Amanda Donovan
Delivery Excellence | Strategic Capture | Human-Centered Leadership
- Role
- Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amanda Donovan
Strategic program and growth leader with 7+ years of experience in the federal civilian sector, managing the full lifecycle of capture, delivery, and client growth. Equally passionate about building people and partnerships — developing talent, strengthening client trust, and creating programs that deliver mission impact. PMP, CSM, and AWS certified.
Experience
Lead
Mar 2023 — Present
Business Development and Capture Leadership• Managed the end-to-end capture lifecycle — from strategic shaping through RFI/RFQ and proposal — for new and recompete opportunities across the Civilian Agencies portfolio.• Served as Deputy Capture Manager, overseeing pipeline, partner relationships, and bid strategy for a key federal client; collaborated with executives to refine account positioning and growth planning.• Secured a contract modification via tactical sales to migrate several federal acquisition systems to the cloud (AWS), then oversaw the execution of this modernization effort by implementing scaled Agile (SAFe).• Led RFI responses and proposal volumes, ensuring compliance, strong win themes, and alignment with client mission outcomes.Program and Delivery Leadership• Led delivery of O&M and DME support for a suite federal acquisition applications. Ensured completion of technical and business requests while balancing capacity, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and contractual obligations. Program was rated “Level 5” by the CMMI Institute and scored “Excellent” on CPARS evaluations in all Option Years serving on the leadership team.• Served as liaison to federal executives, providing data-driven briefings and aligning delivery outcomes with mission priorities. Became go-to leader for communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.• Championed team culture and professional development, mentoring staff, launching onboarding programs, and driving engagement that improved retention and performance.• Led Booz Allen’s recruiting of graduate candidates for full-time and internship roles. Served as an advisor for Booz Allen’s Civil Policy Cohort, which included junior staff mentorship and monthly programming. Led the firm’s graduate summer internship program for three consecutive summers.• Recognized with Booz Allen’s “Values in Practice” award (top 1%) for leadership excellence, growth, and people impact.
Education
Bucknell University
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Spanish, Political Science
2010 — 2014
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
Master's degree, Public Policy Analysis
2017 — 2019
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