Strategic Resource & Program Integration Specialist

Position Overview

Canvas is seeking a qualified individual to provide advisory and assistance services to the Air Force in support of strategic planning and project/program integration and coordination efforts associated with specific investment program needs at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, TN. The candidate will provide a wide range of services including POM, Outage Coordination, and records management/administrative support for a variety of executing and planning projects.

The Strategic Resource & Program Integration Specialist is a strategic role responsible for shaping the long-range investment portfolio. The position holder serves as an analytical engine at the "front-end" of the project lifecycle, ensuring the command's strategic vision is grounded in fiscal reality. This role specializes in translating complex programmatic data into clear, decision-ready information for leadership. By managing the requirements pipeline and facilitating the affordability assessment, this role empowers senior leaders to make informed, data-driven investment decisions that align with the organization's long-term goals.

Strategic Portfolio Development & Requirements Tracking
Long-Range Vision: Maintain a 5-7 year strategic plan, serving as a primary source of the long-range vision for requirements.
Requirements Management: Manage a requirements pipeline, acting as a central gatekeeper for all new and emerging needs.
Cost & Proposal Tracking: Track requirements comprehensively from initial Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimates through to final contract proposal stage.
Planning Documentation: Draft and refine essential documentation for annual program and future planning cycles to ensure alignment with command directives.
Affordability & Financial Planning Analysis
Affordability Assessments: Facilitate the affordability assessment by synthesizing and evaluating cost, schedule, and funding inputs from project and planning teams.
Financial Roadmaps: Develop and manage a financial roadmap for the strategic plan, sequencing projects over time to create a fiscally executable timeline.
FYDP Modeling: Maintain and update financial model projections for the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
Budgetary Support: Support stakeholders in understanding the phasing of budgetary estimates and provide regular reports and updates to financial/budgetary estimates.
Leadership Communication & Decision Support Data Synthesis
Data Synthesis: Distill programmatic and financial data from the planning process into clear, digestible information to support leadership decision-making.
Briefing & Reporting: Serve as a key analytical support for leadership reviews, developing briefing materials and data packages used by the leadership and organizational POCs to secure project approval.
Risk & Progress Advisory: Advise stakeholders of project disconnects, risks, opportunities, and overall program progress.
Data Curation: Curate data across various stakeholder tracking systems to ensure accurate reporting and a unified source of information.
Air Force & Stakeholder Integration Customer Coordination: Coordinate and communicate with key customers daily, acting as a trusted advisor.
Stakeholder Relations: Foster and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders to ensure seamless program integration and alignment.
Customer Advocacy: Advocate for the customer's best interests at various decision points and provide them with the information and tools needed to succeed.

Demonstrated experience in program management or portfolio analysis within a technical, engineering, or RDT&E environment.

Working knowledge of all project…