Strategy Office Operations Administrator

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.

Responsibilities

The Corporate Strategy Office (CSO) at Draper is seeking an Operations Administrator to work closely with our office as we increase our contributions to the warfighter and supporting program offices. This position will operate as an integral member of the CSO team and work across the breadth of the Draper enterprise to ensure adequate coordination and collaboration across laboratory functions.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Manage CSO internal and external commitments to ensure on time execution and high-quality output.

• Support the development, maintenance, and implementation of business strategy tools and processes.

• Assist CSO staff in the development, refinement, review, delivery of sensitive information.

• Coordinate scheduling of internal and external senior level meetings supporting CSO initiatives.

• Coordinate archival of technical and programmatic data using existing and new tools.

• Coordinate with programs, contracts and finance to collect, analyze and report metrics.

• Assist in generating external business pursuit proposals, coordination of those proposals across the Draper enterprise and delivery/submission of proposals to potential external Sponsors.

• Support development, execution and management with external subject matter experts and consultants

• Other duties as assigned in support of business objectives.

A successful high-energy, ambitious candidate will be motivated to build deep relationships within the CSO and across Draper in pursuit of our objectives. This candidate will also be mindful that integrity, competency, and timeliness are important aspects of our growth strategy.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain US DOD Secret Clearance.

• Business or technology management degree and/or commensurate professional experience

• 5+ years professional experience in a high paced business operations role supporting sensitive government programs.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly identify challenges and work across the laboratory to develop and implement solutions in a timely fashion.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to develop technically accurate and aesthetically pleasing work products and deliverables.

• Proficiency with modern business collaboration tools or demonstrated ability to learn new tool sets to increase efficiency.

• Willingness to operate in uncertain conditions.

• Experience interacting with and developing trust-based relationships across multiple levels of the organization including with external representatives

• Strong appreciation that it takes a team to solve todays warfighting challenges including acquisition and business-related challenges.

• Unquestionable integrity and commitment to mission execution

• Frequent on-site presence required with opportunity for remote work as possible due to business needs.

Prefered Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance

Security Requirement:

• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

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