Business and Operations Management Support Program Analyst

ARA • Arlington, VA

4d • $88,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), Mission Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) division, is seeking a Business and Operations Management Support Program Analyst to provide executive-level support to the Department of War Science and Technology front office. The role focuses on Congressional reporting, legislative tracking, and analysis of programmatic impacts arising from legislation. The analyst develops decision-quality materials, coordinates Congressional and legislative products, supports senior-leader engagements, and manages cross-DoW correspondence and documentation.

This is a hybrid Mark Center role requiring on-site work at least one day per week. The successful candidate will have strong communication and analytical skills, at least five years of recent and relevant experience, a business or relevant technical degree, and a Secret clearance.

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company founded in 1979, with more than 2,000 professionals. Its work spans defense and civil technologies, software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. Employees are eligible to participate in the company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a relevant technical field or business.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent and relevant experience.
• Secret security clearance.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including unstructured verbal interactions, briefings, and meeting moderation.
• Excellent skills in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Demonstrated experience conceiving and implementing new projects without a pre-existing process and with limited to no direct guidance from the client or supervisor.
• Demonstrated ability to meet short turnaround timelines and perform in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to develop decision-quality materials for leadership and internal and external audiences ranging from a few people to hundreds.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze legislation and assess programmatic impacts.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), or a graduate degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or another related field.
• Eligibility for a TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience as a Congressional Affairs Analyst supporting senior-level executives, technical directors, and staff assistants with Congressional reporting requirements, streamlined communications, legislative-impact analysis, and proposal development.
• Experience coordinating, reviewing, and managing official correspondence.
• Strong business operations analytical skills, including reviewing program plans, identifying risks, and recommending alternatives.
• Editorial proficiency in grammar, logic flow, formatting, and compliance with DoW standards.

Responsibilities

• Analyze program plans, identify risks, and recommend alternatives.
• Create new processes and recommend business process improvements.
• Develop decision-quality briefs, talking points, and written materials for varied audiences.
• Aggregate, review, and verify component inputs for Congressional testimony and responses to questions for the record.
• Track Congressional marks and analyze legislative information.
• Assist in developing and coordinating responses to Congressional inquiries and statutory reporting requirements.
• Develop and disseminate implementation status reports and program metrics.
• Support senior-leader engagements and cross-DoW coordination, serving as a liaison between senior executives, technical directors, and key stakeholders.
• Develop Congressional correspondence, memos, white papers, briefings, reports, testimony, and responses to questions for the record.
• Coordinate inputs with subject matter experts, Legislative Affairs, General Counsel, and other offices.
• Research and analyze legislation to assess programmatic and operational impacts to Science and Technology efforts.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits addressing employees’ current and future needs; benefit details are available on ARA’s benefits website.
• Eligibility for contributions through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level