IT Investment & Economic Business Case Project Manager

Noblis • Washington, DC

3d

About The Position

The Senior Investment & Economic Business Case Analyst will support the Logistics and Visibility group within the Information Technology Organization for a Federal Government Client, the United States Postal Service. The role leads the development, refinement, and governance coordination of Investment Review Committee (IRC) business cases for new and existing applications and initiatives. It drives work through Cost Estimation Support Group (CESG) phases and coordinates requirements gathering, analysis, estimating, and executive-ready materials for governance reviews and approvals.

The analyst partners with IT technical teams and business stakeholders to translate operational needs into clear requirements, scope, costs, benefits, risks, schedules, and deliverables for decision-making. The role conducts quantitative analysis using operations research, economics, and other analytical techniques to support procedural implementations, performance issues, and technology investment decisions, and gathers, validates, and documents price estimates. It also supports investment execution by helping manage project funding deliverables and the disbursement and tracking of investment funding, ensuring submissions are complete and delivered ahead of due dates. When not actively supporting a business case, the analyst provides high-level analysis and project-tracking support for the Logistics & Visibility Senior Director and/or Managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or an IT-related field and a minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• U.S. citizen or green card holder with at least 3 years of U.S. residency.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust.
• At least 10 years of experience in investment analysis, economic or business case development, program or project financial support, portfolio support, or related Information Technology Management, IT project delivery, or technical application team support roles.
• Extensive experience driving complex approvals through governance processes, such as investment review committees, architecture review boards, or executive steering reviews.
• Strong capability in cost estimating and cost modeling; identifying and quantifying financial and operational benefits; risk and tradeoff analysis; requirements definition and stakeholder facilitation; and schedule, milestone, and dependency development.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical and operational information into clear executive-level materials and recommendations.
• Strong project management skills, including organization, due-date management, follow-through, and cross-functional coordination.
• Advanced Excel skills for modeling and analysis and advanced PowerPoint skills for executive briefings.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Professional work attitude, ability to communicate openly with management and coworkers, and ability to work as a team player.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working for a federal government agency or support services contractor.
• Experience supporting logistics or visibility organizations, operations analytics, or large-scale enterprise technology programs.
• Experience working with Information Technology Management, technical application or engineering teams, and/or IT solution design efforts, including translating requirements into solution approaches, supporting design documentation, or coordinating architecture inputs.
• Experience supporting broader IT project or program activities, such as project planning, action tracking, release or milestone coordination, vendor coordination, and executive status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, refinement, and governance coordination of IRC business cases for new and existing applications and initiatives.
• Drive work through CESG phases and coordinate requirements gathering, analysis, estimating, and executive-ready materials for governance reviews and approvals.
• Partner with IT technical teams and business stakeholders to translate operational needs into requirements, scope, costs, benefits, risks, schedules, and deliverables.
• Conduct quantitative analysis using operations research, economics, and other analytical techniques to support procedural implementations, performance issues, and technology investment decisions.
• Gather, validate, and document price estimates.
• Support investment execution by helping manage project funding deliverables and the disbursement and tracking of investment funding.
• Ensure funding submissions are complete and delivered ahead of due dates.
• Provide high-level analysis and project-tracking support to the Logistics & Visibility Senior Director and/or Managers when not actively supporting a business case.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Awards for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of service standards.

What This Job Offers

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