in planning, process improvement, knowledge management, and organizational transformation efforts.
• Conduct and teach Battle Rhythm Management principles.

Qualifications

• Senior executive leadership experience at the Colonel/O-6 level or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior leaders and executive decision-makers.
• Strong understanding of the Joint Planning Process, operational planning, and complex organizational decision-making.
• Completion of Joint Professional Military Education Phase II.
• Experience supporting cyber operations, cybersecurity initiatives, cyber mission activities, or the integration of cyber capabilities into operational planning.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex organizational challenges and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Working knowledge of process-improvement concepts, including process mapping, root-cause analysis, workflow assessment, performance measurement, and process redesign.
• Foundational understanding of knowledge-management principles, including information sharing, knowledge capture, collaboration, continuity, and organizational learning.
• Ability to lead discussions and facilitate collaboration across diverse functional and technical teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering executive-level briefings.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, and mission-focused environment with limited supervision.
• Ability to take on and lead projects to resolution in a timely manner.

Preferred Skills

• Formal training or certification in Lean Six Sigma, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, business process improvement, organizational change management, or a related methodology.
• Experience mapping, analyzing, and re-engineering complex enterprise or operational processes.
• Experience supporting organizational transformation, governance development, strategic initiatives, or enterprise-wide improvement programs.
• Formal knowledge-management experience implementing knowledge-management practices within a large, complex organization.

Clearance

Currently possess an active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

Pay

The projected pay range for this position is $155,000 - $185,000. The annual base salary provided is a guideline and is not a guarantee of compensation. When extending an offer, By Light considers factors such as work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions.