Portfolio Integration Specialist

Scientific Research Corporation • Alexandria, VA

5d • $119,100 - $198,450

About The Position

Scientific Research Corporation is seeking several highly skilled Portfolio Integration Specialists to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Department of War (DoW) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) across major test and evaluation capability domains. The specialist serves as a liaison between assigned portfolios and the TR-I front office, helping ensure portfolio products, data inputs, and responses are timely, consistent, and aligned with TR-I expectations for voice, format, quality, and suspense management.

The position supports portfolio coordination, improves the usability of portfolio inputs for front-office and leadership review, and maintains visibility into portfolio timelines, dependencies, and required actions. Responsibilities span portfolio liaison and input coordination; product harmonization and quality control; schedule, suspense, and dependency visibility; synchronization with the TR-I battle rhythm; and portfolio workflow and information management.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and a U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level. Travel is approximately 10 percent annually, typically around five non-consecutive weeks, subject to Government priorities and scheduling.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, program management, defense acquisition, engineering, operations research, policy, communications, or a related field.
• Mid-level candidates: 5 or more years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, program integration, military staff operations, portfolio coordination, test and evaluation organizations, or similar environments.
• Senior-level candidates: 8 or more years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, portfolio integration, executive staff coordination, joint operational environments, or similar headquarters or program-office settings.
• Experience coordinating inputs across multiple stakeholders, organizations, or project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to improve the clarity, consistency, and usability of products developed by multiple contributors.
• Experience managing suspense-driven workflows and coordinating follow-up across contributors.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint.
• U.S. citizenship.
• U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting portfolios, capability domains, or programs in a DoD, Service, Joint Staff, PEO, defense agency, or comparable environment.
• Working knowledge of defense acquisition, test and evaluation, and TRMC-related mission areas.
• Experience coordinating data calls, recurring reviews, and executive support products in a fast-tempo environment.
• Experience with collaboration and workflow tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Power BI.
• Experience improving document discipline, workflow consistency, and shared information management practices.
• Familiarity with major test and evaluation capability areas such as hypersonics, autonomous systems, cyber test and evaluation, electronic warfare, space, directed energy, digital engineering, or related mission areas.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between assigned portfolios and the TR-I front office.
• Clarify tasking requirements, product expectations, suspense timelines, and response standards for portfolio contributors.
• Coordinate portfolio-originated responses, data calls, and supporting inputs to ensure timely and complete submissions.
• Review portfolio-generated products, data inputs, and response packages for consistency of voice, format, completeness, and presentation quality.
• Help align portfolio submissions with TR-I front-office expectations before leadership or executive review.
• Identify inconsistencies, missing inputs, and weakly structured products, and return them for refinement as needed.
• Maintain visibility into portfolio suspense timelines, milestone dependencies, and key deliverable schedules.
• Monitor progress against required due dates and identify emerging delays or coordination issues.
• Alert portfolio and TR-I leadership support personnel to timing risks, input gaps, and dependency issues that may affect deliverables.
• Synchronize portfolio work with the TR-I battle rhythm, including recurring meetings, executive reviews, data calls, and budget-related timelines.
• Coordinate intermediate checkpoints and follow-up actions to keep portfolio contributions aligned with division priorities.
• Support consistent coordination between portfolio teams and TR-I support personnel.
• Promote disciplined use of shared tools, repositories, and collaboration spaces for portfolio coordination and product development.
• Help maintain organized document workflows and reduce version inconsistency across portfolio-generated materials.
• Support continuous improvement of portfolio-facing coordination and information management practices.

Benefits

• Medical plans
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance
• Vacation and sick paid time off accruals, with amounts increasing based on role and years of service
• 11 paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work environment that encourages excellence

What This Job Offers

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