IT Strategy SME
Accenture Federal Services
Washington, DC1h agovia LinkedIn
Posted 13 Nov 2026, 01:00 ET · Last seen open on LinkedIn 13 Nov, 01:00 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads, no experience needed
- Must know
- BudgetingProject managementSales
- Work
- On-site in Washington
- Pay
- $139.3K–$269K a year
- Skill demand
- Budgeting32%Project management31%Sales22%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 13, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
The IT Strategy SME brings senior federal agency experience to the firm's federal health growth efforts. They support Health Portfolio Leadership by shaping pursuits, sharpening positioning, and engaging health agency leaders credibly. The IT Strategy SME will translate agency priorities, budget realities, and decision-making dynamics into winning strategy across the federal health market, including HHS and CMS, VA, the Military Health System, and related agencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Growth and Pursuit Support:
- Advise Health Portfolio leadership on target health agencies, their priorities, and buying behavior, including how requirements move from strategy to budget to contract.
- Strengthen proposals, solution narratives, and orals from an agency-insider perspective.
- Help identify upcoming opportunities and contract vehicles, such as program integrity, claims modernization, and community care procurements.
- Provide expert guidance on federal health IT strategy.
- Serve as a thought partner to delivery teams on client needs and program risk.
- Build credible relationships with agency leaders, in compliance with ethics and post-employment restrictions.
- Connect firm capabilities to outcomes that matter to health agency leaders, such as reducing improper payments, improving beneficiary access, and modernizing legacy systems.
- Contribute to market intelligence, thought leadership, and internal playbooks for the federal health portfolio.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Extensive knowledge of Federal IT marketplace.
- Proven experience in solution selling and cyber/IT strategy development for clients, which may include the Federal Government or government contractors.
- Successful track record of effective project management experience, including successful past performance implementing and managing IT strategy and/or go-to-market strategy projects.
- Solid experience and past success in business development pursuits and pull through opportunities with clients.
Preferred Skills
- Excellent communication skills; should be able to prepare presentations, write proposals, and articulate our value proposition to our clients during sales calls and orals presentations.
- Ability to present ideas in a concise manner to senior leadership and to prepare effective written materials.
- Excellent critical thinking skills.
The base pay range for this position in specific locations is $139,300—$269,000 USD.