Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

Company: Guidehouse
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: January 26, 2026

Job Description:

Job Family: Technology Consulting Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust We are seeking a dynamic Stakeholder Engagement Specialist to join a major government IT modernization initiative. In this role, you will serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the program team, ensuring seamless communication and alignment of objectives. You will leverage your expertise to foster strong relationships, provide in-depth product knowledge, and translate complex business requirements into actionable insights for the team. As part of a high-performing, agile, and collaborative team, you will play a key role in delivering innovative technology solutions that address critical business challenges for our clients. This is a high-visibility, fast-paced project that offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a transformative environment. What You Will Do: - Support DHS internal and external stakeholders in utilizing product features and tools for mission-critical homeland security information sharing through guidance, training, teaching, site development and maintenance, governance facilitation, and program updates. - Understand all product capabilities to provide tailored recommendations and solutions to Federal, State, Local, Territorial, Tribal, Industry, and Private Sector (FSLTTIP) stakeholders across all mission areas. - Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders with the support of program leadership. - Deliver presentations, briefings, and just-in-time trainings to internal and external stakeholders, including identifying, traveling to, and providing onsite support for mission-critical engagements. - Capture stakeholder requirements, pain points, challenges, and best practices; make recommendations to adopt or reject projects; and identify opportunities to improve user experiences. - Facilitate stakeholder projects from intake, governance, project scoping and requirements, user acceptance, training, launch, and ongoing maintenance. - Update and maintain information on sites, contacts, and stakeholder interactions. - Conduct mission outreach within assigned areas to identify use cases and promote adoption of product tools. - Work to expand the frequency of use and number of users on the platform. - Provide consultation on information sharing, safeguarding, best practices, lessons learned, and related processes. - Contribute to internal communications, including data calls for leadership briefings and reports. - Complete questionnaires, after-action reports, and success story templates to document mission successes for internal and external communications. What You Will Need: - Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred. - Bachelor’s degree - Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Professional Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) - Strong interpersonal and communication skills What Would Be Nice To Have: - Experience with JIRA and Confluence for work coordination - Experience working on, coordinating, and communicating on cross-functional teams - Ability to communicate complex technical problems to a non-technical audience What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace. Benefits include: - Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance - Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays - Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus - Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Basic Life & Supplemental Life - Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts - Short-Term & Long-Term Disability - Student Loan PayDown - Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities - Skills Development & Certifications - Employee Referral Program - Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach - Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program - Mobility Stipend About Guidehouse Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco. If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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