Engagement Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

ASI Government provides government leaders with the expertise they need to navigate acquisition and organizational challenges so they can make an impact and achieve their goals. For over 30 years, ASI has transformed the way government does business, impacting over 70 government agencies across the civilian, defense, and intelligence communities.

Do you thrive on creating unique and impactful value for Federal clients? Are you passionate about partnering with clients and collaborating to create solutions? Do you enjoy the opportunity to drive change that impacts our nation?

We are looking for smart, curious, driven individuals to join us in partnering with our client to help them solve some of the nation's most challenging problems. ASI Government serves as a trusted adviser to government leaders seeking improved performance, enhanced organization effectiveness, and strategic change.

Job Description

ASI Government is seeking an Engagement Consultant to support the day-to-day delivery of strategic consulting engagements focused on business transformation to include developing and scaling AI prototypes. Reporting to senior ASI engagement leadership and working alongside experienced domain and technical staff who drive the strategic vision and technical work products, the Engagement Consultant serves as the operational backbone of the engagement — orchestrating workstreams, managing the rhythm of client and team interactions, and ensuring ASI delivers cohesively as the prime contractor. The Engagement Consultant ensures that all workstreams are aligned to program priorities, contract requirements, quality standards, and measurable operational results. The successful candidate is a polished, organized, and confident professional with strong consulting instincts to engage effectively with senior client stakeholders, experienced ASI staff, and teaming partner staff. This role requires a leader who combines client mission understanding, client-facing presence, delivery discipline, and the ability to translate trusted relationships into sustained impact and growth.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with direct influence on client trust, mission outcomes, and company growth within ASI's rapidly expanding AI & Automation Practice along side our Strategy and Organization Development Practice.

Engagement and Relationship Management

• Build and sustain trusted, day-to-day working relationships with stakeholders across the engagement
• Ensure ASI is appropriately represented in key client meetings, working sessions, and decision forums as the prime contractor
• Provide strategic advice, issue resolution, and actionable recommendations to achieve mission outcomes and exceptional client delivery
• Support senior ASI leaders in managing client expectations, communications, and engagement cadence
• Lead status reviews, decision forums, stakeholder engagements, and senior-level check-ins/working sessions to maintain alignment on priorities and decisions
• Coordinate with internal subject matter experts, clients, and teaming partner staff to remove barriers, accelerate decisions, and ensure recommendations translate into lasting client impact
• Serve as a consistent, professional point of contact who reinforces ASI's role and brand throughout the engagement
• Identify opportunities to deepen ASI's client relationships and expand workshare; surface insights and openings to ASI engagement leadership

Delivery Coordination and Execution

• Oversee execution of all contract tasks, deliverables, and workstreams
• Develop and refine hypotheses, workplans, and client-ready analyses
• Synthesize findings into clear, decision-ready recommendations and facilitate alignment with internal and teaming partner staff and senior level clients on actions and next steps
• Support piloting, refinement, implementation, and change management activities led by technical and domain staff
• Coordinate and track all meetings, presentations, and AI prototype demonstrations across the engagement
• Maintain a comprehensive view of all open actions across content development, tool development, ATO approval, stakeholder communications/engagements, change management activities, etc.
• Drive resolution of delivery, stakeholder, and operational issues
• Develop and produce weekly status presentations and other recurring engagement reporting
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and emerging issues; escalate to senior staff with proposed mitigations
• Track decisions, follow-ups, and commitments from client and internal meetings to ensure disciplined follow-up and on-time completion

Team and Subcontractor Coordination

• Bridge content development, technical, and subcontractor teams to ensure information flows efficiently and dependencies/issues are surfaced early
• Coordinate day-to-day collaboration with the teaming partner, ensuring ASI's prime role is consistently reinforced in joint activities
• Support senior ASI staff in maintaining clear roles, responsibilities, and handoffs between ASI and teaming partner
• Assist with other workstreams as needed to meet critical deadlines

Strategic Contribution and Problem-Solving

• Contribute strategic ideas and practical solutions that advance client outcomes and engagement performance
• Attend domain and technical meetings with sufficient fluency to identify outstanding actions, emerging risks, and opportunities — even without deep technical AI expertise
• Translate technical progress into client-ready updates, talking points, and recommendations
• Bring a continuous-improvement mindset to engagement operations, identifying ways to streamline coordination and reporting

Financial and Operational Management

• Monitor contract performance and resource utilization
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation or corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, reporting obligations, and internal management expectations
• Support program reviews and executive decision-making with accurate, timely data.

Growth and Account Expansion

• Identify follow-on opportunities
• Partner with capture teams on growth, recompete planning, and targeted new work
• Contribute client insight and engagement strategy to proposals and account planning
• Help position ASI as a long-term strategic acquisition and AI partner to DLA
• Support the broader productization of ASI's AI/RPA toolset for expansion to other agencies and departments

Qualifications

Required

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a government clearance; active clearance a plus
• 5+ years of experience supporting DoW or federal consulting engagements, programs, or mission-support initiatives, with demonstrated growth in responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to understand, identify, and assess emerging technologies—particularly artificial intelligence (AI)—to support process improvements, operational efficiency, and organizational modernization efforts
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and translate outcomes into actions, risks, and follow-ups without requiring deep technical AI expertise
• Demonstrated ability to engage credibly with senior client stakeholders, experienced ASI staff, and teaming partners
• Proven ability in building strong client and team relationships
• Proven ability in managing complex engagements with multiple workstreams in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop polished status presentations and client-ready materials
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
• Team-oriented mindset with a demonstrated willingness to step in and support other team members or workstreams as needed to advance shared engagement and client goals
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with on-site presence at Ft. Belvoir, VA, as required by the engagement

Preferred

• Understanding of federal and/or DoW acquisition
• Prior consulting experience
• Familiarity with AI/ML, RPA, intelligent automation, or digital transformation programs in a federal context
• Familiarity with DoW or federal ATO processes
• Experience working on engagements involving subcontractor partners, with awareness of prime/sub dynamics
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree a plus
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management certification

Work Schedule: H ybrid – 2–3 days remote, 2–3 days on-site at Fort Belvoir, VA

Start Date: ASAP

Why Join ASI Government?

• Work on high-impact, high-visibility projects that improve government services.
• Collaborate with experienced consultants in strategy, analytics, and organizational development.
• Opportunity for career growth in a dynamic and mission-driven environment.

BENEFITS : ASI Government offers a comprehensive benefit package to our employees. Benefits can be viewed on our careers site.

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