Innovation Program Management Analyst

In this age of disruption, organizations need to navigate the future with confidence by tapping into the power of data analytics, robotics, and cognitive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our Strategy & Analytics portfolio helps clients leverage rigorous analytical capabilities and a pragmatic mindset to solve the most complex of problems. By joining our team, you will play a key role in helping to our clients uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data and transforming the Government and Public Services marketplace.

Work you’ll do 

The selected candidate will have several responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities and experience working in the following areas: 

• Supporting project management and support services for innovative business improvement projects
• Creating strategic communication products for senior leadership and workforce reporting
• Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary
• Developing materials for program management coaching to help innovation project owners succeed. This includes reviewing, shaping, aligning, facilitating, providing pitch coaching, and incubating bottom-up innovation projects through various mediums such as innovation campaigns, open calls, and leadership-directed tasking
• Conducting research activities, draw connections between latest regulations/policies and acquisition management gaps, and formulate logical justifications for potential pilots or prototypes
• Supporting the building, testing, and maintaining various project management tools and templates on a routine basis, and support the decommissioning or updating of outdated tools or templates
• Developing and tracking key success metrics by setting up data collection processes, monitoring project impact and status, generating reports, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals to guide decision-making and improve innovation processes.

• Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration or similar
• Active Secret security clearance required 
• Must be able to support onsite in-office in Los Angeles (El Segundo) 4-5x a week
• 2+ years of experience in leading or supporting in business process improvement, innovation, program management, modernization, and transformation projects
• 2+ years of familiarity and experience with agile methodologies and data-driven insights to lead teams, execute innovation initiatives, deliver business solutions, and drive workforce culture change
• 2+ years of proven proficiency in program management tools

• Experience project management frameworks and methodologies, innovation and design thinking frameworks,
• Knowledge of change management methodologies, strategic communication plans, workshop facilitation, and skills coaching
• Proficient analytical skills with experience in analyzing data and providing strategic recommendations
• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate innovative solutions, and identify and mitigate risks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies
• Strong problem-solving skills