Strategic Planner

🕒 June 25

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Aptive Resources

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Defense • Logistics • Marketing

Aptive Resources is a management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, specializing in providing innovative solutions to federal government agencies, particularly in veteran and civilian health sectors. With a strong focus on performance optimization, human capital, and data analytics, Aptive aims to improve the quality and accessibility of health care services for veterans and the general public. The company utilizes technology and human-centered services to bridge divides and enhance public service delivery for multiple agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Defense, and others.

📋 Description

• Provide direction and guidance across program operations in support of SAMHSA's 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Awareness initiative. • Work closely with SAMHSA's 988 Communications Team, the Program Manager, and key internal stakeholders. • Lead the development and implementation of strategic and operational plans that drive the program's communications, marketing, and engagement workstreams. • Translate high-level priorities and campaign objectives into coordinated, executable work plans. • Ensure that logistics, timelines, and team activities are well-organized and aligned with SAMHSA's mission to increase awareness and utilization of 988 among individuals at risk for suicide or substance misuse. • Develop and maintain integrated work plans across task areas such as paid media campaign planning, organic digital and social media strategy, partner engagement, event planning, and performance metrics reporting. • Work closely with logistics coordinators and subject matter specialists to ensure activities are sequenced effectively and executed on schedule, while maintaining visibility into dependencies, risks, and upcoming milestones. • Support the development of campaign strategies, contributing to meeting agendas and planning documents, and providing operational planning support to inform priority digital and communications actions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, public health, marketing, public administration, or a related field • Minimum of 8 years related experience • Demonstrated experience providing strategic direction and guidance for program, task, or event operations across complex, multi-workstream initiatives • Proven ability to develop and implement integrated work plans in close collaboration with government clients or senior stakeholders • Experience working with logistics coordinators and cross-functional team members to develop and execute operational plans on time and within scope • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, track dependencies, and anticipate and mitigate risks • Experience supporting communications, marketing, or public health programs, including planning activities across paid media, digital, social media, and/or event workstreams • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing planning documents, meeting agendas, status reports, and briefing materials for government or senior-level stakeholders • Ability to adapt plans and priorities quickly in response to shifting program needs or client direction • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance (Tier II)

🏖️ Benefits

• Aptive is an equal opportunity employer. • Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply.