Innovation COE Lead

DecisionPoint seeks a Senior Innovation COE Lead to establish and drive the enterprise Innovation Cell within a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This role oversees modernization priorities, manages the innovation pipeline, evaluates new capabilities, and coordinates innovation initiatives across PMO leadership, Operations & Engineering (O&E), and IT/Cyber teams. 

The Innovation COE Lead provides strategic direction for emerging technologies, automation opportunities, user experience improvements, and operational enhancements. The role enables continuous modernization by evaluating ideas, facilitating prototyping efforts, leading innovation sprints, and ensuring alignment with mission needs, cybersecurity requirements, and enterprise architecture constraints. 

This position is fully remote. 

Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.**

The Innovation COE Lead will: 

• Lead the Innovation Cell, defining processes, governance, and prioritization for the innovation pipeline. 

• Establish modernization priorities in collaboration with PMO, O&E, IT, cybersecurity, and mission stakeholders. 

• Evaluate innovative ideas, technologies, and approaches for viability, mission value, and technical alignment. 

• Run innovation sprints, proof-of-concepts, experimentation cycles, and rapid prototyping activities. 

• Maintain the innovation backlog, scoring model, and readiness assessment criteria. 

• Develop modernization roadmaps and identify opportunities for automation, user experience enhancements, and process optimization. 

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to integrate innovation into ongoing program activities. 

• Ensure all innovative concepts comply with cybersecurity, privacy, and architectural standards. 

• Produce executive briefings, business cases, and recommendations for adopting new capabilities. 

• Document results, lessons learned, and outcomes from innovation pilots and experiments. 

• Track innovation KPIs, adoption metrics, and return-on-investment measures. 

• Serve as the central point of contact for enterprise modernization initiatives. 

Clearance Requirement 

Candidate must possess a Tier 2 Moderate Risk Public Trust (from any federal agency) or an active Secret clearance or higher. 

Education (Required) 

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Design, Engineering, or a related discipline. 

Experience (Required) 

• Minimum 10 years of experience leading innovation, modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise improvement efforts. 

• Experience coordinating innovation initiatives across PMO, engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams. 

• Experience managing innovation pipelines, experimentation cycles, or proof-of-concept evaluations. 

• Experience supporting modernization for federal, DoD, or enterprise-scale IT programs. 

Technical Knowledge (Required) 

• Familiarity with emerging technologies, automation tools, cloud services, and digital user-experience trends. 

• Understanding of innovation management frameworks and prioritization methods. 

• Strong working knowledge of ITIL practices, PMO processes, and enterprise architecture constraints. 

Technical Knowledge (Preferred) 

• Experience facilitating innovation workshops, design-thinking sessions, or human-centered design activities. 

• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, or rapid prototyping environments. 

Certifications 

Required: 

• ITIL v4 Foundation 

Preferred: 

• PMP, Scrum Master, or Agile certifications 

• Design-thinking or innovation management certifications 

Skills 

• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams. 

• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities. 

• Ability to translate emerging technologies into mission-ready capabilities. 

• Strong facilitation skills for workshops, brainstorming, and innovation sessions. 

• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple modernization efforts simultaneously. 

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.