Senior Associate, Operational Excellence

Senior Associate, Operational Excellence About Palladium

Operating in over 50 countries,Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments,businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health,energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development.

Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed, client-focused solutions that help organizations achieve measurable, sustainable impact.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies,which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $18 billion, GISI’s approximately 16,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction,program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

Palladium is seeking a Senior Associate, Operational Excellence to play a pivotal role in supporting administrative and executive management activities, contribute to the team’s pipeline of process improvement activities, and provide support to business development and project management teams. The Senior Associate will be a member of the Operational Excellence team and will provide cross-functional coordination, administrative,and project support to all functions overseen by the Vice President,Operational Excellence, including Process Excellence, Human Resources,Contracts, Legal, and Facilities.

The role will support initiatives that strengthen operational systems, improve internal ways of working, and help corporate functions deliver timely, practical support to business development and project delivery teams. Through this work, the Senior Associate will gain exposure to a broad range of corporate operations within Palladium and contribute to initiatives that enable the company to deliver impact across itsglobal portfolio.

The position is based in Palladium’s Arlington, VA office within our Americas region. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US as visa sponsorship is not available.

Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days fromhome.

The annual base salary for this position is expected torange from $75,000 to $80,000. Please be advised that a final salary offer willbe based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications,education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium’s businessor organizational needs.

• The role will report to the Senior Manager, Process Excellence
• This role will not have supervisory responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day administrative, coordination, and project support to the Vice President, Operational Excellence, including helping manage priorities, follow-ups, deadlines, meetings, documentation, and requests across Process Excellence, Human Resources, Contracts, and Legal
• Providing ad hoc executive and administrative assistance, including processing invoices and financial documentation, preparing and organizing files, developing templates, maintaining shared resources, and ensuring information is accurate, accessible, and easy to use
• Serving as a liaison between all internal stakeholders including but not limited to corporate services, practices, and business development teams to support timely information flow, coordinated…