Principal Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead intricate Federal consulting projects, significant technical workstreams, or cross-functional program operations.

• Define delivery strategies, governance structures, roles, decision-making rights, work plans, quality benchmarks, performance metrics, and acceptance criteria.

• Analyze complex enterprise challenges using practical, data-driven approaches.

• Counsel executives and facilitate challenging decisions by clearly outlining trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and implications for implementation.

• Synthesize perspectives on mission, acquisition, finance, data, technology, processes, organizational structure, and workforce considerations.

• Oversee the creation of roadmaps, operating models, acquisition strategies, actionable recommendations, executive briefings, and transition deliverables.

• Evaluate and endorse significant work products, ensuring that conclusions are sound and justifiable.

• Assemble and manage balanced teams; mentor Senior Consultants and Consultants.

• Cultivate client relationships and collaborate with contract, corporate, partner, and Government leadership.

• Create reusable intellectual resources, enhance staff capabilities, support growth, and promote mobility across assignments.

• Undertake additional job-related tasks as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Outstanding skills in problem framing, executive facilitation, writing, briefing, negotiation, and decision support.

• Proven track record in developing personnel, reusable methodologies, trusted client relationships, and sustainable client capabilities.

• Quick adaptability to client systems with the ability to connect insights across various disciplines.

• Reliability and dedication to fulfilling client and company commitments.

• Team-oriented collaboration and the ability to foster low-ego teams.

• Generally, 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in Federal consulting, transformation, acquisition, program leadership, data, processes, governance, change, or a related field.

• Demonstrated accountability for major workstreams, multidisciplinary teams, executive stakeholders, quality, risk, and accepted outcomes.

• Capability to integrate diverse disciplines and transform ambiguity into actionable operating strategies.

• A strong sense of ownership and a proactive attitude.

• Ability to work for extended periods at a desk and computer; may occasionally need to stand or move around the office for long durations.

• Must meet pre-employment qualifications set by Cherokee Federal.

• Experience in requirements development and management, business analysis, traceability, capability analysis, or systems analysis.

• Knowledge in Federal acquisition, contracting, procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or contract portfolio analysis.

• Skills in data inventory, normalization, quality, analysis, visualization, dashboard creation, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SQL, or related tools.

• Expertise in enterprise process improvement, operating-model design, governance, decision rights, performance measurement, or Lean Six Sigma.

• Background in organizational change, stakeholder engagement, communications, facilitation, training, roadshows, or adoption measurement.

• Experience in program or project management, integrated scheduling, risk and dependency management, quality assurance, PWS development, or executive reporting.

• Familiarity with DHS, CISA, cybersecurity, or another complex Federal mission environment; capability to obtain and maintain required suitability and access.

• Experience in Federal project and program management; PMP certification is a significant advantage.

• Background in enterprise business process optimization, Federal contract portfolio management, or Federal change management.

• Experience in generating data visualization dashboards is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree or a relevant combination of education, training, and experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match.

• Paid time off.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Prescription drug coverage.

• Basic life and AD&D insurance.

• Options for supplemental life insurance.

• Coverage for short-term and long-term disability.

• Paid holidays.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) options.

• Support for professional development, training, and certification.

• Voluntary benefits for accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection.