Critical Chemicals Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton • Arlington, VA

3d

About The Position

Critical Chemicals Analyst The Opportunity: As a defense mission professional, you ask questions others don’t. You understand the nuances of complex situations. You use your skills to think bigger and push further, solving complex problems. We’re looking for an expert like you to create solutions for missions that keep our nation safe. As an industrial base focused Critical Chemicals portfolio analyst, you’ll bring your analytical, technical, and industrial base knowledge to work alongside senior portfolio management leaders on projects that drive investments in the defense industrial base, acquisition policy, and defense procurement decisions. You’ll use your skills and expertise to assess technical capabilities of the chemical processing and manufacturing industries, evaluate readiness, and establish and oversee investments in the defense industrial base covering all of DoW's portfolios. Work with us to recommend policy-driven solutions, participate in senior executive engagements, and develop reporting tools to assess investments and the capabilities that the investments will provide to the DoW. You’ll be a trusted advisor to our clients, and we’ll look to you to identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, processes, and assist in the management of projects. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in the DoW chemical or propulsion industrial base, acquisition enterprise, or management of chemical and propulsion systems development supporting missiles, munitions, or hypersonic munitions
• 3+ years of experience supporting acquisition programs or operations for weapon capabilities, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-ground, ground-to-air weapons, or subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic cruise missiles
• Experience developing and evaluating acquisition strategies, acquisition program baselines, risk reduction plans, or industry capital equipment investment plans
• Experience reviewing the annual defense authorization and appropriations acts for provisions that affect Critical Chemicals or Kinetic Capabilities weapons programs
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience preparing and coordinating correspondence requests directed to senior department leadership, legislative branch offices, foreign governments or agencies, international organizations, or private organizations
• Experience supporting the preparation of Acquisition Decision Memoranda, working as part of an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to prepare reports, or program update briefings
• Knowledge of monthly and quarterly status reports on defense industrial base investment programs
• Knowledge of Critical Chemicals portfolios to assess cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the weapon industrial base required to execute planned and forecast acquisition and surge manufacturing requirements
• Top Secret clearance
• Master's degree in engineering or chemical engineering
• Defense Acquisition University logistics management, systems acquisition, or defense industry certification

Responsibilities

• Assess technical capabilities of the chemical processing and manufacturing industries
• Evaluate readiness
• Establish and oversee investments in the defense industrial base covering all of DoW's portfolios
• Recommend policy-driven solutions
• Participate in senior executive engagements
• Develop reporting tools to assess investments and the capabilities that the investments will provide to the DoW
• Identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, processes, and assist in the management of projects

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
• recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

What This Job Offers

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