Senior Federal Consultant-Enterprise Strategy

Overview

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

As an Enterprise Strategy Senior Consultant, you’ll work at the intersection of progressive strategy and transformational technology. Strategy consultants envision, co-create, implement, and update strategies for Federal clients, leading to meaningful improvements in Agency mission readiness and service to their customers. Creating and leading business case, strategic roadmaps, target operating models, feasibility assessments, and strategy refreshes, Strategy consultants work across digital reinvention, emerging technologies, citizen and employee experience, and beyond.

Constantly listening for need and bringing leading best practices to bear, Strategy Consultants envision new areas and strategies for clients to reinvent their business according to a digital agenda
-from idea to reality.

This role requires candidates to work on-site 5 days a week at the Washington, DC office.

These positions are anticipated to begin in Summer 2026.

Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting-Federal

• Bachelor’s degree
• MA, MBA, MPA, MPP or MS at time of start
• Availability to start in 2026
• Relocation to the Washington, DC Metro Area
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 100%.
• While most projects are local to the DC Metro area, our portfolio of projects span across the U.S. Our Senior Consultants are not able to refuse assignments based on travel
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting - Federal.

• Experience in pursuing your master’s degree with concentrations in 1 of the following areas:
• Business Administration/Management or Public Policy majors with Business Technology Strategy, Business Process Management, Organizational Design or Development, Change Management, Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management, Training & Development, Curriculum Design & Development, Strategy Cyber & Intel
• Prior consulting &/or relevant work experience in one of the following industries:
  Federal, State & Local Government
• A passion for the Federal Sector, coupled with the ability to understand challenges that governments and their workers face and the ability to provide solutions that will provide long term value to the citizens of this country.
• Capacity and eagerness to learn new assignments, systems, and tools
• Aptitude for technology tools and applications
• Experience or certification working in the Agile method and/or Six Sigma
• Developing business cases

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.