Business Analyst_, Senior - Springfield, VA

About Polaris

Polaris is a mission-focused federal contractor supporting defense and intelligence community customers with cleared administrative, operational, program, and mission support services. We value professionalism, responsiveness, accountability, and high-quality support to Government customers. Polaris team members are expected to bring sound judgment, discretion, strong communication skills, and a customer-first mindset to every assignment.

Polaris is a mission-focused federal contractor supporting defense and intelligence community customers with cleared administrative, operational, program, and mission support services. We value professionalism, responsiveness, accountability, and high-quality support to Government customers. Polaris team members are expected to bring sound judgment, discretion, strong communication skills, and a customer-first mindset to every assignment.

Full-time, contingent/pre-award

NGA-W / Springfield, VA

PRE-AWARD / CONTINGENT OPPORTUNITY:
Polaris is building a qualified candidate bench for anticipated BAH-led NGA VERTEX positions. Employment, assignment, start date, and compensation are contingent on contract award, Polaris workshare, funding, final position availability, prime/customer approval, and completion of required security and onboarding actions.

• NGA-W assignments may be located at Springfield, Chantilly, McLean, the Pentagon, Charlottesville, Virginia, or another approved NGA-W duty location, as directed by the Government.
• Primarily on-site. Telework may be authorized by the Government on an ad hoc basis after approval of the applicable telework plan; telework is not guaranteed and personnel must remain recallable to the duty site.
• Regular schedule is generally 40 hours per week. Crisis or emergency conditions may require temporary surge support, including weekend work. This is not a deployment position.

• Active TS/SCI clearance required. Candidate must be eligible for favorable NGA adjudication and willing and able to complete a Counterintelligence-Scope Polygraph process within 90 days of employment or assignment, if required.

• Lead senior-level program and project management activities, including strategic plans, policies, SOPs, schedules, risks, resources, stakeholders, and delivery outcomes.
• Lead process improvement and re-engineering efforts to modernize governance, workflows, and business functions.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of metrics, data, organizational performance, and program outcomes and translate findings into executive recommendations.
• Develop executive briefings, talking points, white papers, strategic project plans, and other leadership decision products.
• Establish performance measures, monitor results, and recommend or implement performance-based improvements.
• Lead cross-functional working groups, facilitate senior stakeholder engagements, and represent the organization with IC/DoD partners as assigned.
• Mentor team members, strengthen analytical quality, and provide strategic direction in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Support SharePoint, data visualization, enterprise applications, UI/business-tool requirements, or other technical business functions as assigned.
• Apply practical AI/ML-enabled tools, where available and appropriate within NGA, to improve workflows, business processes, analysis, or performance measurement.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field and at least 12 years of relevant experience in program management, GEOINT/IC operations, or cross-functional business analysis; or at least 15 years of relevant experience in lieu of the degree.
• Strong leadership and mentoring experience, including leading or directing diverse teams toward high-performance outcomes.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex strategies, data, metrics, and recommendations to senior leadership and external partners.
• Proven record managing large-scale, cross-functional projects or initiatives, including risk, resources, timelines, competing priorities, and stakeholder…