About BlueForge Alliance (BFA)

BlueForge Alliance is an agile program integrator positioned to meet the intense and urgent demand to build capacity for the defense industrial base. We are a unifying organization converging technology, manufacturing, economics, and state and federal government to provide a forward-facing, federated umbrella with national visibility.

As a non-profit, neutral convener, BlueForge Alliance aligns strategy with execution to coordinate regional stakeholders, assess and propose high-value efforts, and rapidly establish and deploy U.S. Department of Defense investments. By streamlining competing priorities and viewpoints, we aim to increase manufacturing capacity and technology adoption, boost the number of available suppliers and diversify investment into the defense industrial base.

Position Description

This role plays a key role in developing, maintaining, and optimizing processes and procedures to support our mission-driven initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to work cross-functionally, leveraging your process expertise to support our organizational goals.In addition to the following details, by being a BlueForger, you will be expected to uphold and exemplify our values of Belonging, Selfless Service, Integrity, Leadership, Respect, and Excellence. We uphold these values upon a backbone of humility driven by a culture of safety, vulnerability, and purpose.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the development and revision of processes and procedures, providing a framework for BFA to achieve reliable and repeatable execution.
• Lead collaboration across teams to meet process objectives, optimize processes, and streamline workflows.
• Work across stakeholder groups to define process and procedure requirements, engaging with team members and peers to produce appropriate documentation.
• Engage with teams to promote process optimization in processes and tools.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manage, develop and train staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of business process architecture
• Experience with developing processes, procedures, and control functions
• Experience designing solutions collaboratively across stakeholder groups
• Experience leading teams
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead working group meetings
• Experience documenting processes and procedures, emphasizing stakeholder engagement preferred.
• Experience defining process scope, documentation needs, and connections preferred.
• Experience with process visualization tools such as Lucid and Vizio preferred.
• Experience with systems engineering principles and practices preferred.

Education, Certifications, and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of post-degree experience, or comparable combined education and experience, in the above fields or a related role, preferably in a non-profit or government contracting environment.
• Certifications such as OPEX or Project Management Professional (PMP) are a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.

Travel Expectations:

• Expected travel: None

BlueForge Alliance provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. The company prohibits discrimination and harassment based on any characteristic protected by federal, tate and local laws.

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.All roles are security sensitive, and employment is contingent on a criminal history check and credential verification.

The ability to perform essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, is required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The job description outlines key responsibilities, but the position may include additional duties.