Federal Acquisitions Analyst / Program Manager

Federal Acquisitions Analyst / Program Manager

Job Description

The Federal Acquisition Analyst will provide journeyman-level analytical support for acquisition oversight, documentation, and strategic evaluation. This role requires a solid grasp of federal program and project management principles and data, and requires the ability to produce clear recommendations and decision-support materials. The Analyst will conduct research across federal regulations, Congressional activity, and interagency data to identify risks, assess program status, and inform leadership.

Required Skills

• Perform analytical federal acquisitions support related to the federal client's essential acquisition functions and create documents to document analyses.
• Perform at the Journeyman level, requiring personnel to possess a thorough understanding of foundational program / project management principles.
• Review and analyze federal client's acquisition programs in alignment with agency directives, instructions, and industry best practices.
• Review program artifacts, briefings, meetings, communications from respective program offices and other subject matter experts, and source system data and produce written comments, recommendations, and similar products.
• Develop memoranda and other written products documenting the decisions of federal client's oversight officials to support acquisition programs.
• Develop reports, testimony, white papers, briefing material, memoranda, and similar material to Congress, external Government agencies, and the federal client's executives, consolidating responses, as applicable, and meeting quality expectations for formatting, grammar, and punctuation.
• Conduct research and review directives, instructions, regulations, Congressional activity, acquisition program, or business operations data, Government Accountability Office, Office of Budget and Management, to identify gaps or risks, assess status or impact, and provide recommendations to the federal client.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets, tables, charts, reports, and other similar artifacts as needed, to support acquisition program governance business operations.
• Collect data from disparate sources; compile, organize, or summarize information coherently and cohesively; apply critical thinking to information of moderate complexity; and engage with a variety of federal stakeholders to define requirements, obtain differing viewpoints, or receive strategic direction to develop the final deliverable.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills; advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Teams, PowerPoint, and Outlook; and analytical skills.

Experience and Education Qualifications