Sr Action Officer

This is an opportunity to work on exciting innovation projects with our agency. We have a 65-year track record of bringing some of the top technical innovations to the world, including the internet, GPS, self-driving cars, and LEDs. We have a ~$4.2B annual budget to drive technology innovation. In your role, you will be part of an elite team, working with some of the most brilliant Program Managers (PMs) and DARPA-funded researchers, as well as world class commercial advisors, venture, and private investors, on behalf of our agency. Your objective will be to accelerate the commercialization of some of the most important technologies to advance our mission - to pose and prevent technological surprise. 
As a Senior Action Officer you will make significant contributions within a fast-paced, highly collaborative entrepreneurial environment to provide high level business, operational, and executive support. You will work with Government leaders to track and coordinate logistics for short- and long-term projects and engagements, including working with executive assistants and other staff to manage daily schedules and coordinate internal and internal briefings and presentations to commercial stakeholders. You will travel with Government leaders to conferences, workshops, performer sites, and various stakeholder sites, assisting in preparing briefings for these trips and capturing follow up items for action. 
Your organizational skills and attention to detail will assist in tracking status across multiple commercial strategy projects, maintaining a list of contacts for Government leaders, and assisting in the preparation of briefings for our leaders, Congress, and other external stakeholders. Your work will spur both economic and national security, helping commercialize our technology and avoid problematic foreign investment in U.S. developed technologies, as well as societal impact.
This position is located on client site in Arlington, VA, and will require approximately 75% in-person work, including 25% travel within the U.S. to accommodate client needs. Due to the nature of work performed within the client facility, U.S. citizenship is required.
Work with us as we help promising technologies become commercial products to transform national security.Join us. The world can’t wait.

Capabilities

• Ability to effectively communicate information via multiple Microsoft Office tools, e.g., Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Required Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Agency Appropriate Polygraph
• 5+ years of experience as an Action Officer or Project Coordinator, including: 1 year in a commercial and/or entrepreneurial organization working on a team supporting C-suite corporate leaders or their Government equivalent or 2 years in Government at Agencies focused on the commercialization of advanced dual-use technology (e.g., DARPA, ARPA-E, AFWRX, DIU, NavalX)
• Master of Business Administration

Desired Skills

• Secret clearance

Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.