C2 Labs, Inc. · 1 week ago
Independent Consultant (1099) – Requirements Enablement & Training Lead
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expC2 Labs, Inc. is seeking an experienced independent consultant to support short-term, project-based engagements focused on improving requirements elicitation and documentation practices within IT organizations. The role involves designing and delivering training, facilitating workshops, and collaborating with client stakeholders to enhance requirements enablement and integration.
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Responsibilities
Training Design & Delivery (Virtual-First)
Design and deliver practical, instructor-led training (virtual and/or in-person) for:
Business Relationship Managers (BRMs)
Project Managers (PMs)
Select Application Development stakeholders (as applicable)
Deliver high-engagement virtual instructor-led training (VILT) that incorporates interactive exercises, breakout facilitation, and scenario-based learning
Training topics may include:
Eliciting business and functional requirements using effective techniques
Conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating requirements workshops
Translating business needs into clear, testable requirements
Reducing ambiguity and delivery risk through requirements quality practices
Writing acceptance criteria and documenting assumptions, constraints, and decisions
Facilitate workshops using real client scenarios and artifacts (sanitized as required)
Requirements Enablement & Intake Lifecycle Integration
Review and assess existing intake documentation and requirements artifacts for clarity, completeness, and usability
Develop or tailor lightweight tools, templates, and checklists aligned to the client’s intake and delivery lifecycle
Support definition of intake readiness standards (e.g., “minimum requirements package” or “Definition of Ready”) that enable consistent handoff into delivery
Provide practical guidance and job aids to professionals performing BA-like functions in addition to their primary roles (BRMs/PMs)
Advisory Support & Client Collaboration
Collaborate with client stakeholders across IT leadership, BRM teams, PM teams, and application development teams to align requirements outputs to delivery expectations
Participate in engagement planning, sequencing, and tailoring of content to client maturity and constraints
Support follow-up activities such as coaching sessions, office hours, artifact refinement workshops, and reinforcement sessions to sustain adoption
Outcomes, Measurement, and Continuous Improvement
Define and apply lightweight measures to assess training effectiveness and adoption, including:
Pre-/post-training knowledge checks (as appropriate)
Participant feedback summaries
Artifact quality scoring using standardized checklists
Provide a brief end-of-engagement summary of outcomes, recommendations, and next steps
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas: Requirements elicitation and documentation within IT delivery environments, Business analysis enablement (formal BA role not required), IT project delivery, systems implementation, or product delivery support, Training leadership, instructional design, or enterprise enablement for IT organizations
Demonstrated experience working in environments where BRMs and/or PMs perform BA-like responsibilities without a dedicated BA function
Strong hands-on capability in: Facilitating stakeholder discussions and requirements workshops, Translating business needs into functional requirements and testable statements, Producing requirements artifacts that support execution and reduce rework
Proven ability to develop reusable templates, toolkits, and job aids
Demonstrated success delivering professional training, workshops, and enablement sessions to diverse stakeholder groups
Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outputs in short engagement timelines
Preferred
Prior consulting experience supporting IT organizations in a requirements, intake, or governance context
Experience supporting centralized IT intake processes, portfolio intake, or governance workflows
Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, and waterfall environments, and how requirements are expressed across these models
Familiarity with work management tooling (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, SharePoint) and the ability to keep approaches tool-agnostic when needed
Relevant certifications (preferred but not required): CBAP, PMI-PBA, PMP, SAFe, or similar
Company
C2 Labs, Inc.
C2 Labs partners with our clients on their IT transformation journey via our industry leading capabilities in full stack development, hyper automation/DevOps/cloud, cyber security compliance, ISSO as a Service, and FedRAMP Enablement.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Craig Thomas
Chief Technology Officer
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