Job Family:
Strategy & Transformation
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do:
As a Strategic Advisor - Professional Associate Director you will provide subject matter expertise in support of multiple client engagements; develop and review presentations, briefings, memos, and reports. In addition, you will:
- Present during meetings, summits, and working sessions with senior client executives
- Facilitate workshops, strategy sessions, and tiger teams
- Discuss and develop solutions with client service teams and existing/new clients
- Identify policy, program, and/or business problems in client organization and support new business capture from sourcing through award/close
- Perform research on key accounts and client leadership with which to engage to effectively qualify and scope new business opportunities
- Actively engage within target accounts and relevant market(s) to keep current on existing and new trends, problem areas, or other issues that develop into new requirements and growth opportunities
- Consistently and systematically initiate client discussions; pursue new relationships and maintain existing relationships
- Understand client business issues and match them to firm’s capabilities; identified new opportunities to support client organizations
- Support development of proposals, white papers, thought leadership
- Serve as the primary coordinator and trusted advisor for a portfolio of pilot projects, bringing together public health agencies, CDC, National Partners, intermediaries, implementation teams, and evaluation partners to advance pilot design, implementation, and scaling.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement, guiding charter development and scoping activities, tracking outcomes and evaluation requirements, supporting cross-organizational collaboration, and ensuring lessons learned are documented for broader adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a key relationship manager and facilitator across public health projects, project teams and stakeholders.
- Coordinate across multiple stakeholders and partner organizations, acting as a neutral convener to move work forward.
- Support evaluation, reporting, milestone tracking, and measurement of project outcomes.
- Capture lessons learned and help develop reusable playbooks, guidance, and sustainability plans to support scaling across jurisdictions.
What You Will Need:
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust; Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- TEN (10) or more years of experience managing large and complex public health programs, including experience working with or within a federal or state public health agency.
- Recent experience working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Knowledge of federal government budget planning, execution, and procurement processes
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills with a demonstrated ability to make difficult concepts easy to understand
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated facilitation experience/certification.
- Must be organized, self-motivated and able to multitask in a fast paced and dynamic work environment
- Demonstrated ability to excel both independently and as a team member in a collaborative environment
- Possess an acute awareness of organizational cultures and political savvy
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong business relationships with senior executives
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Advanced degree
- FIFTEEN (15) or more years of experience managing large and complex public health programs
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a 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
