FMS Program Management Analyst, Sr. Lexington Park, Maryland

We are currently seeking a Senior FMS Management Analyst to support our Patuxent River, MD customer. The Foreign Military Sales Analyst/Management Analyst, Senior applies analytic techniques in the evaluation of program/project objectives. Analyzes requirements, status, budget and schedules. Performs management, technical, or business case analyses. Collects, completes, organizes and interprets data relating to aircraft/weapon/project acquisition and product programs. Tracks program/project status and schedules.

Applies government‑instituted processes for documentation, change control management and data management.

• Prepare meeting agendas, coordinate, attend and participate in IPT and prime contractor meetings, requirements reviews, design reviews, logistics program reviews, system working group meetings, technical interchange meetings, program review meetings, test planning meetings, and other meetings as required/directed and prepare and distribute meeting minutes.
• Collect and distribute action items from program meetings after receiving Government approval of the content and format of the documents. Maintain an issue and action item database to support the Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead and government systems engineers in managing the lifecycle of product issues and actions. Track action items to closure.
• Coordinate and participate in working groups, meetings, and conferences with other Program Manager, Air (PMAs) offices, Program Executive Offices (PEOs), Navy and other military services to coordinate program plans, road maps, and reviews of potential technologies that may aid in accomplishing domestic programs.
• Collect and perform analysis on Earned Value Management (EVM) data and program documentation received from hardware and software suppliers and field activities. Analyze EVM data, Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), Performance Management data, fiscal planning documentation, reporting and performance metrics. This includes supporting the tracking of cost, schedule and performance indicators, critical path review and risk analysis.
• Support planning activities to include presenting alternative funding or acquisition strategies and cost estimates for new program requirements for Government consideration and appropriate action. Enter planning data in the Common Spend Plan Tool (CSPT) and in the Workload Requirements and Planning System (WRAPS), or appropriate tool for this task order award.
• Review program progress and track status of vendor critical contract deadlines to identify and report potential problems and/or issues with prime contractor schedule conflicts, resource scarcity, and proposed solutions.
• Provide analyses of requirements and schedules and evaluate and recommend changes to schedules and associated milestones to ensure compatibility with overall program objectives.
• Provide input and adjudicate comments on CDRLs.
• Analyze, evaluate, and provide recommendations for Total Ownership Cost (TOC), Should Cost, Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) evaluations.
• Support related source selection evaluations as permitted by law and regulation to include performing analyses of contract proposals, change proposals and technical changes including related on‑site reviews at applicable facilities.
• Provide analyses of projected and actual systems cost, including program engineering requirements, logistics requirements, test and integration efforts, contractor’s cost, and potential product improvement initiatives. Provide recommendations to support each initiative, their potential return on investment, and associated risk to the program.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses, cost trade‑off analyses, business case analyses, cost variance analyses, and/or present value analyses to support the programs in balancing mission requirements, system constraints, performance, and provide technical input to support the preparation or revision of related acquisition documentation.
• Provide recommendations and alternatives in support of program execution, spend plan development, out‑year planning, and the creation of POM issue sheets as related to the Planning,…