Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation focused on simplifying and improving government services. They are seeking a Tech Strategist to translate complex policy and program requirements into scalable technology-informed solutions, while assessing system landscapes and collaborating across teams to enhance user experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze existing systems, integrations, and data flows across programs and platforms
- Identify technical gaps, constraints, and risks that impact delivery and outcomes
- Map how multiple systems (internal and external) interact and exchange data
- Evaluate feasibility of proposed solutions within current technical and operational constraints
- Define technical approaches to improve data quality, system reliability, and compliance
- Collaborate with engineering and data teams to align on system design and integration strategies
- Translate policy and operational requirements into high-level technical solutions
- Identify opportunities to leverage existing platforms, tools, or shared services
- Support prioritization of technical investments based on impact, risk, and feasibility
- Communicate technical insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Taking part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed
Requirements:
- 6+ years experience developing software in a team environment, preferably building distributed systems
- Experience working with state or federal government systems, ideally in health and human services (e.g., SNAP, Medicaid)
- Ability to translate policy and business requirements into technical and system implications
- Ability to understand and map complex workflows across multiple systems and stakeholders
- Experience analyzing data flows, processes, and system interactions
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations
- Excellent communication skills, especially explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Experience designing and implementing application architectures and code that is highly scalable, available, and performant
- An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative and positive mindset
- Ability to think holistically around engineering issues
- Experience with modern web development frameworks
- Aptitude for giving and receiving feedback
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
- Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
- May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract