Strategic Operations Analyst

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required

Travel Requirement: As needed, up to 25%

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Strategic Operations Analyst to support PM Mobile Brigade Combat Team (PM MBCT) in support of the Capability Portfolio Executive (CPE) Ground mission. This position supports strategic planning, organizational integration, acquisition activities, stakeholder coordination, and executive-level communications across a dynamic Army modernization portfolio. The successful candidate is a self-starter with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills who thrives in ambiguous environments, builds strong relationships across organizations, adapts quickly to changing priorities, and works independently with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning and Portfolio Integration

• Support strategic planning, portfolio synchronization, and organizational integration efforts across PM MBCT.
• Coordinate with government leadership, acquisition teams, engineers, and external stakeholders to support modernization initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Conduct research, analyze information, and develop products and recommendations that support leadership decision-making.
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities while managing multiple efforts simultaneously.

Stakeholder Engagement & Executive Support

• Build relationships with stakeholders across government and industry to gather information, coordinate activities, and support organizational initiatives.
• Independently engage stakeholders to gather information, coordinate activities, and drive organizational initiatives forward.
• Prepare and deliver executive briefings, dashboards, reports, and decision-support products for senior leaders, including General Officers.
• Support meetings, governance boards, working groups, and executive engagements by preparing materials, tracking actions, and facilitating coordination.

Acquisition & Program Support

• Support acquisition planning, portfolio management activities, and cross-functional coordination across PM MBCT.
• Assist with tracking program activities, milestones, dependencies, risks, and organizational priorities.
• Collaborate with technical and functional teams to translate leadership objectives into executable actions.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn Army acquisition processes, modernization initiatives, and portfolio management practices.

Process Improvement & Organizational Effectiveness

• Identify opportunities to improve organizational processes, communication, and workflow efficiency.
• Develop and maintain governance documentation, standard operating procedures, trackers, dashboards, and other organizational tools.
• Recommend practical solutions that improve visibility, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Support implementation of new organizational processes and change initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Organizational Leadership, Management, Public Administration, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting DoD, Army, acquisition, modernization, program management, or strategic operations organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships, influence stakeholders, and work independently with minimal direction in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.
• Experience preparing executive briefings, presentations, reports, dashboards, or other decision-support products.
• Active Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Army acquisition or modernization organizations.
• Familiarity with DoD governance processes or portfolio management.
• DAWIA certification or willingness to pursue acquisition training.
• Experience briefing senior leaders and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
• Active Top Secret Clearance.

About Sherpa 6

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Background/Drug Screening

Successful completion of a pre-employment background & drug screening will be required as a condition of hire.

ADA

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.

Salary Description

$110,000-$130,000