Operational Logistics SME- Top Secret Clearance Required

Position Summary

Our Deloitte Enterprise Performance team is at the forefront of enterprise technology, working across finance, supply chain, and IT operations to deliver holistic performance improvement and digital transformation. Join our team of strategic advisers and architects, differentiated by our industry depth to collaborate with leading solution providers and leverage your experience in strategy, process design, technology enablement, and operational services to enable heart-of-the-business solutions.

Work You'll Do

As a Project Delivery Manager on the project, you will:

• Serve as the principal subject matter expert and advisor to the Project Lead and government stakeholders on all facets of contested logistics.
• Provide authoritative guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from shaping data calls and analysis to reviewing the final packaging of recommendations for senior leader decision forums.
• Serve as a senior subject matter mentor to the Policy Analyst and other team members, ensuring their work is analytically sound, strategically aligned, and doctrinally correct.
• Synthesize diverse inputs (e.g., JLB data, wargames, OPLANs, studies) to provide a unified strategic narrative and inform the project's direction.
• Act as the senior subject matter expert within Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) and working groups, guiding discussions, validating analytical approaches, and building consensus around findings.
• Provide critical SME recommendations for the codification of project findings into unified contested-logistics doctrine, authorities, and interagency constructs.

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Supply Chain & Network Operations offering advises, implements, and operates transformational solutions that bring world class supply network capabilities.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree with 12 years of experience, Masters degree with 10 years of experience or PhD and 8 years of experience
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility required
• 8+ years experience of defense logistics policy and statutory frameworks, translating high-level mandates into analytical requirements for project teams
• 8+ years of experience overseeing defense programs or project teams, leading the briefing of senior government leaders, facilitating expert-level working groups, and authoring the substantive portions of strategic documents

Preferred:

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in public policy, national security, logistics, or related discipline
• Experience in a key advisory or influential role on a major project, program, or Integrated Project Team (IPT)
• Experience participating in high-level committees, working groups, or policy advisory panels

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Requisition code: 327269

Job ID 327269

Client-provided location(s): Arlington, VA

Job ID: Deloitte-327269

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-03-19T19:02:25