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At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

 

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a highly skilled Senior Strategic Planning and Visual Communications Specialist to join our team! In this high-impact role, you will design and deliver visually based group processes, strategic planning activities, and consulting services that spark innovation, strengthen collaboration and communication, and support high-performing teams. You will also help senior leaders and mission partners gain decision advantage by translating complex information into clear, accessible, and actionable visual products for corporate applications and services.

 

What You'll Be Doing:

• Plan and facilitate meetings using graphic facilitation techniques to improve alignment, consensus, decision-making, and content retention.
• Observe, listen, and synthesize complex information into visually compelling combinations of words and images that create a common, memorable, and actionable record.
• Design and facilitate innovation-focused workshops that apply human-centered practices, generate new ideas, and strengthen product and mission value.
• Develop visual materials that systematically illustrate systems, processes, strategies, and other complex concepts, including storyboards, roadmaps, OV-1s, and action sketches.
• Enable participatory decision-making sessions that build shared understanding, clarify priorities, and align stakeholders around key ideas.
• Ensure consistent themes, messages, and talking points for NGA and IA senior leadership engagements with other NGA elements, the IC, and the broader Global GEOINT Enterprise.
• Compile executive-level summary notes, decisions, action items, and follow-up materials for IA planning events, such as IA Vertical Cut and IA Leaders Offsite.

 

Required Clearance:

• Must be a U.S Citizen
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance and be willing and able to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph

 

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Political Science, International Relations, or a related field and 8+ years of related experience.
• Previous experience serving in an administrative, staff officer, strategic planning, or comparable role.
• Previous experience facilitating strategic planning sessions and translating broad objectives into clear, actionable plans.
• Previous experience creating visual concepts, sketches, storyboards, or video concepts to illustrate complex systems, processes, or strategies.
• Previous experience planning and facilitating meetings that increase product value and support decisions by senior executives, flag officers, or other VIPs.
• Previous experience creating and implementing strategic communications plans that maximize employee adoption and usage while minimizing resistance to change.

 

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience applying human-centered design practices to create compelling visuals that communicate complex ideas and support decision-making.
• Experience identifying and developing real-time communications products and requirements for senior leaders, mission partners, and organizational stakeholders.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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