Program Analyst Intermediate

Veritech•Aberdeen, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Analyst serves as a cross-functional integrator and data-driven resource supporting Program Managers, Assistant Program Managers, and leadership across Veritech product lines. The role consolidates manufacturing, production, supply chain, quality, engineering, orders, finance, and program-execution information into actionable insight on cost, schedule, performance, production readiness, capacity, material availability, delivery, and risk. The analyst supports products through planning, production, delivery, and sustainment, emphasizing in-house manufacturing capability, producibility, repeatable processes, and measurable outcomes, while applying a Department of Defense and Army acquisition mindset to lifecycle management, risk, and mission outcomes. The position also performs routine executive administrative and operational coordination tasks for the Office of the Chief Operating Officer area of responsibility, specifically supporting the Program Management Office. It is full-time, onsite in Aberdeen, Maryland, with a Monday–Friday schedule of 0800–1630. Minimal local travel of less than 10% is expected. The role is nonsupervisory. Applicants may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; no clearance is required, but the ability to obtain one may be required. U.S. citizenship is required for most positions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Finance, Program Management, or a related field.
At least three years of experience in program analysis, manufacturing operations, defense programs, supply chain, production planning, or a related environment.
Strong analytical, quantitative, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and act proactively.
Advanced Excel skills.
Experience with ERP/MRP or manufacturing management systems.
Experience with ISO 9001:2015/2026.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk, and routinely lift, push, pull, and move items weighing up to 50 pounds.
U.S. citizenship is required for most positions.
No clearance is required, but the ability to obtain one may be required.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DoD/Army or federal acquisition programs.
Experience in defense manufacturing, product lifecycle management, production planning, manufacturing metrics, or industrial engineering.
Experience with Power BI, Earned Value Management, configuration management, technical data, production readiness, or sustainment.
Knowledge of DoDI 5000-series guidance, Army Regulation 70-1, or DAU/DAWIA coursework.
AS 9100 experience.

Responsibilities

Review and manage the PMO Microsoft 365 mailbox regularly, monitoring and routing actions.
Support purchasing-site uploads and approved ordering and inventory activities in coordination with Operations.
Coordinate across departments and follow Veritech policies and procedures, ISO 9001 requirements, and applicable departmental standards.
Prepare daily PMO operational summaries for the assigned PM or APM, covering priority correspondence, outstanding actions, production status, supplier commitments, material constraints, upcoming deliveries, and items requiring management attention.
Maintain product-line dashboards, schedules, forecasts, action logs, configuration and production status, and management reports.
Identify emerging program risks, evaluate potential cost, schedule, and performance impacts, and recommend mitigation actions to the PM or APM for review and decision.
Identify variances, constraints, dependencies, and corrective actions.
Support product-line reviews and management briefings with fact-based analysis.
Analyze planned versus actual output, throughput, cycle and takt time, labor hours and efficiency, capacity utilization, schedule adherence, yield, rework, scrap, downtime, and bottlenecks.
Forecast production based on labor, equipment, materials, supplier lead times, and demand.
Recommend staffing, tooling, equipment, and process improvements.
Monitor standard versus actual product, labor, material, overhead, freight, and supplier costs.
Analyze manufacturing cost per unit, cost variance, and product-line performance.
Support should-cost, make/buy, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, cost-reduction, and efficiency analyses while protecting required quality and performance.
Track inventory, shortages and backorders, long-lead items, material readiness, supplier lead times, on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost.
Coordinate across departments to quantify supply-chain constraints and mitigate delivery or capacity impacts.
Track defects, first-pass yield, nonconformances, rework, scrap, returns, corrective-action aging, and repeat issues.
Support root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive-action effectiveness reviews.
Maintain risk registers, identify leading indicators, assess cost, schedule, and production impacts, and track mitigation actions to closure.
Collect, validate, reconcile, and analyze ERP/MRP, production, supply-chain, quality, labor, schedule, and financial data.
Develop standardized KPIs and reports, translating complex data into concise, fact-based leadership briefings.
Support applicable acquisition and lifecycle-management practices, including relevant DoDI 5000-series guidance.
Perform other duties as assigned.