Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Strategist to work remotely.
The Senior Strategist is responsible for driving initiatives that improve the alignment of the National Security business unit workforce and the practices they use, such that we continue to improve as a high-performing producer of quality IT products and services to both our federal customers and within the ECS organization. Our BU believes in the values and principles of Agile; therefore, this role is expected to support the development of a generative culture that focuses on highly collaborative teams who are close to their customers, deliver value frequently, and align strategically to our business model and current state of corporate maturity.
The daily life of a Senior Strategist is focused on engaging customer leadership at DHS HQ to support their needs and gain strategic insight into how they can continuously improve. This role will require regular contact with customer leadership across all contracts as needed, to help them with their strategic planning and to guide their expectations given their own environmental constraints. In addition to customer-facing responsibilities, this role also focuses on ECS internal strategic improvements that include (but are not limited to):
- Business strategic goal formation and measurement
- Customer market focus and opportunities for growth
- Customer delivery performance evaluation and recommendations for improvement
- Improvements to staffing alignment on both contracts and internal operations
- Hiring and contract capture support as needed (as a SME)
- Thought leader and change agent for the culture
Job Responsibilities:
- Ability to work independently with little supervision and accountable to established goals, as well as a team player
- Strong verbal and written communication skills including public speaking skills
- Support and lead other change agents with complex delivery challenges
- Excellent facilitation skills
- Experience with coaching stances (advising, teaching, mentoring, role modeling, coaching)
- Knowledge and application of Agile practices (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, LeSS, etc.), team coaching and leadership
- Lead and sustain Agile coaching circles and communities of practice
- Drive a team of coaches in larger engagements
- Strong consulting management skills
- Ability to effectively communicate with staff, management, and C-level individuals
- Excellent listening skills
- Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction, develop and deepen long-lasting client relationships
- Applying organizational development and change models
- Applying collaboration frameworks including the ability to plan, execute, analyze, and report large scale experiences with ten or more teams
Salary: $110,000 - $145,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
- A Bachelors degree in a relevant field.
- 7+ years of consulting experience
- Experience developing organizational strategy
- Experience supporting federal agencies (DHS preferred).
Skills Required
- Must be a US citizen
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- 7+ years of consulting experience
- Experience developing organizational strategy
- Experience supporting federal agencies, preferably DHS
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
