Senior Program Analyst

Position Description

Serco is excited to continue our support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO). This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition lifecycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain/transfer your DoD Secret clearance.

Our Senior Program Analyst, Chief of Staff Integrator position is located in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, and provides Chief of Staff Integrator direct support to the Chief of Staff, Directorate of Acquisition and Affordability (DA&A) within the F-35 Joint Program Office. Our Program Analyst will review and evaluate business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May provide consultation on complex projects and is the top level contributor/specialist. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. 

The Integrator will attend Program level briefings and meetings internally and externally as directed by the Director, Deputy Director, and Chief of Staff of DA&A as their designated representative. The Integrator shall ensure detailed feedback is provided to each as well as passing along tasking given during the briefing or meeting.  When the Integrator cannot resolve an issue, the Integrator will develop and recommend courses of action to the Chief of Staff and other Program Management Office (PMO) leadership, DA&A that will satisfy the Enterprise’s critical objectives and priorities. Develop and prepare a variety of correspondence and other documentation (i.e., formal letters, position papers, reports, staff studies, staff summary packages, briefings, charts, bullet background papers, etc.) as tasked by the PMO leadership.    

This is a Hybrid/Telework position. 

You will be part of a dynamic team of F-35 JPO Program Managers and Analysts who works closely with the customer and other key F-35 National Security and Allied stakeholders to deliver quality F-35 systems.

In this role, you will:

• Execution Integration/Management Duties:
  • Ensures tasking, actions and direction flow from the DA&A workflow to appropriate individuals and organizations, with an understanding of priorities, tone, and intent.
  • Cognizant that Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff, and Staff of DA&A must closely align and function in direct support of DA&A and that these positions in particular require mutually supportive coordination of combined effort, and therefore must work to affect such interdependent support and activity. 
  • Provide Program Status Updates to DA&A Leadership Team, Services, Partners, and F-35 Governance Forums.
  • Understand, report, and mitigate weapon’s program risks.
  • Promulgates assigns or arranges for management control techniques and procedures to provide accurate and comprehensive information concerning the status and progress of assigned programs.
  • Synthesizes critical management issues, documentation, and relevant information to support program reviews.
• Continuous Improvement and Cost Savings/Affordability Initiatives Duties:
  • Formulate and develop innovative support concepts which minimize cost while maintaining aircraft availability.
• Communication Duties:
  • Communicate and thereby represents DA&A, both internally and externally. All actions are performed with the clear and fundamental understanding that these actions are in primary support of the Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff, and Staff of DA&A.
  • Assist in the coordination and delivery of information and capabilities briefing for the program reviews and presentations.
  • Develop presentations on program status, accomplishments, and progress to all levels of DoD, JPO Governance Forums, and industry.
• Integration Duties:
  • Interfaces with every DA&A lead/direct report internally as well as directly with the senior staff personnel of offices internal to DA&A, and also with industry.  This interaction is most often a coordinating and collaboration function and not a direct report relationship – the critical purpose of this position is “enabling”, “coordinating” and “maximizing” the actions of others to integrate across organization operations and enhance the ability of DA&A to conduct analysis and make informed decisions impacting directly on the program.  These decisions will have significant development, operational and programmatic impacts for the entire life cycle of the program.
  • Integration between with DA&A and other JPO functionals (e.g. Security, OSI/PJ) branch teams and DA&A Senior Staff and Functionals.
  • Represent the Program at meetings, conferences and workshops.
  • Monitor and track status on PMO and JPO Governance Action Items.
  • Assures that all planning is fully integrated with the overall program Team effort and that of other participating services, agencies, and countries when involved.

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Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Master’s Degree in Business Management or related discipline.
  • Or a Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of program analysis and planning experience (14 years total).
• Experience in program management, technical or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management.
• A minimum of six (6) years out of ten (10) recent work experience related to analysis and planning.
• At least three (3) years in support of a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP).
• Knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, deployment, and sustainment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
• Knowledge of the FAR for the development of contracts and contract modifications required for the acquisition of logistics supportability products.
• Demonstrated experience in the program/project status, schedules, and DoD reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Service and OSD policy and documentation related to PPBE, life- cycle management of military acquisition programs (as specified in the DoD 5000 series), to include DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2, DoD Directive (DODD) 5530.03, and the International Cooperation in Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (IC in AT&L) Handbook.
• Up to 10% Travel. 

Addtional Desired Skill:

• Microsoft Offices to include: Outlook,Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Adept at organizing work efficiently, adapt quickly to new tasks, and keeping projects on track in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities, managing shifting deadlines, and maintaining productivity under pressure.

If you are interested in supporting and working with our military and a passionate Serco team. Submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!

Company Overview

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

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