Barbaricum

External Stakeholder Lead - Senior

Washington, DC · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago

CybersecurityLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills

About the role

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world.
Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges.

Lead engagement and coordination with external stakeholders, partners, policy-focused organizations, advocacy groups, and community-facing organizations to support MC&FP objectives.
Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans aligned with MC&FP priorities, external affairs strategy, public engagement objectives, and brand reputation needs.
Build and manage relationships with national, regional, state, local, and targeted organizations that influence policy dialogue, public perception, and community trust.
Represent MC&FP in stakeholder meetings, coalition forums, working groups, and public-facing engagements to build goodwill, promote collaboration, and shape policy dialogue.
Draft, review, and coordinate stakeholder materials, briefings, talking points, engagement summaries, and public-facing support products.
Lead stakeholder mapping, influence analysis, and engagement strategies for legislative, regulatory, reputational, and community priorities.
Ability to build trust-based relationships with external stakeholders, partner organizations, government entities, advocacy groups, and cross-functional internal teams.
You will support community and public engagement objectives, strengthen stakeholder understanding and trust, and help align external engagement, messaging, feedback, and reputational risk management with MC&FP priorities.

10+ years of experience in stakeholder engagement, public affairs, government affairs, external affairs, advocacy, communications, policy engagement, or related fields.
5+ years of leadership experience working with or in state or local government, policy organizations, public affairs organizations, advocacy campaigns, or third-party stakeholder organizations.
Familiarity with federal policy, regulatory, legislative, advocacy, or public affairs environments.
Strong knowledge of stakeholder engagement, external affairs, public affairs, government affairs, advocacy, public policy, community engagement, and strategic communications.
Ability to assess stakeholder perspectives, public policy trends, reputational risks, and engagement opportunities in a dynamic and politically sensitive environment.
Strong analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to synthesize external feedback, identify implications, and recommend practical engagement actions.
Required Skills:

Experience working within a large corporation, policy organization, public interest group, government environment, or mission-focused public-sector program is preferred.

Ability to draft and review briefings, talking points, engagement materials, leadership updates, and public-facing communication products.

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets.
We leverage more than 17 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines.
Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.
Barbaricum is seeking an experienced Senior External Stakeholder Lead to lead external stakeholder engagement and partner coordination under the Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) Outreach and Digital Enterprise Services (MODES) contract.

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