Socure
Strategic Operations Lead, Public Sector
Hybrid - Washington DC · Mid
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 77 days ago
Data ScienceProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementFinancial ModelingForecastingProcurementCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingPublic Speaking
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About the role
- This is an ideal role for someone from consulting, finance, government, GovTech, or civic technology who thrives in ambiguity and wants broad exposure to senior leadership in a high-growth, pre-IPO environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead execution of key customer and revenue initiatives, including quarterly business reviews, agency briefings, contract renewals, proof-of-value and pilot readouts, and RFP responses.
- Support renewal and recompete strategies through pricing analysis, financial modeling, scenario planning, and risk assessment.
- Develop executive-ready materials that translate customer, policy, and technical requirements into clear recommendations.
- Partner across Sales, Solutions Consulting, Customer Success, Product, Revenue Operations, Finance, and Legal to drive execution across complex public sector sales cycles.
- Own key operating cadences, including deal reviews, forecasting, internal QBRs, leadership meetings, and all-hands.
- Build scalable operating systems, dashboards, AI-enabled workflows, and automation to improve execution.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Public Sector leadership, driving high-impact initiatives from concept through execution.
- Conduct ad hoc strategic, financial, and operational analysis to support business decisions.
- Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy - verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts.
- If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself - keep reading.
Requirements
- You may have experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy, strategic finance, or another highly analytical operating role.
- Experience supporting RFPs, agency relationships, public sector modernization, procurement, or regulated industries is highly valued.
- 2-4 years of experience (or 1-2 years post-MBA) in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
- Ability to bring structure to ambiguity while balancing strategic thinking with execution.
- We're looking for a strategic operator who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and enjoys solving complex business challenges. We welcome candidates from a variety of high-performing backgrounds, including:
- You may have experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy, strategic finance, or another highly analytical operating role. You're comfortable working with senior stakeholders, building executive-ready analyses, and turning data into actionable recommendations.
- You may come from state, local, or federal government as a budget analyst, program manager, project manager, strategy lead, chief of staff, or legislative staffer. You understand procurement cycles, appropriations, stakeholder management, and the operational realities of delivering programs in the public sector-particularly within identity, benefits, fraud prevention, tax administration, workforce, or citizen services.
- You may have advised or partnered with government agencies through organizations such as Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, Accenture Federal Services, Guidehouse, ICF, or a GovTech company. Experience supporting RFPs, agency relationships, public sector modernization, procurement, or regulated industries is highly valued.
- You may come from organizations such as 18F, the U.S. Digital Service, state or local digital service teams, or civic technology organizations. This includes chiefs of staff, strategic operators, and program leaders who have helped scale organizations, improve operations, and coordinate across executive leadership, product, engineering, policy, and go-to-market teams.
- Regardless of your background, you'll be successful in this role if you bring:
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to create executive-ready presentations and recommendations.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with government procurement, contracting, RFPs, or regulated industries is a plus.
- Direct public sector experience is a plus but not required.
Company info
- WHAT YOU BRING We're looking for a strategic operator who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and enjoys solving complex business challenges.
- The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.
Visa & Work Authorization
- ograms in the public sector—particularly within identity, benefits, fraud prevention, tax administration, workforce, or citizen services
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