• Senior Program Analyst

    ABSI Aerospace & Defense (California, MD)


     

    US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes

     

    Clearance Type: Secret, TS Preferred

     

    Work Schedule: Full Time, Exempt

     

    Reports to: Vice President, Contracts and Finance

     

    Positions Supervised: None

     

    Travel: Up to 15% of the time

    DESCRIPTION:

    ABSI Aerospace & Defense is an innovative small business headquartered in the St Mary’s County Innovation District located in Southern Maryland. At its core, ABSI is a technical solutions company committed to rapidly delivering emerging technologies and providing expert advice and support that create asymmetric advantages for our customers. This is only made possible by employing and retaining world-class subject matter experts and personnel equally committed to our mission. To support our workforce, ABSI offers highly competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, excellent benefits, instant 401K vesting and a full cafeteria plan that employees can tailor to their individual needs.

     

    The Senior Program Analyst supports the Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division, Advanced Technologies Development Department (ATDD) in Patuxent River, MD. ATDD and its subordinate divisions are responsible for identifying, developing, evaluating, maturing, and transitioning emerging technologies for applications across the Naval force, with a focus on autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) within the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE). The candidate will have a programmatic leadership role in an organization identifying, formulating, designing and testing practical solutions to difficult engineering problems as it develops cutting-edge complex systems; and employ sound project management, risk management, and financial analysis/management methods and tools to support the team’s mission in an early Science and Technology (S&T)/proof-of-concept environment.

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

    The Senior Program Analyst will be responsible for:

    - Supporting requirements generation, development, and evaluation

     

    - Participating in team strategy, vision, and mission reviews with NAWCAD leadership

     

    - Reviewing contract data deliverables

     

    - Performing regular project financial analysis and management, leading financial reviews, identifying assets and shortfalls, and making recommendations to NAWCAD leadership regarding budget performance and recovery

     

    - Attending design, engineering, and/or test reviews and providing critical feedback

     

    - Assisting NAWCAD leadership in managing project cost, schedule, performance, and risk

     

    - Attending and participating in various project meetings

     

    - Developing, executing, and monitoring project plans and budgets, including early cost estimates

     

    - Leading the development of annual and ad hoc proposals to secure funding from external government agencies

     

    - Performing management of and communication with critical stakeholders

     

    - Planning, coordinating, and executing large in-person, virtual, and/or hybrid meetings (100+ attendees)

     

    - Monitoring team action items and tracking completion of deliverables

     

    - Managing ad hoc data calls

     

    - Performing other duties as assigned

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related scientific discipline, with at least 10 years of recent and relevant experience working in or supporting NAWCAD, NAVAIR, or other Navy/DoD acquisition agency.

     

    - Demonstrated experience working within DoD 5000.01 framework

     

    - Must have good interpersonal skills and be able to collaborate closely with customers, other government agencies, academia, and industry partners.

     

    - Ability to support budget execution, scheduling and development of acquisition documentation.

     

    - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and web-based collaborative resources such as SharePoint and Microsoft Teams

     

    - Good briefing/presentation skills, including experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership or officials

    DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    - Master's degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific discipline desired

     

    - DAWIA Certification in Program Management or Systems Engineering and/or PMP

     

    - Experience with autonomous systems is desired but not required.

     

    - Familiar with software development methodologies in a DoD acquisition environment, including Agile.

     

    ABSI Aerospace & Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: ABSI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ABSI are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ABSI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

     

    Department

     

    Government Services

     

    Employment Type

     

    Full-Time

    Minimum Experience

    Experienced

    Compensation

     

    $142,000 - $152,000 per year commensurate with experience