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CIO Principal Advisor

KBR
Chevy Chase, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 7/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/11/2026

Title:

CIO Principal Advisor

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

  • Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
  • Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
  • Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

KBR is seeking a highly qualified candidate to act as the Principal Advisor to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) within our government customer in the Northern Virginia area. The CIO Principal Advisor assists in supporting executive decision-making, synchronizing priorities across multiple stakeholders, and ensures timely delivery of customer initiatives. As a senior trusted advisor the individual supports senior leadership on strategy, priorities, governance, risk, and operational issues affecting Enterprise IT and mission delivery.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Translate vision and guidance into executable plans, roadmaps, and milestones
  • Define success measures and track progress against strategic objectives.
  • Coordinate support with stakeholders (e.g., mission owners, business functions, security, acquisition, partner organizations) to align requirements, resolve issues, and drive outcomes.
  • Preparing and staffing executive-level decision packages, briefs, and recommendations
  • Managing action items and decisions through closure.
  • Portfolio/Program performance support via monitoring initiative performance (cost, schedule, and scope), identifying risks and associated mitigations, and supporting corrective actions.
  • Support planning and prioritization of resources and investments; advise on acquisition approaches, vendor engagement, and opportunities for efficiency.
  • Ensure timely, accurate communication of customer priorities, decisions, and expectations.
  • Coordinate inputs for reports, audits, and senior-level updates as required.

Required Qualifications:

  • CURRENT and ACTIVE TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance
  • Serving as a senior advisor to executive leadership on enterprise IT strategy, governance, and modernization initiatives.
  • Translation of mission priorities into actionable IT roadmaps, investment plans, and measurable outcomes.
  • Support to the IC, DoD, and/or Federal IT governance, policy, and compliance processes (e.g., capital planning, risk management, ATO/reciprocity concepts).
  • Required Education \ Relevant Experience:
  • Master's Degree or higher in Business or Master’s Degree in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) and 6 years of experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or STEM and 8 years of experience
  • High school or High School Equivalency Diploma and 12 years of experience

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience leading cross-functional stakeholder engagement, briefing senior executives, and aligning disparate organizations to shared outcomes.
  • Experience developing strategic papers, options analyses, executive briefings
  • Experience with action tracking at an executive level.
  • Experience overseeing or guiding portfolio/program performance, resource planning, and acquisition/procurement strategy

Basic Compensation:

$159,100 - $194,400 (This range is for Washington DC Metro Area Only).

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Salary : $159,100 - $194,400

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