Senior Program Analyst - Sayres & Associates

Sayres is seeking a SeniorProgram Analyst in Washington, DC with a SECRET clearance, verifiable in DISS.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct support to customer with the daily execution of program requirements to assure that cost, schedules, and performance goals are met.
• Support program office personnel as required. Utilize experience, communication with numerous stakeholders, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Demonstrate an understanding of DoD requirements, NAVSEA Program Office operations, policies, procedures, and schedules related to shipbuilding and acquisition.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Department of Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) and policy, procedures, and schedules for developing Program Objectives Memoranda (POM), Budget Estimate Submissions (BES) as well as methods for developing budget forecasts, cost projections, financial exhibits, unfunded requirements justifications, narratives, offsets and disconnects, and issue papers.
• Assist the government with deliverable tracking, task management, development of milestones and objectives, strategic planning, acquisition strategies, special studies, program metrics establishment/tracking, and participation in designated meetings, milestone reviews, working groups, and Integrated Product Teams (IPT) to monitor progress against programmatic goals and objectives.
• Provide review, recommendations, and drafts of strategic, programmatic, and business plans/schedules. Review current and proposed business practices, perform organizational assessments, assist with developing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), improved business processes, and track major programmatic and technical issues.
• Provide support in analyzing, assessing, and developing inputs to program briefings, White Papers, acquisition documentation and correspondence. Provide support in the management of the government's SharePoint site.
• Provide assistance and research in program engineering efforts, development of requirements documents, cost estimates, and change proposals.
• Coordinate meetings and Program Reviews, develop agendas, take minutes, capture actions, and track action status to completion.
• Utilize DoD 5000, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System, and become familiar with associated statutory and regulatory requirements of ACAT I/II programs.
• Assess and provide information on new and existing procurement policies and procedures, and assist in the development, review, and updating of procurement contract documentation.
• Effectively communicates and interfaces with customers and other outside agencies including senior Government leadership.
• Prepare production-related correspondence, including letters, Naval Messages and Email to Shipbuilders, support contractors, ship sponsors and other Government organizations in support of the efforts detailed in paragraphs below.
• Provide production management analysis, based on historical information, which identifies ship production trends, forecasts and status of ship production progress.
• Gather data from Government databases and ship construction deliverables and use it to develop analyses of production issues. Coordinate and prepare Ship Program Review (SPR) briefs, Trials and Delivery briefs, Quarterly Execution Reviews (QERs) and other presentations.

Minimum Skill Sets of Qualified Candidates

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of (10) years of relevant experience.
• Must possess strong organizational and time management skills; the ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously; exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with an emphasis on providing good customer service; highly self-motivated and resourceful with strong problem-solving skills; and exceptional attention to detail.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills with a willingness to work effectively with a team of government and industry professionals including the ability to generate correspondence in a professional and timely manner.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment independently and as part of an integrated team where the workload and priorities change quickly.
• Exceptional command of MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Congressional Data Calls
• ACAT I/II Gate 3-6 Preps
• Program Reviews
• Active Secret security clearance verifiable in DISS, or the ability to obtain one.

Preferred Skill Sets

• Experience working with/for the Maritime Administration
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified
• Possesses relevant senior level program and/or financial management experience as required in assigned SOW areas.

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations. We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.