Technical Communications Manager Jobs in Reston, VA

Overview LMI is seeking a Technical Communications & Adoption Specialist to support transformation efforts at a national intelligence agency. We're looking for a creative, organized communicator who can tell the story of innovation , connecting technical capability to mission impact. This role involves supporting a government customer conducting business process re-engineering and technical application deployment. The successful candidate will translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling messages that drive understanding, excitement, and adoption among users and stakeholders. You will develop materials such as slick sheets, white papers, presentations, and roadshow briefings that highlight what we're building, why it matters, and how it's used. You will also support outreach and engagement activities to build awareness, foster trust, and ensure users understand how to integrate the capability into their daily work. Additionally, you will organize and facilitate training sessions and community liaison activities to ensure staff are well-equipped for the new application, addressing any concerns or resistance they may have. Throughout the process, you will engage in continuous communication with all stakeholders, providing updates, gathering feedback, and making necessary adjustments. L MI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed. Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value. Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value. Responsibilities * Provide marketing, communications, and community engagement support to the program. * Develop, initiate , and maintain leadership communication strategy, messaging, and dissemination plans, including communications plans and community outreach and external collaboration plans aligned with the program. * Design and execute a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy including activities such as interview protocols, survey design, and workshop facilitation. * Establish, implement, and manage adoption management plans and procedures, to include adoption strategies, readiness assessments, and feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement. * Collaborate with technical and mission teams to identify success stories, use cases, and key benefits that demonstrate mission value. * Support organization-wide rollout through user engagement and adoption facilitation. * Develop and disseminate communications products including slick sheets, one-pagers, white papers, FAQs, newsletters, infographics, and PowerPoint presentations. * Translate technical language into plain language for non-technical audiences while maintaining accuracy and credibility. * Engage in continuous communication with stakeholders to provide updates, gather feedback, and make necessary adjustments. * Measure engagement and effectiveness of outreach efforts to continually improve communications and adoption strategies. * Enable project leadership to provide the highest-quality findings, briefs, and messaging to agency leadership to ensure rapid resolution on key issues, effective decision-making on critical opportunities, and accurate capture of historic information. * Organize and support facilitation outreach campaigns such as training sessions, roadshows , demos to promote awareness, adoption, and proficiency of new tools and features . * Support team with various consulting tasks, such as task tracking, note-taking, communications, and other tasks, as determined necessary by the task lead or Program Manager. * Demonstrate commitment to transparency and deliver content that increases engagement. * Capture effort risks and issues for effective escalation and resolution. Qualifications Minimum Requirements: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business, communications, marketing, or a related discipline. * 5+ years of experience in strategic communications, marketing, community engagement, and change management in federal agencies or large organizations. * Expertise in creating slick sheets, white papers, PowerPoint presentations, graphics, and other storytelling materials. * Strong proficiency with Microsoft tools and programs, including Excel, Office 365/SharePoint, and Teams. * Knowledge of developing and executing communications and adoption management plans. * Strong facilitation, analytic, and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work collaboratively and iterate products with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. * Ability to work with a team of professionals in a remote environment on expedited timelines. * Ability to be comfortable working in ambiguous situations and with unclear direction. * Active TS/SCI required . CI Polygraph required for the position; candidates without a current polygraph will be sponsored for upgrade. Desired Skills: * Master's degree or higher in a related discipline. * 3+ years of consulting experience. * Prosci , ADKAR, or CCMP certification. * Experience with organizational transformation and technology adoption. * Experience in graphic development and design. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances, due to the nature of the work. #LI-SH1 Target salary range: $92075.40-$158138.39. Final compensation will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to your skills, experience, education, and/or certifications. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances, due to the nature of the work. Job Locations US-VA-Reston