Senior Program Lifecycle Sustainment Analyst

Sayres, a prominent leader in defense support services to the DOD in the shipbuilding industry, is currently seeking an experienced Senior Program Lifecycle Sustainment Analyst with Secret Clearance in Washington, DC.

This position is hybrid/remote with 2-3 days onsite.

• Support program planning and total lifecycle sustainment activities across product lines, ensuring continuity from development through deployment, sustainment, and end-of-life.
• Coordinate sustainment inputs including maintenance concepts, spares planning, supportability analysis, training considerations, technical data, and configuration management.
• Assist with tracking readiness drivers, obsolescence risks, and sustainment KPIs across the product lifecycle in alignment with NAVSEA lifecycle management practices.

• Support Program Objective Memorandum (POM) cycle preparations, including data calls, requirements justification, performance inputs, funding alignment, and capability trade analyses.
• Assist in developing briefing materials and decision support documentation for senior leadership reviews, budget reviews, and capability planning forums.
• Track requirements, funding profiles, and lifecycle priorities across fiscal years to ensure product alignment with long-range strategic objectives.

• Coordinate across multiple enterprises, warfare centres, vendors, primes, and internal stakeholders to maintain alignment on requirements, schedules, risks, and deliverables.
• Serve as a liaison between engineering, logistics, programme management, contracting, finance, and operational stakeholders, ensuring enterprise-wide visibility and execution consistency.
• Support integrated product team (IPT) activities and cross‑organisation working groups.

• Prepare and coordinate integrated programme and product briefs for leadership, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Translate technical and performance data into clear, actionable executive‑level briefings to support decision‑making.
• Track action items, risks, and follow‑ups resulting from stakeholder reviews and governance boards.

• Apply working knowledge of small boat, combatant craft, or maritime platform systems to product planning, sustainment execution, and capability development.
• Support lifecycle planning efforts consistent with portfolio management, surface craft sustainment, modernisation, and readiness alignment.
• Assist in coordinating modernisation, sustainment, and integration efforts across platform, mission systems, and support elements.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Systems Engineering, Business, Public Policy, or a related technical or management field.
• 15 years of experience supporting DoD or Navy sustainment, lifecycle, or programme management efforts.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing Lifecycle Management Plans (LCMPs) and supporting POM/budget submissions.
• Strong background in fleet readiness analysis, sustainment cost analysis, and total ownership cost evaluation.
• Experience working directly with NAVSEA, or equivalent DoD acquisition and sustainment commands.
• Exceptional ability to develop and present executive‑level briefings and technical decision‑support materials.
• Strong proficiency with data analysis, reporting tools, and performance metrics to support lifecycle decision‑making.
• Strong understanding of DoD acquisition lifecycle, sustainment policy, and budget processes.
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance

• Experience supporting small boat, combatant craft, or maritime platform…