Senior Program Analyst - H4D Program

About BMNT

In this role, you will join a rapidly growing innovation consulting firm, BMNT, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with an east coast office in Arlington, VA. BMNT is unique because of the focus on Mission Acceleration - increasing the speed at which mission-driven organizations solve complex problems at scale. BMNT is not only an established thought leader in innovation but is actively changing how organizations think about and solve problems, as demonstrated by the creation of Hacking for Defense (H4D) ®. Our customers span across the U.S. public sector, and abroad in the United Kingdom and Australia.

About the Role

BMNT is hiring a Senior Program Analyst for the Hacking for Defense® (H4D) Program. H4D is a nationwide university program that leverages student teams to address national security problems facing the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. At BMNT, Senior Analysts play an integral role in the consultative process that forms the basis for everything we do for our customers, and they drive various aspects and key decision points within the project lifecycle, including planning facilitated workshops and product development. A significant portion of the Senior Analyst role is to oversee problem curation — a specialized tradecraft developed by BMNT to help our customers validate problems worth spending time, energy, and resources to solve — and how it fits into the broader system of innovation at BMNT. A high-performing Senior Analyst will therefore demonstrate expertise in everything we do at BMNT, and is able to effectively communicate BMNT's competitive advantage in order to build credibility and trust with our customers.

Location: This is a hybrid position within commuting distance to our Arlington, VA office with the expectation of being in the office 2-3 days per week and sometimes more often based on customer needs.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Managing the H4D problem curation pipeline which includes assigning responsibility to scope problems, conducting quality assurance on scoping process and connecting scoped problems with universities and potential deployment pathways;
• Maintaining the quality and rigor of the H4D problem scoping process by training and certifying BMNT analysts to independently conduct problem scoping;
• Managing workflow and delegating tasks across Program teams to ensure timely completion;
• Planning, executing and facilitating in-person and virtual H4D Problem Sourcing Seminars with organizations across the Department of Defense;
• Identifying secondary and tertiary problems and opportunities that BMNT could address for customers;
• Establishing strong relationships with customers through developing a positive connection and trust with customers and demonstrating credibility to them;
• Leading customer meetings and phone calls, including answering in-depth questions about BMNT methodologies;
• Conducting customer interviews to understand the scope and root of a problem;
• Demonstrating the ability to synthesize and analyze data and present findings in a clear and concise manner;
• Quickly understands the scope and root of a problem, synthesizes and analyzes data, and presents findings in a clear, succinct, and polished manner;
• Leading elements of the customer relationship, including setting agendas and closing-out activities or action items;
• Conducting independent research and developing project plans that reflect customer needs;
• Building coalitions and enlisting the help from other team members to meet customer needs;
• Providing guidance, motivation, support, and role modeling to fellow Analysts;
• Exhibiting and modeling professional and respectful behavior contributing to the overall culture of the BMNT team.

Experience and Qualifications You'll Need to Thrive in the Role:

• Excitement for BMNT's mission!
• A self-starter with an obsession for outcomes, not activities and history of achievements;
• The ability to provide — in written or verbal form — valuable, succinct, and actionable insights from complicated information;
• The ability to balance deadlines with personal priorities and independently resolve issues as they arise;
• A self-starter with an obsession for outcomes, not activities;
• Humility and a commitment to self-improvement and self-awareness, including proactively seeking and welcoming constructive feedback from colleagues;
• Curiosity and an always-be-learning attitude, including recognizing when help is needed and seeking new ideas or perspectives to accomplish an objective;
• Attention to detail and the ability to manage and prioritize many concurrent tasks;
• The patience and creativity to overcome barriers to success;
• At least four to five years of relevant professional experience or two years as a BMNT Analyst;
• Bachelor's Degree or related work experience;
• The ability to travel approximately 25% of the time to engage program stakeholders;
• U.S. citizenship.

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.