Project Lead - Arlington, United States - BMNT

BMNT
BMNT
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Arlington, United States

3 weeks ago

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About the Role:


In this role, you will join a rapidly growing innovation consulting firm, BMNT Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with an east coast office in Arlington, VA.

BMNT is unique because of the focus on Mission Acceleration - increasing the speed at which mission-driven organizations solve complex problems at scale.

BMNT is not only an established thought leader in innovation but is actively changing how organizations think about and solve problems, as demonstrated by the creation of Hacking for Defense (H4D) .

Our customers span across the U.S. public sector, and abroad in the United Kingdom and Australia.


At BMNT, Project Leads play an integral role in our consulting practice and their goal is to successfully execute projects to achieve our customers' desired outcomes.

Project Leads strategize with and lead teams supporting Program Managers. Our Project Leads have a deep understanding of BMNT products and services and the underlying methodologies. This ensures they can successfully drive results for customers. This includes planning facilitated workshops, market research, and stakeholder management.

In addition, our Project Leads are capable of leading multiple projects simultaneously and managing a diverse team to efficiently reach key milestones with limited or no oversight.

This specific role resides on the BMNT Naval Team. We are building a high-trust, high-performing team and are seeking a Project Lead to help deliver support for U.S. Navy customers primarily under the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and NavalX.

ONR coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and this position is a perfect opportunity to have real impact with direct support to NavalX and U.S.

Fleet and Force customers. The Project Lead will be part of the NavalX Fleet Force Innovation Operations Support Team directly supporting U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) and Task Force 59 (TF-59).


Location:

Within commuting distance of our office in Arlington, VA with the expectation of being in the office two to three days per week, but sometimes daily based on customer needs.


What You'll Be Doing (Responsibilities):


  • Be prepared to work an atypical work schedule to support the TF59 customer in Manama, Bahrain whose work week is Sunday-Thursday, and are seven (7) hours ahead of East Coast time. Onsite trips to TF59 are expected every 3060 days and this position will also serve as local liaison/escort when TF59 personnel visit the Washington D.C. locale.
  • Work directly with the Chief Technology Officer at TF59 to understand problems and capability gaps, and document those needs in an unclassified problem statement.
  • Conduct engagements with problem owners, users, technical experts, influencers, and program offices to better understand the problem and create alignment and buyin.
  • Interface with supporting organizations (like Navy Tech Bridges, ONRG Science Advisors, and Naval Postgraduate School) to align resources and build coalitions around problems to be solved.
  • Coordinate discussions between TF59 and tech scouting agents (like In-QTel) to inform technical scans for novel technology solutions.
  • Conduct technology searches in the SBIR portfolio and other databases (like Vulcan).
  • Attend technology demonstrations, tradeshows and technology conferences to identify novel technology solutions.
  • Conduct engagements with technology companies to validate productmission fit and conduct capability readiness assessments.
  • Conduct engagements with downstream adoption stakeholders (like Resource Sponsors and Program offices) to understand fielding and scaling pathways for technologies that perform well in NSW experiments.
  • Interface with organizations with contract pathways and complete necessary forms and paperwork to facilitate putting solution providers under contract.
  • Coordinate resources for the planning, execution, and reporting of TF59 experiments
  • Draft status updates and write articles documenting progress and success stories
  • Track progress (dates) on all documented problems as they progress through the phases of Innovation Operations.
  • Travel as required approximately 25% of the time; submit travel requests and travel reports.

Required Experience and Qualifications You'll Need to Thrive in the Role:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • U.S. Citizenship.
  • Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) required.
  • 10+ years of consulting or relevant project management experience.
  • Experience in planning, coordinating, and synchronizing tasks across projects.
  • Demonstrated organizational skills and experience in delivering tasks and projects on time and that achieve desired results.
  • Ability to selfdirect research in order to quickly generate a broad understanding of previously unfamiliar topics due to the diverse breadth of work on the contract.
  • Mature interpersonal skills and able to participate successfully in a team env

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