Travel Requirement: Up to 25%
Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (Top Secret preferred)
Citizenship: US Citizenship required
Sherpa 6 is seeking a Strategic Advisor to provide senior-level strategic advisory, integration, governance, and modernization support to Army acquisition and capability development organizations. The Strategic Advisor serves as a trusted advisor to Government leadership, enabling enterprise-wide synchronization across programs, organizations, and modernization initiatives. The position aligns strategic priorities, capability development, portfolio management, and cross-functional integration to accelerate delivery of operational capabilities while supporting Army transformation efforts.
Responsibilities- Serve as the principal strategic advisor to Government leadership on modernization, capability integration, governance, and organizational priorities.
- Advise senior leaders on enterprise integration strategies across acquisition, capability development, and operational stakeholders.
- Identify, assess, and prioritize cross-functional capability gaps and recommend courses of action.
- Develop strategic plans, integration roadmaps, governance frameworks, executive decision processes, and implementation strategies.
- Coordinate collaboration among CPEs, PMs, PEOs, DEVCOM, FCDs, TIDs, Army Staff, Joint stakeholders, and mission partners.
- Lead executive working groups, governance boards, technical exchanges, and senior leader forums.
- Develop executive briefings, white papers, decision papers, reports, dashboards, and other decision-support products.
- Translate operational, technical, and programmatic information into actionable recommendations.
- Support portfolio planning, POM prioritization, modernization planning, and resource alignment.
- Analyze organizational processes and recommend improvements that strengthen governance, transparency, and cross-functional execution.
- Monitor strategic initiatives, risks, dependencies, milestones, and executive action items.
- Support operational demonstrations, integration activities, and enterprise modernization initiatives as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business, Public Administration, Military Science, Organizational Leadership, Information Systems, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years supporting DoD or Army acquisition, modernization, systems integration, strategic operations, or capability development.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Army acquisition organizations, capability development, portfolio management, and modernization governance.
- Experience supporting General Officers, SES, Program Executive Offices, or equivalent senior leadership.
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to facilitate collaboration across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
- U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance.
Preferred Experience:- Master's degree in Strategic Studies, National Security, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related discipline.
- Experience supporting PEO C3N, PEO IEW&S, PEO Digital, PM Mission Command, PM Tactical Network, DEVCOM, ASA(ALT), or Joint capability development organizations.
- Knowledge of Project Polaris, Army Transformation initiatives, DOTMLPF-P integration, POM processes, CJCSM 5123.01, and capability-based modernization.
- Experience developing governance frameworks, integration roadmaps, and executive dashboards.
- Professional certifications such as DAWIA/Back-to-Basics, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Prosci Change Management.
- Active Top Secret clearance.
BenefitsWe offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.
Salary RangeThe proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.
Salary Description
$150,000-$160,000
