Acquisition Program and Management Analyst

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, management and program analysis, acquisition management, acquisition oversight, internal controls, compliance reviews, federal consulting, or a closely related field.

• Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, acquisition management, finance, accounting, management, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex federal programs involving multiple workstreams, senior stakeholders, formal deliverables, performance measures, risks, dependencies, and changing priorities.
• Substantive acquisition background, including working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, acquisition planning, competition, contract formation, contract administration, file documentation, internal controls, and post-award oversight concepts.
• Experience planning or supporting assessments, program reviews, compliance reviews, internal-control reviews, audits, procurement management reviews, special reviews, or comparable oversight activities.
• Experience developing or reviewing executive reports, findings, risk statements, recommendations, corrective actions, briefing materials, decision papers, performance reports, and senior-leadership presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information, identify recurring themes and root causes, assess program or operational risk, and convert evidence into concise management insights.
• Experience maintaining integrated schedules, risk and issue logs, corrective-action trackers, performance matrices, dashboards, workload forecasts, decision logs, and other program-management controls.
• Knowledge of quality-assurance methods, evidence traceability, data validation, version control, methodology conformance, and documentation standards for high-visibility Government products.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder-management, consultation, writing, editing, presentation, and executive-communication skills.
• Ability to lead work independently, exercise sound judgment, manage ambiguity, and coordinate across Government and contractor teams without exceeding the contractor's role.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint, including structured trackers, collaborative workflows, management reporting, and presentation-ready analysis.
• Ability to satisfy all applicable federal suitability, onboarding, confidentiality, information-security, records, accessibility, and information-handling requirements.
• Direct experience supporting an agency or other federal acquisition organization, Head of Contracting Activity, procurement policy office, acquisition oversight function, or enterprise contracting program.
• Experience with OMB Circular A-123, federal internal-control concepts, risk management, corrective-action governance, or acquisition compliance frameworks.
• Federal acquisition certification or comparable credential, such as FAC-C Professional, former FAC-C or DAWIA certification, Certified Federal Contracts Manager, Project Management Professional, or Certified Government Financial Manager.
• Experience designing or improving PMR workflows, review methodologies, dashboards, knowledge-management repositories, SharePoint solutions, Power BI reporting, or controlled automation.
• Experience training or onboarding reviewers, creating acquisition job aids and templates, facilitating lessons learned, and transitioning responsibilities to Government personnel.
• Experience applying data analytics or human-in-the-loop AI to acquisition, oversight, risk, or compliance information in a controlled federal environment.

Salary: $110,000 – $130,000 / year

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