Senior Executive Support Specialist

Position Summary

The Senior Executive Support Specialist provides senior-level executive governance, meeting lifecycle, decision documentation, and classified administrative support for AF ISR Digital Infrastructure Transformation activities. The role supports executive councils, boards, pre-briefs, and related decision forums by ensuring topics are properly staffed, read-ahead materials are complete, decisions are documented, actions are tracked, and TS/SCI materials are handled in accordance with security and records-management requirements.

Clearance Required:Active Top Secret/SCI

Work Location: NCR - In Office

Program: AF ISR Digital Infrastructure Transformation Support

Salary
: $130K-$150K

Karthik Consulting is committed to providing competitive compensation based on the responsibilities of the role, required qualifications, security clearance level, relevant experience, certifications, customer requirements, geographic location, and overall business needs. The salary range listed for this position represents a good-faith estimate of the current compensation range for this role.

At Karthik Consulting, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range. Final compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each candidate’s experience, qualifications, certifications, clearance level, contract requirements, and overall alignment with the role.

Employees may be eligible for company benefits and additional compensation programs, subject to company policy, contract requirements, and individual eligibility.

The AF ISR Digital Infrastructure Transformation effort supports governance, visibility, decision-making, and execution alignment across foundational digital infrastructure portfolios, including data, automation, artificial intelligence, networks, cloud, enterprise services, cybersecurity, and related modernization initiatives. The program helps leadership maintain disciplined oversight, improve task visibility, and preserve decision quality across high-visibility mission support activities.

The program scope includes executive forum management, agenda and read-ahead preparation, classified material control, decision documentation, action tracking, knowledge management, stakeholder coordination, workflow improvement, records management, reporting support, and the governance processes required to maintain alignment, accountability, and execution across executive-level decision forums.

Governance Lifecycle Management

• Manage the master schedule for executive councils, boards, pre-briefs, and ad hoc governance sessions.
• Serve as the intake and coordination point for topics submitted for executive review, ensuring packages are complete, properly staffed, and routed for required approvals.
• Provide presenters, sponsors, and action officers with procedural guidance, suspense timelines, participation requirements, and required package standards.
• Develop and maintain meeting agendas and coordinate updates based on leadership priorities, emerging issues, and time-sensitive decisions.

Executive Briefing and Decision-Support Materials

• Review and refine briefing materials to improve clarity, structure, accuracy, and decision quality for senior leadership review.
• Compile and distribute read-ahead packages within established suspense timelines while maintaining strict version control and information integrity.
• Ensure presentations, memorandums, decision papers, and supporting documents are concise, properly staffed, and suitable for executive-level discussion and action.
• Handle, store, transmit, and control classified or sensitive materials in accordance with TS/SCI requirements and approved release controls.

Meeting Execution and Official Documentation

• Attend executive sessions to capture decisions, action items, voting outcomes, leadership guidance, and required follow-on actions.
• Prepare meeting minutes, decision memorandums, executive summaries, and related correspondence that preserve the official record.
• Manage staffing, review, signature, and final distribution of executive decision documents, including asynchronous staffing actions when required.
• Document proceedings in a manner that establishes clear ownership, suspense dates, expected outcomes, and accountability for follow-on actions.

Knowledge Management and Action Tracking

• Maintain the official repository for executive council records, meeting materials,…