Logistics Management Institute - Tysons Corner, VA
posted 3 days ago
About the position
The Program Planning & Investment Management (PP&IM) Sub Service Line (SSL) is seeking a Practice Area Lead for the Portfolio & Project Management (P&PM) Practice Area (PA). The PAL will be responsible for 1) developing a strategy for their Practice Area that aligns with SSL strategy and solution maturation; 2) leading business development, on contract growth, and growth for their PA, and 3) talent management and development within their PA. The P&PM Practice Area is focused on capabilities which includes: developing a portfolio, program and project management strategy including risk and schedule management, and innovation of Program Management Operational tools. The PAL will lead practice area activities, which includes overseeing firm-wide strategy for administration services, leveraging technology to drive innovation, and the developing, retaining, mentoring and coaching of a team of operations domain experts.
Responsibilities
- Develop PA strategy and support the SSL strategy to assist in executing SSL goals
- Create, update, and/or document solutions, offerings, methodologies, and capabilities that align to the PA and resonate with market trends and/or client challenges
- Coordinate across LMI to ensure PA capabilities are known throughout LMI and meeting the needs of LMI's customers
- Continuously improve existing capabilities and develop new capabilities within PA to stay in front of a rapidly evolving and digitally-enabled marketplace
- Provide solutioning, capture, and proposal support to markets/growth for PA capabilities
- Develop sales enablement materials to support SSL and PA growth
- Screen RFIs/RFPs for potential action and lead/coordinate response for SSL
- Review, maintain, and coordinate with markets/BD to update pipeline opportunities related to the Practice Area
- Support SSL and markets/growth in partner identification for opportunities
- Manage and develop talent within the PA
- Manage the hiring process for talent demands within the PA
- Conduct interviews for demand requirements and coordinate with SSL Director on hiring/staffing decisions
- Assist Resource Managers and SSL Director with staff redeployments and internal mobility
- Mature the PA bench by identifying and mentoring subject matter experts and emerging talent
- Help identify the best approaches to improve the professional skills of Practice Area members
- Provide input and support to Practice Area staff on Performance 365 goals and calibrations
Requirements
- Experience in management consulting or government services, executing capabilities in Practice Area (military or civilian)
- Bachelors degree required
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise and thought leadership
- Ability to lead, nurture, and develop people in an effective way with positive impacts to both the employee and LMI
- Ability to understand and align competing work priorities and outcomes with partners
Nice-to-haves
- Ability to develop, nurture and maintain collaborative partnerships
- Ability to clearly articulate other's roles and responsibilities in completing work
- Ability to achieve consensus and decisions while maintaining collaborative partnerships
- Ability to leverage indirect influence to delegate and co-create and implement work products
- Ability to tailor communication requirements and style to a wide-range of situations and requirements
- Ability to make meetings matter by setting clear and specific outcomes
- Exemplify LMI's 5 behaviors: Collaborate constantly, Operate in the gray area, Embrace conflict, Develop people, Take an enterprise-wide view
- Possess mature emotional intelligence (EQ)
Benefits
- Generous compensation package
- Excellent benefits that start the first day of employment
- Business casual dress
- Flex time
- Tuition reimbursement
