Senior Acquisition Program Analyst – Navy Undersea Weapons and Warfare Systems

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<div class="isg-job-description“>Synchron has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acquisition Program Analyst to provide acquisition support to the U.S. Navy Team Submarine organization at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC. You will provide direct support to the Program Executive Office for Undersea Warfare Systems (PEO UWS) for several Navy acoustic, weapons, surveillance, decoys, counter-measure, and weapons control systems and programs. We are seeking a candidate to join our team and help provide the US Navy with cutting edge undersea warfare technology.
Responsibilities:

• Facilitate discussions and communications among stakeholders on program status and goals to improve alignment of program achievements within DoD acquisition processes.
• Participate in and support internal and external meetings and briefings. The Contractor shall interface between PEO UWS Program Offices and various stakeholders and respond to internal and external inquiries.
• Work independently and energetically in researching various Acquisition Topics and Documentation, DoD 5000, SECNAV 5000, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA), and Milestone Requirements for various ACAT II, III and Service-level programs.
• Work across PEO Staff and Program Office Branches; evaluate project schedules, procurement profiles, summarize relevant information, and brief government clients. Apply understanding of agencies’ mission, organizational interrelationships and priorities and consider the resource implications of decisions.
• Assist PEO UWS and program office personnel with implementation of business processes; includes contributing to and preparing program/project management documentation, participating in long-range planning activities, establishing tasking priority/tracking, and metric development.

education and experience Requirements:

• Fifteen (15) years of experience in DoD product, project or program management.
• Experience and expertise in working with the DoD acquisition programs and processes.
• Experience with strategic level acquisition support for DoD 5000, SECNAV 5000, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA), and Milestone Requirements for various ACAT II, III and Service-level programs.
• Excellent communications and analytical skills; able to meet with program officials and develop and implement actions needed to meet program milestones.
• Experience briefing senior leaders (O-6/GS-15 and above).
• Knowledge and understanding of DoD contracts, appropriations and budgeting, especially as used in defense acquisition programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in technical field (engineering, physics, etc) or managerial discipline (or commensurate years of experience).
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.

Preferred Education and Experience Requirements:

• Navy weapons, systems or platform experience (operations, acquisition, technical, logistics, training, etc).
• Experience supporting the US Navy or active-duty Navy experience is preferred.

Work Location: Vicinity of Washington Navy Yard; opportunity for limited telework but must be able to attend meetings in person at Navy Yard on regular basis. This is subject to change based on customer requirements and practices.
Travel: 10-20%
SYNCHRON, LLC provides technical support services to the Department of Defense, Government Contractors, and select partners. Our mission is to combine Subject Matter Expertise with innovative technology applications to provide highly effective and efficient solutions to government and commercial clients.
 
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