Mission Engagement Lead

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Job Description:

Mission Engagement Lead – Defense & Identity Solutions – Defense & Identity Solutions Portfolio

Summit Point, West Virginia (Onsite)

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next.

At Parsons, we don’t just imagine success—we deliver it. We are seeking a Customer Success & Strategic Engagement Lead to strengthen customer relationships, drive successful adoption of our solutions and help identify emerging opportunities across our Defense and Identity Solutions portfolio, based onsite at our Summit Point, West Virginia office.

This role operates within the Operations organization and focuses on ensuring both government and commercial customers understand, adopt and gain value from the systems we deliver, while also helping the organization better understand evolving mission needs and future opportunities.

The role serves as a bridge between customers, Program Managers, Product teams, Solutions Enablement and Business Development—ensuring the voice of the customer is consistently represented across the organization.

If you thrive at the intersection of customer relationships, mission delivery, product understanding and strategic growth, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

This role is suited for a customer-facing leader who understands complex program environments and technology-driven solutions.

As the Mission Engagement Lead, you will build trusted relationships with customers across government agencies, defense organizations and commercial partners, ensuring they understand how to effectively use and benefit from Parsons’ solutions.

You will work closely with Program Managers, Engineering, Product Readiness, Solutions Enablement and Business Development teams to ensure the voice of the customer is clearly represented across the organization and reflected in program delivery, product improvements and future opportunities.

Operating in a highly matrixed environment, success in this role depends on your ability to build trust, communicate complex solutions clearly and translate operational insight into actions that improve both customer outcomes and future capabilities.

What You’ll Be Doing

Customer Relationships & Advocacy

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with government and commercial customers
• Partner with Program Managers during customer engagements, stakeholder meetings and program reviews
• Serve as an advocate for customer needs across Operations, Product and Solutions teams
• Foster long-term relationships that strengthen customer confidence and trust in Parsons
• This role is designed to complement program delivery and execution, not replace it. Program Managers retain ownership of contract execution, schedule, budget and program performance. The Customer Success & Strategic Engagement Lead partners with Program Managers during customer engagements and stakeholder discussions to strengthen relationships, improve customer understanding of delivered capabilities and identify future needs or opportunities.

Mission Insight & Opportunity Development

• Identify emerging customer needs, operational challenges and opportunities for expanded capabilities
• Translate customer feedback into actionable inputs for Product teams, Solutions Enablement and program leadership
• Work alongside Program Managers and Business Development to help shape follow-on opportunities within existing programs
• Provide operational insight and customer context to support proposals, statements of work and future engagements

Executive Engagement, Demonstrations & Training

• Lead or support executive briefings, capability demonstrations and operational walkthroughs for customers and partners
• Work with Solutions Enablement teams to develop demonstrations that clearly communicate mission value
• Support training sessions and onboarding to ensure customers understand how to use and benefit from deployed solutions
• Ensure customers understand upcoming capabilities, system updates and available enhancements

Product, Solutions & Marketing Collaboration

• Partner with Product teams to translate field feedback into product improvements and r