Hiring: Operations Consulting, Associate Principal or Principal Company: Renaissance Strategic Advisors Location: Arlington, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 11:03:58 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Project Management, Six Sigma About the job Experience: •10 to 15 years of performance improvement experience across manufacturing, supply chain, or operations environments •15 years of performance improvement experience across manufacturing, supply chain, or operations environments Required Skills: •Lead one or more operations performance improvement engagements end to end for corporate A&D clients, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies •Serve as the day-to-day face of the firm on engagements — owning scope, schedule, and deliverable quality while building trusted relationships with C-suite and investor stakeholders •Direct engagement teams to diagnose clients' most consequential operational issues and apply advanced analytics and process expertise to develop practical, high-impact solutions •Set the quality bar for written deliverables, directing and editing the team's work so that findings and recommendations land clearly with management and boards •Drive business development by converting strong delivery into follow-on work, cultivating senior client relationships, and leading proposal development alongside the partner team •Provide internal leadership through apprenticeship, coaching, and performance feedback to senior associates, associates, and analysts •Steward and strengthen the firm's operations methodologies, tools, and intellectual property so lessons from each engagement compound across the practice Qualifications: •Prior experience at a top-tier strategy and operations consulting firm, or a leading operations improvement advisory firm serving aerospace, defense, or industrial clients •Demonstrated record of leading initiatives with measurable results — EBITDA growth, manufacturing cost reduction, on-time delivery and schedule recovery, capacity and throughput expansion, supplier development, or procurement savings •Proven ability to originate and win work, including leading proposal development for a management consulting or comparable advisory firm •Advanced degree (MBA, MS, PhD) or undergraduate degree (BS, BA) in business administration, engineering, operations management, supply chain management or related field •Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification, or equivalent depth of hands-on operations transformation experience •Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, now and in the future Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!