Position SummaryDo you keep projects and tasks moving, align stakeholders, and drive crisp decisions and follow-through-turning priorities into measurable progress? Can you juggle a dozen competing priorities and still translate them into a clear plan-fast? Are you tech-savvy and innovation-minded-able to spot opportunities to streamline work, improve visibility, and modernize how teams operate using tools and automation? If so, the
Project Management Senior Consultant role supporting the Government & Public Services (GPS) Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) might be for you.
Work You Will Do The
Project Management Senior Consultant advances priority initiatives through disciplined execution, cross-functional coordination, and exceptional communications. This role is ideal for someone who can quickly synthesize complex inputs into concise leadership-ready briefings, manage multiple concurrent priorities, and operate independently in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift frequently-while also bringing a tech-forward, innovative approach to improving operational effectiveness. On any given assignment, the
Project Management Senior Consultant may be responsible for the following activities:
Executive Communications & Briefings - Develop executive-ready materials (briefings, talking points, leadership readouts, meeting agendas, and written updates) aligned to OCOO objectives and voice.
- Synthesize complex and ambiguous inputs into clear "what / so-what / now-what" messages for senior audiences.
- Create and refine executive-level presentations, including storyboarding, structuring key messages, and producing polished decks under tight timelines.
- Leverage tools (e.g., advanced PowerPoint features, collaboration platforms, and emerging GenAI-enabled workflows where appropriate) to accelerate drafting, improve clarity, and increase consistency-without sacrificing accuracy or discretion.
Initiative and Workstream Execution - Support multiple OCOO initiatives by building workplans, tracking milestones, and driving follow-through with stakeholders.
- Maintain action trackers, decision logs, and next steps to ensure momentum and accountability.
- Introduce innovative ways of working (templates, lightweight automation, dashboards, standard work) to reduce friction, improve throughput, and increase transparency across workstreams.
Cross-Functional Coordination - Coordinate across teams to gather inputs, manage dependencies, align deliverables, and surface risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
- Drive clarity on owners, timelines, and expectations to keep work moving.
- Act as a catalyst for continuous improvement-identifying recurring bottlenecks and proposing tech-enabled solutions that strengthen coordination and governance.
Prioritization and Independent ownership - Triage competing requests, pivot quickly as priorities change, and maintain quality under pressure.
- Own deliverables end-to-end with minimal direction: clarify the ask, propose an approach, deliver, and incorporate feedback rapidly.
- Demonstrate comfort learning new tools quickly and experimenting with better approaches-balancing innovation with practicality, security, and stakeholder needs.
The Team The OCOO is a dynamic, fast-paced team that helps drive and deliver on top GPS priorities. The OCOO supports the GPS Chief Operating Officer (COO), who oversees GPS operations-providing end-to-end finance and operational support across the GPS business. Working at the center of the action, the OCOO connects stakeholders, drives execution against key initiatives, and helps ensure GPS has the operational foundation to perform and grow.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5+ years of experience in project management, project coordination, or a comparable role in a complex, matrixed environment.
- 3+ years of experience managing competing priorities across multiple concurrent workstreams with varied stakeholders and timelines.
- 3+ years of demonstrated exceptional communication and presentation delivery, including:
- Ability to synthesize complex or incomplete information into clear, executive-ready messages.
- Proficiency in storyboarding and delivering executive-level briefings and presentations (logical storyline, persuasive structure, polished materials under time constraints).
- Ability to rapidly incorporate feedback and iterate materials to improve clarity, alignment, and executive readiness.
- Tech-savvy mindset with demonstrated ability to use AI and digital tools to improve execution (e.g., advanced slide/office productivity capabilities, collaboration tools, and comfort adopting new platforms quickly).
- Demonstrated innovation/continuous-improvement orientation-able to identify inefficiencies, propose pragmatic solutions, and help teams adopt better ways of working.
- Ability to work independently with sound judgment and high discretion; anticipate needs and drive work forward proactively.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills; able to build alignment without direct authority.
- Flexibility and resilience in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or any time in the future.
- Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the initiatives you support.
Preferred:
- Experience supporting leadership in an operations or strategy execution capacity.
- Experience establishing operating rhythm artifacts (agendas, readouts, action tracking) and supporting governance cadences (weekly status, leadership updates).
- Experience implementing tech-enabled process improvements (e.g., dashboards, lightweight automation, standardized templates, or improved reporting workflows).
- Familiarity with the GPS operating environment and cross-functional Enterprise Solutions teams (e.g., Finance, Contracts, Talent, Risk, Technology).
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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Requisition code: 365957
Job ID 365957
