R&D Security and Supply Chain Risk Advisor

R&D Security and Supply Chain Risk Advisor

The Opportunity:

To achieve an organization’s mission, leaders need strong team members who can create processes, communicate requirements, and develop innovative solutions throughout the execution of the mission. Whether conducting risk reviews and assessments or communicating findings, our clients need someone who can advise on program-related risks in an R&D environment. That is why we need you, an experienced R&D Security and Supply Chain Risk Advisor, to provide high-quality support.

As part of our team, you'll serve as a strategic technical specialist for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. You’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. You will leverage technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA-H decision makers. You’ll maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. 

You'll serve as an R&D Security and Supply Chain Risk Advisor helping clients to thoroughly assess program security and supply chain risks associated with suppliers, personnel, products, materials, or information. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client's mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission's success.

What You’ll Work On:

• Provide support to senior executives and personnel from offices and directorates throughout the agency on matters related to R&D program security, including processes, reviews, and risks.

• Prepare reports, briefs, and other documents and communications to convey security risk findings to internal and external stakeholders.

• Review documentation and leverage software tools and systems to assess the security risk of individuals, organizations, and programs.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 7+ years of experience with supply chain risk assessments or risk-based reviews of suppliers and personnel, including from prime, sub, or vendors, and associated products, materials, or information supplied

• Knowledge of the R&D lifecycle, stages of research development and investment, and foreign ownership, control, or influence

• Knowledge of tactics of adversaries in unwanted technology transfer

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in an R&D environment

• Experience supporting programs such as DARPA or U.S. DoD advanced development programs

• Experience with reviews of proposed or current vendors for compliance with federal requirements regarding foreign ownership, control, or influence

• Experience with supply chain risk management (SCRM) and Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) reviews

• Ability to demonstrate professionalism and sound judgement

• Ability to be team-oriented

• Possession of excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills for daily interactions with executive-level audiences in a dynamic, high-visibility support office environment

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, International Studies, or National Security field

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

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