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.
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Responsibilities
The Corporate Strategy Office (CSO) at Draper is seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Director to work across the laboratory 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 also work across the breadth of the Draper enterprise to ensure adequate coordination and collaboration across laboratory functions. A successful high-energy, ambitious candidate will be motivated to build deep relationships within 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.
Responsibilities Of This Position Include
- Understand and define corporate and business area Business Intelligence (BI) needs.
- Identify and pursue obtaining need BI information from a range of sources including but not limited to: external customer engagement, subcontracted teammates, internal collaboration, etc.
- Coordinate efforts with CSO, Business Area and Corporate staff.
- Identify, develop and initiate efforts to better position Draper to support warfighter and supporting program office needs, to include but not limited to: developing an in depth understanding of mission execution and operations, characterizing the adversary threat environment, production and O&S needs.
- Develop and implement a strategy to team with small business and government innovation cells to bring forward capabilities that could significantly enhance warfighting capability and/or augment or mitigate current industrial base challenges.
- Other duties as assigned in support of business objectives.
- On-site presence required to meet assignment objectives; remote work acceptable as suits business objectives.
- Frequent travel likely.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Active DOD Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibilty required.
- Engineering, science, business, or technology degree.
- 10+ years professional experience in a high paced organization.
- Demonstrated ability to gain actionable business insights and formulate and execute successful campaigns that have produced productive, positive outcomes.
- Strong ability to develop strong internal and external networks that lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly identify challenges and implement ways to conquer those challenges in a timely fashion.
- Ability to learn and employ modern business collaboration tools.
- 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.
- Familiarity with highly classified program execution and information handling.
Security Requirement
- Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligiblity Required.