Mission Integration Team Lead - Manager

Join our team of high-end strategy and management consultants and professionals who have served on the front lines of homeland security, law enforcement, criminal justice, emergency management, and the military. Have an immediate impact and grow your career quickly at the same time!

Lafayette Group is seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to serve as the operational lead for Mission Integration, coordinating team assignments, driving daily task execution, and ensuring accurate, timely completion of reporting deliverables.

This role is responsible for overseeing day to day task execution, prioritization, team coordination, progress monitoring, risk mitigation, and deadline management while acting as the primary point of contact for ensuring timely, accurate deliverables across Mission Integration work streams.

• Acts as the communication bridge between federal cybersecurity teams and contract staff, ensuring work streams, status updates, and deliverables are clearly articulated.
• Oversees day-to-day execution of tasks and reporting workflows.
• Monitors progress across multiple reporting products and escalates risks proactively.
• Serves as the main point of contact for initiatives across teams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Supports recurring reporting cycles with strong attention to detail.
• Validates inputs from stakeholders and confirms accuracy before submission.
• Coordinates and streamlines internal processes to improve workflow efficiency.
• Responds quickly to ad hoc information requests or short turnaround assignments.
• Advises senior government leaders on strategic direction, prioritization, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Provides timely, informed updates to federal leadership based on engagement with cybersecurity experts and stakeholders.
• Identifies operational inefficiencies and implements process improvements across both federal and contract teams.
• Tracks, evaluates, and reports performance measures to support accountability and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of senior-level experience in people and program management, with a proven track record of excellence in project management experience. Cybersecurity and government experience is highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively engage diverse stakeholders and foster collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to excel in fast-paced, high-volume environments, managing multiple concurrent efforts and adapting to dynamically shifting priorities.
• Experience overseeing reporting processes or recurring production cycles and managing deadline-driven operational work.
• Strong organizational and workflow management capabilities, ability to synthesize diverse inputs quickly and accurately, and coordination of cross-team assignments.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams and delivering results aligned with federal contract requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal oversight while maintaining accountability for team performance and deliverables.
• Senior-level experience in stakeholder engagement, including effective communication and relationship management with federal leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to brief senior leadership and produce high-quality, error-free deliverables.

• Active TS security clearance and SCI eligibility; must have US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
• Strong independent initiative and ownership of tasks, with a demonstrated…