Link
Strategist; Team Lead
Washington, D.C · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$86k-$116kDetected 8 days ago
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About the role
- The Strategist; Team Lead oversees a cross-functional team of strategists, design strategists, and designers to ensure the delivery of high-quality, on-time products that meet program objectives.
- This role partners directly with clients to understand their unique challenges, then guides the team in co-creating strategic, impactful, and innovative solutions.
- All efforts are aligned to the program's scope of work and are coordinated closely with the Program Manager to support program goals, priorities and requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning efforts, including facilitation of executive workshops, scenario planning, and initiative prioritization.
- Identify opportunities to create tangible business value and convert emerging needs into expanded engagements.
- Design content structures, hierarchies, and visual concepts (e.g., content maps, wireframes) in collaboration with creative teams to clearly communicate complex information.
- Manage cross-functional project teams, ensuring timely delivery, operational discipline, and financial accountability.
- Develop and implement change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement plans, change impact assessments, and adoption roadmaps.
- Design governance frameworks and operating models that sustain transformation outcomes.
- Facilitate cross-functional working sessions to drive alignment, manage resistance, and accelerate decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5-10 years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, change management, or consulting
- Experience creating summaries/insight reports to capture findings
- Experience in planning, facilitating, and summarizing strategic efforts
- Security clearance as required by contracts
- Some travel required to attend relevant events and conferences, and participate in LINK team events
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in applying Human Centered Design principles and visual storytelling through various media
- Experience leading teams to produce design and data driven work
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Government contracting experience specifically within the DOD/DOW
- Strategist responsibilities include:
- Client Partnership & Strategic Advisory
- Partner directly with clients to define missions, visions, strategic goals, and measurable KPIs/OKRs aligned to enterprise priorities.
Compensation
- We're committed to offering competitive compensation.
- While the salary range for this position is $86,000-$116,000, your final offer may be adjusted based on factors like experience and location.
- 11 Federal Holidays per year
Benefits
- $100 monthly internet/cell phone stipend
- LINK sponsored healthcare benefits including medical, dental, vision
- Company-paid Short Term Disability Insurance
- 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year
- Paid Holiday Time Off (Christmas Eve through the New Year)
- Annual bonus plan participation
- Annual profit sharing participation
- $2,000 Learning and Development program reimbursement
- Develop messaging frameworks that align leadership vision with enterprise-wide execution.
Company info
- LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners. At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
- Let us be your partners in change.
- About the Opportunity:
- The Strategist
- LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners.
- At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Security clearance as required by contracts
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