Program Management Analyst at Highlight Technologies

Highlight is seeking a Program Management Analyst to support existing, emergent, and ad hoc programs for the U.S. Navy Kesselring Site Operations (KSO) in Ballston Spa, NY. The KSO Program Office oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, the project team, and line management. 

• Assist with the setup and rollout of Program Office capabilities prioritized by leadership based on industry best practices. 
• Track status of project deliverables and milestones based on information provided throughout the program. 
• Coordinates regular project, program, and corporate level reporting. 
• Partners with managers to identify metrics that can be used to benchmark, analyze, and report. 
• Consolidates and analyzes data collected from project status information, comparing results with baseline and communicates status to management for review.
• Works with Finance team to develop program and project information to be utilized in decision making, meetings, and reports. 
• Initiates, coordinates, and finalizes controls of programmatic procurements internally within the program and externally with the customer and corporate procurement office. 

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Current Secret clearance. 
• Bachelors Degree in relevant field required. 
• Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards and knowledge of industry practices. 
• Previous use and/or application of Earned Value principles, theories, and concepts.
• Knowledge of industry Earned Value practices and standards. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform professional application of Earned Value. 
• Demonstrated ability to create meaningful metrics, reports, and dashboards reflecting relevant data.