Strategy & Transformation Associate Director

## Strategy & Transformation Associate Director Apply:
US - GA, Atlanta:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
45057
** Job Family:
** Strategy & Transformation
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* Travel Required:

** Up to 10%
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* Clearance Required:

** Ability to Obtain Public Trust
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* What You Will Do:

** As a Strategic Advisor - Professional Associate Director you will provide subject matter expertise in support of multiple client engagements; develop and review presentations, briefings, memos, and reports. In addition, you will:
* Present during meetings, summits, and working sessions with senior client executives
* Facilitate workshops, strategy sessions, and tiger teams
* Discuss and develop solutions with client service teams and existing/new clients
* Identify policy, program, and/or business problems in client organization and support new business capture from sourcing through award/close
* Perform research on key accounts and client leadership with which to engage to effectively qualify and scope new business opportunities
* Actively engage within target accounts and relevant market(s) to keep current on existing and new trends, problem areas, or other issues that develop into new requirements and growth opportunities
* Consistently and systematically initiate client discussions; pursue new relationships and maintain existing relationships
* Understand client business issues and match them to firm’s capabilities; identified new opportunities to support client organizations
* Support development of proposals, white papers, thought leadership
* Serve as the primary coordinator and trusted advisor for a portfolio of pilot projects, bringing together public health agencies, CDC, National Partners, intermediaries, implementation teams, and evaluation partners to advance pilot design, implementation, and scaling.
* Facilitate stakeholder engagement, guiding charter development and scoping activities, tracking outcomes and evaluation requirements, supporting cross-organizational collaboration, and ensuring lessons learned are documented for broader adoption.

Key Responsibilities:

* Serve as a key relationship manager and facilitator across public health projects, project teams and stakeholders.
* Coordinate across multiple stakeholders and partner organizations, acting as a neutral convener to move work forward.
* Support evaluation, reporting, milestone tracking, and measurement of project outcomes.
* Capture lessons learned and help develop reusable playbooks, guidance, and sustainability plans to support scaling across jurisdictions.
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* What You Will Need:

*** Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust;
Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
* TEN (10) or more years of experience managing large and complex public health programs, including experience working with or within a federal or state public health agency.
* Recent experience working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
* Knowledge of federal government budget planning, execution, and procurement processes
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills with a demonstrated ability to make difficult concepts easy to understand
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Demonstrated facilitation experience/certification.
* Must be organized, self-motivated and able to multitask in a fast paced and dynamic work environment
* Demonstrated ability to excel both independently and as a team member in a collaborative environment
* Possess an acute awareness of organizational cultures and political savvy
* Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong business relationships with senior executives
* Proficiency with MS Office applications  
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