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# Strategic Advisor Consultant, DOS/R at Dexis

- **Company:** Dexis
- **Location:** Domestic
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://dexisonline.com/jobs/?gh_jid=4746748005

## Job description

Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world.

At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.

## About the Position

Dexis seeks a highly experienced Strategic Advisor Consultant to support capture and business development across opportunities within the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R) and its family of bureaus and offices. The Advisor will help Dexis assess and pursue potential requirements for executive-office support, staffing and human capital services, acquisition support, and other public diplomacy program and professional services. Working closely with the Federal Civilian Account business development team and teaming partners, the Advisor will refine our understanding of client needs, validate opportunity status and acquisition plans, and facilitate appropriate strategic introductions throughout the capture and bid process.

This is a 1099 consultant position with a limited, part-time commitment on an as-needed basis. It will be based remotely in the continental United States, with periodic meetings in the Washington, DC area as needed.

## Responsibilities

- Provide current strategic insight into R’s priorities, organizational environment, staffing and operational needs, and decision-making processes across its bureaus and offices.
- Advise Dexis leadership on market positioning and client engagement strategies for professional services opportunities across R.
- Help the capture team understand the R organization, including key leadership, executive-office and bureau stakeholders, program managers, end users, and acquisition officials who shape requirements and procurement decisions.
- Assess whether anticipated opportunities are likely to proceed and validate planned solicitation timelines, funding, acquisition strategies, contract vehicles, competitive approaches, and potential small-business or other socioeconomic set-asides.
- Provide insight into relevant incumbent contracts, contractors and personnel, likely competitors, and potential staffing or teaming considerations across R opportunities.
- Validate customer needs across staffing and human capital services, acquisition support, administrative and management support, public diplomacy program support, and other professional services.
- Support development of credible staffing and teaming strategies, including identification of senior leaders and subject matter experts with experience serving R bureaus and offices.
- Assist the team in gathering market and cost intelligence, including realistic compensation and rate information for anticipated labor categories and any required cleared personnel.
- Identify and facilitate appropriate introductions with relevant stakeholders and other knowledgeable individuals throughout the capture and bid process.
- Identify critical intelligence gaps, test capture assumptions, and provide candid guidance on opportunity prioritization, competitive positioning, risks, and solution development.
- Participate in periodic strategy sessions and serve as a trusted advisor across multiple opportunities throughout the pre-solicitation, capture, and bid phases.

## Qualifications

- Minimum 10 years of experience supporting U.S. Government programs, with significant experience working with or supporting the U.S. Department of State.
- Recent, direct familiarity with the Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and its bureaus and offices, including executive-office, bureau, or program operations, is required.
- Deep understanding of how R bureaus and offices work together, manage resources, and define, procure, oversee, and evaluate professional services requirements is required.
- Experience with one or more relevant service areas, such as staffing and human capital, acquisition support, administrative and management support, or public diplomacy program support.
- Demonstrated ability to provide actionable client, incumbent, competitive, acquisition, staffing, and pricing intelligence while exercising appropriate discretion and judgment.
- Demonstrated experience navigating the federal procurement process and the dynamic government contracting environment.
- Demonstrated track record of engagement with senior government officials, executive-office or bureau leaders, program stakeholders, acquisition personnel, or contract leadership.
- Prior experience advising capture or proposal teams targeting Department of State public diplomacy or related professional services opportunities is strongly preferred.
- Discretion, professionalism, sound judgment, and a strong sense of integrity in facilitating client-facing interactions and handling sensitive business information.

## Benefits

Dexis offers benefits to support employees’ health, financial security, and well-being. The benefits outlined below are for full-time, US-based positions only. These benefits include:

- Medical and prescription drug coverage: A choice of three UnitedHealthcare medical plans, with coverage options for employees and eligible dependents.
- Dental insurance: Dental coverage for employees and eligible dependents, including preventive, basic, major, and orthodontic services, subject to plan limits.
- Company-paid vision insurance: Vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents, with premiums paid in full by Dexis.
- Employer-funded health reimbursement arrangement (HRA): Employees who enroll in the Silver HRA medical plan receive an employer-funded HRA to help pay eligible in-network deductible expenses.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance: Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Optional supplemental insurance: Voluntary supplemental life and AD&D insurance options, including life insurance options for eligible dependents.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Company-paid access to confidential counseling and legal and financial support resources for employees and their families.
- Health and wellness resources: Virtual care, behavioral health resources, and wellness programs available through the medical plan.
- Benefits assistance: Personalized support with benefit enrollment, coverage questions, claims, and finding providers through the Employee Care Center.

Participation, coverage, and employee contributions are subject to applicable benefit plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?

If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.

## About Dexis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dexis is a mission-driven security analytics and professional services firm that helps U.S. Government agencies protect national security through data-driven analysis, operational support, and agile program implementation in high-risk environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth-stage; partnered with CM Equity Partners in 2023)
- **Headquarters**: Arlington, Virginia, USA
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Mihir Desai

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: National security, defense, international development, government services, security analytics
- **Target customers**: B2G – U.S. federal agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of State, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID, and Department of Labor
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Achieving U.S. national security goals in a complex world requires speed, precision, and insight. Dexis delivers mission-critical support and data-driven solutions that help federal agencies respond to evolving threats — at home and abroad.” [dexisonline.com](https://dexisonline.com/)

## Products & Services
Dexis offers professional services (not SaaS products). Major service lines:

- **Assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation (AM&E)**: Rigorous evaluations, performance monitoring, and impact assessments to help agencies understand program outcomes and refine strategies in complex security environments. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
- **Technical Assistance & Advisory Support**: Embedded experts providing specialized knowledge in counter-drug, organized crime, border security, stabilization, and other areas. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
- **Strategic Threat Analysis**: Actionable insights on regional security dynamics, hybrid threats, transnational organized crime, and risk assessments using geospatial analysis, OSINT, and scenario planning. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
- **Performance Management**: Data collection, analysis, and knowledge management to improve U.S. government performance and organizational learning. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
- **Field Operations**: Management of multi-country operations in high-risk environments, including staffing, logistics, and on-the-ground program execution. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
- **Program Analytics & Delivery**: Data-driven program management that converts strategic plans into measurable mission results. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total contract value reached **$1 billion** (three quarters of $1B) across 45 funded contracts/task orders and 30 contract vehicles as of 2024. CEO Mihir Desai manages over **$500 million in prime federal contracts** across 80 locations worldwide. [dexisonline.com/about-us](https://dexisonline.com/about-us/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: **CM Equity Partners** (New York-based investor in federal services companies) partnered with Dexis in 2023 to scale the federal civilian business. [dexisonline.com/about-us](https://dexisonline.com/about-us/)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Grew from a single founder to a team of hundreds, operating in over 75 countries in the last three years.
  - Won two major USAID prime awards in global health and cross-agency knowledge exchange (2022).
  - Added Department of Labor to client roster.
  - Named a Growth Engine Award national finalist (ACG Middle Market Growth Awards) in 2022.
  - Diversified into new clients (Defense Security Cooperation Agency, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation) in 2023.
  - Active job postings: 70 (as of mid-2024). [linkedin.com/company/dexis-consulting-group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dexis-consulting-group)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise** in national security, defense, and high-risk environments—founded by a former analyst/advisor who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflict zones.
- **Long-standing relationships** with key U.S. government agencies (DoD, State, USAID, CDC) and a track record of winning prime IDIQ contracts.
- **Agile, mission-focused culture** that enables rapid response to emerging priorities in fragile and complex settings.
- **Data-driven approach** to security analytics, blending quantitative/qualitative methods with on-the-ground operational support.
- **Scaled infrastructure** with ISO 9001:2015 certification and a quality management system.

## Strategic Focus
- **Dexis Vision 2030**: To become a middle-market, diversified professional services firm, scaling the federal civilian business through the partnership with CM Equity Partners.
- **Diversification**: Expanding beyond traditional defense and development into new client agencies (e.g., Department of Labor, Defense Security Cooperation Agency) and new service areas (e.g., global health security).
- **Operational excellence**: Consolidating acquired subsidiaries (Checchi, Agland) and building a unified People & Culture function to support post-pandemic workforce needs.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Can-do mindset, where curiosity and ingenuity are celebrated, all while making a positive impact in the world.” [dexisonline.com/careers](https://dexisonline.com/careers/)
- **Work flexibility**: Hybrid and remote opportunities in the U.S., flexible work schedules. [dexisonline.com/careers](https://dexisonline.com/careers/)
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, professional development funds, wellness reimbursement, charitable contributions match, referral bonuses. [dexisonline.com/careers](https://dexisonline.com/careers/)
- **Learning & community**: Weekly learning events, quarterly company-wide learning exchanges, communities of learning and engagement, random coffee chat pairings, monthly social events, annual summer and winter parties. [dexisonline.com/careers](https://dexisonline.com/careers/)
- **Impact**: Employees work on high-stakes national security missions that directly protect Americans at home and abroad.
- **Office**: New custom-built HQ in Arlington, VA with collaboration spaces and huddle rooms (relocated 2024). [dexisonline.com/about-us](https://dexisonline.com/about-us/)

## Sources
1. [dexisonline.com](https://dexisonline.com/)
2. [dexisonline.com/about-us](https://dexisonline.com/about-us/)
3. [dexisonline.com/careers](https://dexisonline.com/careers/)
4. [dexisonline.com/technical-areas](https://dexisonline.com/technical-areas/)
5. [linkedin.com/company/dexis-consulting-group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dexis-consulting-group)
6. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/dexisconsultinggroup](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dexisconsultinggroup)

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