Senior Governance and Target Operating Model (TOM) Architect 2026P-0303

Full-Time

Hill Air Force Base,Utah, Hybrid

Posted 6 days ago

Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Governance and Target Operating Model (TOM) Architect to support a high-visibility organizational transformation effort for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s ICBM Systems Directorate. This role will help design a unified governance framework, improve decision-making, clarify roles and authorities, and support implementation of a future-state operating model.

The ideal candidate is a senior management consultant, organizational transformation leader, or governance strategist with experience supporting federal, DoD, acquisition, sustainment, or mission-critical environments. This position requires strong executive facilitation, governance design, change management, process improvement, and strategic advisory skills.

Key Responsibilities

Design governance frameworks, decision-rights models, and escalation paths.
Develop Target Operating Model artifacts, governance charters, and implementation roadmaps.
Analyze organizational friction, decision latency, role ambiguity, and process inefficiencies.
Facilitate executive workshops, stakeholder interviews, working groups, and leadership briefings.
Define governance forums, operating boundaries, accountability structures, and sustainment practices.
Translate findings into actionable recommendations, briefings, and transformation playbooks.
Support change management, governance rollout, adoption planning, and implementation sequencing.
Coordinate with human capital, organizational health, data analytics, and transformation teams.
Prepare executive-ready deliverables using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint.
Maintain compliance with advisory support boundaries, OCI restrictions, CUI handling, and federal consulting standards.

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Job Features

Job Category	Strategic Advisory
Minimum Requirements	Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Organizational Development, Management, Systems Engineering, Human Capital, or related field. \| 10+ years of experience in governance design, organizational transformation, TOM development, management consulting, or executive advisory support.
Required Skills	Strong executive facilitation, stakeholder engagement, briefing, and communication skills. \| Proficiency with Microsoft 365, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.\| Strong analytical, writing, and problem-solving skills.\| Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and mission-focused environment.
Technical Skills	Experience developing governance models, decision frameworks, operating models, transformation roadmaps, or process improvement plans. \| Experience supporting federal, DoD, national security, acquisition, sustainment, or complex mission organizations.
Desired Skills	Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, Public Administration, Systems Engineering, Human Capital, or related field. \| Experience supporting Air Force, DoD, nuclear enterprise, PEO, ACAT, SCAT, or major acquisition programs. \| Experience engaging General Officer, SES, Flag Officer, PEO, or senior federal leadership stakeholders.\| Knowledge of RACI, RAPID, DACI, governance charters, maturity models, business process improvement, and change management frameworks.\| Experience developing transformation playbooks, adoption metrics, executive dashboards, and sustainment plans. \| Certifications such as PMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, CMC, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, FAC-C, DAWIA, Agile, or Scrum. \| Experience with Power BI, Visio, Miro, Lucidchart, SharePoint, Power Automate, or Microsoft Project.
Sustainability Requirements	U.S. Citizenship required. \| Active Secret clearance preferred. \| Ability to pass Government background investigation or suitability screening. \| Ability to complete CUI, OPSEC, cybersecurity, and Government site access training.\| Ability to support onsite meetings at Hill AFB, Utah, as required.