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When agencies need a combination of tech and touch, Ignite Digital creates outcome-driving partnerships and stands with agencies to accomplish mission objectives. \nIgnite Digital accelerates capability to the speed of every mission, deploying intelligent solutions and AI integration for faster, better transformation. Ignite delivers partnership beyond presentations to inspire the confidence to lead in a digital-forward world. \nIgnite Digital. The Edge from Within. \nPerks of Working at Ignite Digital:\nCompetitive pay and benefits, including PTO\nEducation stipends and referral bonuses\nCompelling work with the U.S. federal government\nStrong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement\nOpportunity to shape the future of our industry\nSupportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth\nIgnite Digital is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement Consultant to support Department of the Navy (DON) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems digital modernization efforts. This role will provide strategic and tactical support across IT Service Management (ITSM), Continuous Process Improvement/Continual Service Improvement (CxI), process optimization, performance management, and data-driven decision-making.\nThe ideal candidate is an experienced process improvement professional who can independently assess complex operational challenges, translate data into actionable recommendations, facilitate improvement initiatives, and work effectively with senior government and technical stakeholders. The candidate should be comfortable moving between strategic analysis and hands-on execution and should have a strong understanding of established process improvement and ITSM methodologies.\nResponsibilities:\nServe as a senior advisor and subject matter expert for CxI and ITSM activities supporting Department of the Navy digital and infrastructure modernization efforts\nLead and manage the end-to-end Continuous Improvement lifecycle, including intake, assessment, prioritization, analysis, implementation, performance measurement, and sustainment\nApply structured methodologies such as DMAIC, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL, , and Agile to identify root causes, improve processes, reduce operational inefficiencies, and strengthen service delivery\nAnalyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, systemic issues, performance gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement\nDevelop and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), performance measures, and management reporting that provide leadership with meaningful insight into operational performance and improvement outcomes\nFacilitate cross-functional improvement initiatives involving engineering, operations, program management, logistics, procurement, contracting, and other stakeholder groups\nProvide leadership and facilitation support to engineering and analyst teams executing improvement initiatives, ensuring activities remain aligned to defined objectives, timelines, and expected outcomes\nDevelop current-state and future-state process models and conduct structured assessments of potential solutions, including feasibility, impacts, risks, and implementation considerations\nEstablish and maintain governance processes that provide appropriate visibility into improvement initiatives, decisions, actions, risks, and results\nPrepare and present findings, recommendations, status updates, and performance information to senior government and organizational leadership\nWork directly with senior stakeholders to define objectives, establish success criteria, align priorities, and translate strategic goals into executable improvement initiatives\nSupport development and delivery of training, knowledge-sharing, and process improvement enablement activities for project and operational personnel\nIdentify opportunities to improve workforce utilization, workload allocation, organizational processes, and delivery models based on operational data and customer requirements\nDevelop executive-level briefings, reports, analyses, process documentation, and other technical and management deliverables\nSupport proposal development, technical volumes, staffing plans, and other business development activities as needed\nPerform other duties as required to support customer mission objectives\nMinimum Requirements:\nBachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Management, or a related field; 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The capabilities and experience of our staff and our extensive industry relationships distinguish Ignite Digital Services among government contractors. \nEqual Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled\nFor individuals who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://bit.ly/2XqZoLM (CA) or https://bit.ly/3Eo922f (SC) or contact Human Resources. Ignite Digital Services will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal employment opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. 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