Country/Regional Lead

Country/Regional Lead

Client is looking for a Country/Regional Lead to support the CTR Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) mission as a member of the Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contract team. Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Be an engaged, proactive member of the team. Contribute to team work and engage in the intra-team collaboration.
• Provide project management support for the full range of BTRP activities in the assigned country/region.
• Establish cadence and facilitates regular and productive coordination and communication within government A&AS community members working on efforts/engagements in the assigned AORs.
• Provide advisory and assistant services with regards to linking activities and objectives to National Defense Strategy, Combatant Command plans, DoD, DTRA, CTR and BTRP priorities, and efforts of interagency partners.
• Advise and assists government counterparts with development and formulation of requirements and end-states.
• Assist and advise the government Country/Regional/Science Manager – as well as other government and A&AS counterparts contributing to implementation of the AOR priorities – with requirement validation, project idea development, acquisition planning, project initiation, planning, execution and monitoring, and closeout.
• Utilize best project management practices and established acquisition and other procedures.
• Support the client in drafting and finalizing various project and AOR portfolio documents, analyze data, and conduct research pertinent to the AOR's ongoing and planned engagements.
• Support government counterparts in utilizing Program Management Reviews (PMRs) as a tool to manage portfolio of projects in the assigned AOR, assist the client in review and documentation of project scope, schedule, budget status and forecast.
• Support prompt and thorough responses to short-fuse taskers.
• Capture lessons learned and recommend – and, where possible, incorporate – solutions to action items and process improvement methodologies.
• Support government personnel in planning travel and fulfilling pre-travel requirements.
• Travels in support of the BTRP mission.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters with 3-10 years of project management experience
• Experience applying project management best practices in support of multiple ongoing projects while delivering high-quality outputs. Ability to track multiple competing priorities and dynamic components.
• Track record working in a matrixed environment, coordinating work across large, diverse teams, and being an effective and collaborative team member.
• Experience building effective relationship with clients and other stakeholders, understanding client's requirements and contribution to organization's meeting client expectations.
• DoD SECRET clearance or higher

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Cooperative Threat Reduction program with experience related to DTRA CTR preferable.
• International engagement experience.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects which includes prioritizing, tracking, attention to detail, follow-up and follow-through to project completion.
• Flexibility/adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Candidates with a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI clearance are preferred.