ARPA-H STATS SME - Noblis

Responsibilities

As an ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support (STATS) Program at Noblis you will contribute your experience from technical, managerial, or scientific fields. Working in concert with the PM and the ARPA-H leaders, you will address their challenges related to managing their critical programs to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for the Nation.

This is an opportunity for someone with extensive health and ARPA experience (e.g., IARPA, DARPA, HSARPA, ARPA-E) to work with an exceptionally talented and high-performing team on challenging and cutting-edge projects. This position requires the ability to effectively juggle multiple priorities, strong organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate among senior managers and technical professionals.

ARPA-H advances high-potential, high-impact biomedical, healthcare, and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. Key focus areas of ARPA-H research portfolio will include: Health Science Futures (expanding what’s technically possible), Scalable Solutions (reaching everyone quickly), Proactive Health (keeping people from being patients), and Resilient Systems (building integrated healthcare systems).

Responsibilities include:

• Researching and providing guidance on leading-edge technologies, particularly as they relate to the ARPA-H mission.
• Evaluating the feasibility of technical approaches to problems.
• Reviewing ARPA-H-related technical reports and providing critiques of methods and results.
• Developing and evaluating scientific capability development strategies.
• Monitoring programmatic and technical performance against goals.
• Assessing the efficacy, safety, cost lifecycle costs of proposed or realized scientific solutions.
• Developing scientific program status reports, PowerPoint briefings, and read-ahead materials.
• Monitoring, and maintaining a central repository of chem/bio scientific and technical program information (e.g. reports, requirements, etc.).
• Organizing, coordinating, and participating in meetings, discussions, and seminars.
• Communicating scientific findings to technical and non-technical audiences as needed.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications:

Required minimum skills and knowledge:

• Master’s degree with 1+ years of experience
• Able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Experience in technical, managerial, or scientific fields and have expert credentials or be recognized as an authority and have the mature judgment required to advise senior Government personnel.
• Experience in establishing strong working relationships with R&D program managers as well as organization leadership; tracking task order efforts to rapidly identify and resolve potential and new problems; and identifying and resolving administrative and contractual issues related to a support services contract is required.
• Demonstrated creativity, foresight, initiative, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented problems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. Proven results-oriented problem-solving abilities. Experience with presentation graphics and/or spreadsheet tools.
• Experience providing guidance, feedback, and consulting services to federal program managers.

Desired skills and knowledge:

• Experience with basic and applied research and prior experience as a senior Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor is highly desirable.
• Experience managing R&D programs from inception to closeout is also highly desirable. Individual will have demonstrated ability to make decisions independently on R&D problems and methods, in resolving important questions, and planning and coordinating work. Individual will have demonstrated experience in the use of advanced techniques, theories, precepts, and practices in a scientific or technological discipline.
• Program management experience from existing Advanced Research Projects Agencies (e.g. IARPA, DARPA, HSARPA, ARPA-E) with an oversight role (leading a team) is strongly desired

Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI, and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards. Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

Salary Range Explanation

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.

Salary at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, and clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is provided within the posting and are based on full time status. Part time staff receive a prorated salary based on regularly scheduled hours. The estimated minimum and maximum displayed represents the broadest range for this position (inclusive of high geographic and high clearance requirements), and is just one component of Noblis’ total compensation package for employees.

Posted Salary Range

Equal Employment Opportunity

Noblis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race (as well as because of or on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Noblis is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Noblis will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact employee-relations@noblis.org.