Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Job Description

The Stakeholder Engagement Lead serves as the strategic architect and operational driver for stakeholder engagement initiatives across high-stakes and high-profile federal programs. This leader oversees the full lifecycle of stakeholder engagement—from strategy development and stakeholder mapping through to execution, measurement, and executive reporting. The ideal candidate combines strategic foresight, political and organizational savvy, and exceptional communication skills to build trust, foster collaboration, and ensure alignment among diverse internal and external audiences. This leader is responsible for ensuring buy-in across a complicated stakeholder landscape in order to drive the adoption of strategic change initiatives delivering safer and more efficient transportation infrastructure with global impact.  

Responsibilities 

• Develop, direct, and lead stakeholder engagement from conception through completion for large-scale, complex programs advancing high-profile, multi-domain initiatives 

• Define the stakeholder engagement strategy and segmentation framework to guide management of complex relationships that include inter-agency Executive Sponsors, congressional and media interests, union and professional organizations, and agency workforce 

• Partners with internal and external communications teams to tailor messaging and outreach strategies for specific audiences, ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact. Translates empathetic understanding of stakeholders to advocate and represent communities to deliver effective messaging throughout collaboration initiatives with varying urgency, including crisis communication, pilot or prototype sessions, and working groups. 

• Plan, design, and lead events that convene stakeholders, foster private and public sector collaboration, and drive consensus on key initiatives, including leadership roundtables, sponsor coalition forums, listening sessions, and stakeholder workshops that provide key insights, build trust, and elevate public sentiment 

• Prepare and deliver high-level reports and briefings—including executive summaries, congressional updates, and stakeholder impact reports—for audiences such as Executives, agency leadership, governing bodies, and the American public 

• Establish qualitative and quantitative metrics to assess engagement outcomes, including sentiment, public perception, stakeholder satisfaction, morale, and adoption health 

• Apply interdisciplinary knowledge of organizational change management, public sector, and complex technical modernizations to assess engagement needs and systematically design stakeholder engagement approach for full operational and cultural integration. The successful leader possesses Organizational Change Management (OCM) skillsets that encompass stakeholder engagement, business process reengineering, organizational change strategy, people management, and executive presence. 

 

Qualifications

Required  

• Bachelor’s degree with 15 years of experience in leading large-scale, complex transformational or modernization initiatives 

• Proven experience managing high-profile, multi-stakeholder initiatives and C-Suite Executives 

• Versatile leadership and team/people management skills, with ability to motivate and inspire others, foster trust, and develop strong relationships and rapport 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills applied to a diverse portion of successful organization change initiatives 

• Familiarity with complex technical implementations and leads with optimism and confidence through ambiguity and challenging situations 

• Microsoft Office Suite expertise (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) 

• Previous Federal Consulting Experience 

• U.S. Citizen 

 

Preferred 

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or equivalent certifications is a plus 

• Change Management certifications (e.g., Prosci Change Management Certification) are desirable 

• Extensive knowledge of project management software and tools 

 

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About Us

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies 

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team 

• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required 

• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave