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ICF Facilitator - Lead Competitive Intelligence Specialist (Remote) in Reston, Virginia

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Facilitator – Lead Competitive Intelligence Specialist (Remote)

Join the Enterprise Growth Enablement & Proposals Team at ICF

We are one team united around one mission: growing ICF. Our mandate is to retain and expand existing client work, capture new opportunities, and actively take work from our competitors. We accomplish this by creating systems that support effective business development (BD) activities, providing best-in-class proposal and BD services, and inspiring our teammates to win.

By supporting growth, we further ICF’s mission to create a more prosperous and resilient world. We work side-by-side with experts devoted to climate resilience, public health, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, and other critical areas that require complex technical solutions from expert teams.

Together, we show why ICF is our clients’ best choice to reach their objectives.

How do we drive this mission?

Enterprise Growth Enablement & Proposals is staffed by a wide range of BD experts. We specialize in capture and proposal development, market research, data management and technology, training, price to win, customer experience, and more. By providing a suite of services, tools, and programs, we support project teams across the organization as they develop strategies to pursue and win work.

What makes Enterprise Growth Enablement & Proposals unique?

We have created a collaborative, fulfilling, innovative, and transparent environment that values diverse perspectives.

We continually challenge ourselves to find new and better ways to do what we do, looking outward to build on industry best practices and emerging tools while creating space for all ideas.

Join our team. Bring your ideas to our important work.

Your Role

ICF is seeking a Facilitator – Lead Competitive Intelligence Specialist for our Competitive Intelligence (CI) team. We are looking for an expert facilitator with a strong research background to improve ICF’s competitive stance. You will bring your facilitation skills such as key questioning techniques, problem resolution, and consensus building to competitive strategy sessions such as Black Hats. You bring a passion for making competitive analysis actionable, using innovative techniques to draw out and synthesize information, and continuing to evolve to improve the quality and impact of your work.

The CI team is a high-profile and high-performing team focused on driving ICF growth by providing actionable information on our competition to inform our growth strategy, our proposed solutions, and client interactions across federal, state & local, and utility sectors in ICF’s strategic markets.

Whilst this is a remote position, occasional travel to an ICF office may arise.

What You Will Do :

  • Work closely with capture teams to lead activities in the CI workstream, including developing opportunity specific competitive landscapes and producing competitor research relevant to the evaluation criteria and facilitating black hat competitive analysis sessions.

  • Work both independently and collaboratively with other members of the CI team to develop and present work products, including competitive profiles, market briefings and research findings to the senior leadership.

  • Take on specific ad-hoc research, capture or Corporate Growth strategic initiative projects as requested by the CI Team lead.

  • Additional responsibilities will include assisting in planning, resourcing, and developing tools and resources to provide access to competitive intelligence across ICF.

What You Will Bring with You :

  • 8+ years of experience in business or market intelligence and competitive analysis in the public sector, commercial and/or utilities markets.

  • Experience facilitating competitive strategy sessions, such as Black Hats, with all levels of the business, including leadership teams.

  • Experience with business development or capture strategy & processes.

What We’d Like You To Bring With You:

  • Experience with a wide range of data sources and Federal and State/Local industry tools, such as USAspending, GovWin, Bloomberg Government, and DACIS.

  • Experience with innovative tools and resources for facilitating workshops and delivering research and information, especially in hybrid and remote environments.

  • Ability to utilize collaborative tools such as Mural.

  • Experience with PowerBI and Microsoft 365.

Professional Skills:

  • Experience analyzing complex information from multiple sources and making sound observations and recommendations.

  • Excellent facilitation, presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.

  • Flexibility in taking on a wide range of tasks against challenging deadlines.

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Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy (https://www.icf.com/legal/equal-employment-opportunity) .

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email icfcareercenter@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Read more about workplace discrimination rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf) , the Pay Transparency Statement (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) , or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act. (https://www.icf.com/legal/equal-employment-opportunity)

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is:

$92,986.00 - $158,076.00

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