Knowledge Manager

Job Description

Description


SAIC is seeking a secret cleared Knowledge Manager to support our team onsite in Colorado Springs. In this role, you will design, govern, and optimize the organization's knowledge ecosystem by ensuring critical information, processes, and institutional knowledge are captured, organized, and easily accessible across the enterprise. You will lead the strategy, tools, and governance models that enable employees to find information quickly, share expertise, and collaborate effectively. By creating a unified, well-structured knowledge environment, the Knowledge Manager enhances operational efficiency, reduces duplication, accelerates onboarding, strengthens decision-making, and preserves essential organizational intelligence.

Responsibilities

Knowledge Strategy & Governance

• Define knowledge strategy - Establish the enterprise-wide vision, roadmap, and governance model for knowledge management.
• Develop standards - Create policies, taxonomies, metadata structures, and naming conventions to ensure consistency and findability.
• Lead governance committees - Facilitate cross-functional groups that oversee knowledge quality, lifecycle, and compliance.
• Manage knowledge platforms - Oversee systems such as SharePoint, Power Platform, Confluence, Teams, and enterprise search tools.
• Implement automation - Use Power Platform, AI, and automation to streamline content creation, tagging, and lifecycle management.
• Optimize search - Improve enterprise search relevance, indexing, and user experience.
• Oversee content lifecycle - Ensure content is created, reviewed, updated, archived, or retired according to policy.
• Curate high-value content - Identify and maintain authoritative sources, playbooks, SOPs, and knowledge assets.
• Ensure quality - Validate accuracy, completeness, and alignment with organizational standards.
• Promote knowledge culture - Drive adoption of knowledge-sharing behaviors and tools across teams.
• Facilitate communities of practice - Support CoPs, working groups, and subject-matter networks.
• Enable onboarding - Ensure new employees can quickly access essential knowledge and resources.
• Train employees - Deliver training on knowledge systems, content standards, and best practices.
• Develop guides - Produce documentation, templates, and toolkits to support content creators.
• Measure effectiveness - Track KPIs such as search success, content usage, and time-to-information.
• Identify gaps - Analyze patterns to find missing or outdated knowledge.
• Drive improvements - Continuously refine tools, processes, and governance based on data.

Qualifications


Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of enterprise platforms (SharePoint, Teams, Confluence, M365, Power Platform)
• Experience developing taxonomies, metadata models, and content governance
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, accessible content
• Familiarity with automation, AI-assisted knowledge tools, and enterprise search optimization

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Contract Management, or a related field plus 5 years' experience or HS plus 10+ years' experience in relative experience in lieu of education.
  
• Strong knowledge of ITIL frameworks, IT service contracts, and vendor relationship management.
  
• Demonstrated success in managing contract lifecycles and complex agreements.
  

Certifications (Preferred)

• ITIL Foundation Certification.
  
• Relevant Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, Prince2).
  

Key Attributes for Success

• Proactive mindset with a passion for fostering knowledge-sharing and operational excellence.
  
• High level of integrity and dedication to risk mitigation and compliance.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams in a matrixed enterprise environment.
  
• Adept at managing multiple priorities and shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview


SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.


We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.