Senior Mission Advancement Specialist (Hiring Immediately)

Guidehouse
Springfield, VA

Job Family : Strategy & Transformation Consulting


Travel Required :

Up to 10%


Clearance Required :

Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI)

What You Will Do :

Guidehouse has an exciting opportunity in our Defense and Security Segment to support a client through several change initiatives in the mission space. The Senior Mission Advancement Specialist will help our clients to identify, evaluate, and solve some of their most complex challenges, assisting them in achieving their strategic goals and objectives to fulfill their mission. We help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency of operations, strengthen policies and controls, increase transparency and performance management. The nature of our projects can be fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Project team members are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients’ senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of technical competency, business development, client service, leadership, project management, and people development.

The chosen candidate will be engaged in a diverse set of project-specific tasks covering a broad set of change management consulting capabilities, including:

  • Design and develop key communications products in support of mission owners to engage with the workforce and oversight
  • Enable transformation through strategy, planning, program management, process development and improvement
  • Define, document, and enhance operational effectiveness to deliver technology solutions to mission organizations
  • Design and execute facilitations and engagements with mission owners to support change management for AI integration into analytic workflows
  • Develop KPIs to measure the effectiveness of communications and change management efforts

What You Will Need :

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED Top Secret with SCI (TS/SCI) Federal or DoD security clearance; must UPGRADE and MAINTAIN a TS/SCI and (CI) Polygraph Federal or DoD security clearance
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Minimum THREE (3) years of experience in management consulting, program management, communication, or change management
  • Experience with organizational or process transformation


What Would Be Nice To Have :

  • Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions to solving them
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and strategic communication skills in DoD/IC environment
  • Experience working in teams to produce high-impact work products, reports, other deliverables in a fast-paced environment
  • Heightened attention to detail, and the ability to create and edit technical and non-technical written work products and graphical presentations.


What We Offer :

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life

  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Student Loan PayDown

  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

  • Skills Development & Certifications

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

  • Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or [email protected] . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact [email protected] . Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Posted 2026-03-24

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