Management And Program Analyst (Business Process And Requirements Analyst)

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency • Linthicum Heights, MD

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About The Position

DCSA's Security Training (ST) Central Services component is seeking a Management & Program Analyst to provide program and business management support to three schoolhouses. The role provides leadership for cross-functional initiatives; analyzes data, workflows, and stakeholder input; and recommends changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ST operations. The incumbent serves as a trusted advisor to ST leadership and oversees contractor personnel providing Training Program & Management Support.

The position supports strategic planning, advises senior leadership on portfolio status and risks, establishes governance frameworks, manages contract work, leads external stakeholder engagement, and applies change-management practices to implement and sustain organizational improvements. This is a full-time DCIPS position in the excepted service. The work schedule is flexible, overtime may occasionally be required, and situational telework may be approved temporarily on a case-by-case basis. A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required and must be maintained throughout employment. The incumbent must obtain and maintain the security clearance specified in the job announcement.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance specified in the job announcement.
• Must hold a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and maintain it throughout employment.
• Must have specialized experience equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower GS/GG-13 grade; generally, at least one year of such experience.
• Mastery of advanced management and organizational principles and practices.
• Experience serving as a task manager, project manager, program analyst, or business process analyst responsible for planning and coordinating projects or programs.
• Experience managing data calls and stakeholder engagements.
• Experience gathering and validating business and technical requirements.
• Experience conducting process and gap analyses.
• Experience developing project plans, schedules, risk assessments, reports, and leadership briefings.
• Experience supporting acquisition or capability-development activities.
• Experience applying change-management practices and qualitative and quantitative methods to improve, measure, and coordinate change and sustain organizational improvements.
• Demonstrated competencies in business analysis, process management, program management, qualitative/quantitative analysis, management analysis, and leadership.
• Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Support ST strategic planning initiatives by organizing, prioritizing, tracking, and overseeing implementation of requirements.
• Advise ST senior leadership on portfolio status, health, milestones, risks, issues, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Lead the design, implementation, and sustainment of governance frameworks across ST.
• Manage and oversee work performed under ST's Training Program and Business Management Support contract.
• Lead engagement with external stakeholders through conferences, offsites, working groups, and other collaborative events.
• Apply change-management best practices to implement, communicate, measure, and sustain organizational improvements.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive federal benefits package; specific benefits and eligibility depend on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed