
Senior Custom Travel Policy Lead at Significance, Inc. (Rockville, MD)
Significance, Inc.· Rockville, MD· $127k–$139k·
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Job description
At Significance, we believe the best results come from investing in great people. As a woman-owned consulting firm supporting federal civilian and Department of Defense customers, we bring together talented professionals who are passionate about solving complex challenges and making a meaningful impact. We're proud of the culture we've built - one rooted in trust, collaboration, respect, and genuine relationships. Our people are empowered to share ideas, grow their careers, and deliver exceptional results while supporting missions that matter. It's a culture we're proud of, and one that has earned us recognition as a Washington Business Journal Best Place to Work for seven consecutive years.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience researching, interpreting, and applying the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), agency policies, and program procedures to complex travel questions.
- Experience supporting custom, complex, invitational, sponsored, relocation, or other non-routine travel.
- Strong knowledge of federal travel processes, including authorizations, approvals, reimbursements, exceptions, documentation, and internal controls.
- Demonstrated hands-on proficiency using ConcurGov in a federal travel environment, including the ability to independently create, review, modify, and troubleshoot authorizations, vouchers, amendments, and related travel documents without foundational training.
- Knowledge of ConcurGov workflows, approval routing, traveler profiles, accounting information, audit flags, supporting documentation, and reimbursement processes, with the ability to identify and resolve policy, compliance, system, and process issues.
- Strong analytical and writing skills, including the ability to explain complex policy in plain language and prepare accurate, defensible responses.
- Experience developing policy guidance, procedures, job aids, decision tools, or training materials.
- Sound judgment in ambiguous, sensitive, or precedent-setting matters, including the ability to determine when escalation is appropriate.
- Experience leading a team or workstream, setting priorities, reviewing work, coaching staff, and coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
Desired Skills:
- Experience in a federal shared-services, policy-support, case-management, or customer-support environment.
- Experience with quality assurance, compliance reviews, performance metrics, process improvement, or change implementation.
At Significance, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location.
We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
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Why work at Significance, Inc.
- Culture: Consistently ranked as a Best Place to Work (7 consecutive years). Emphasis on collaboration, fun, honesty, and excellence. Described as a “family” that helps each other grow.
- Work-life balance: Flexible time off, encouraged volunteerism with non-profits, open-door policy. Management states “happy employees provide the best services to the client.”
- Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance; flexible and dependent care spending accounts; employer-provided life insurance; long- and short-term disability; 401k match with immediate vesting; career-oriented training and educational assistance; maternity/paternity leave; bereavement leave; optional pet insurance.
- Remote/Hybrid: Some positions are fully remote (e.g., “Remote — Full Time Remote” on Lever); others are on-site in Washington, DC, Annapolis, or Alexandria. Clearance eligibility required for many roles.
- Engineering & consulting culture: Focus on mission-critical work for the DoD; employees are bold thinkers and problem solvers who value integrity and collaboration.