SSI is seeking a Senior Space Program Management Analyst for a role in Chantilly, VA.
This candidate will work closely with a multi-functional government and contractor team to plan, implement, and evaluate national security space force design projects and business functions.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Assist Policy & Allied Integration Division Chief to develop and assess progress of assigned projects, including cost/resource estimates, schedules, and technical performance while working with project leads & functional teams to identify, analyze, monitor, and mitigate risks.
- Provide project status to leadership as required; advise of significant actions or problems as well as resolutions; and develop annual division project workplan inputs and updates.
- Assist Division Chief to develop, implement, and continually improve internal business processes and broader workforce guidance regarding policy functions, to include Allied Integration (i.e., international affairs & foreign disclosure responsibilities).
- Aid Division Chief with development and maintenance of task management processes and inputs to internal and higher-level staff meetings and initiatives, to include knowledge/file management & training.
- Plan and develop project scope, objectives, and measures of effectiveness/performance.
- Determine project milestones, schedules, and detailed project plans in collaboration with project leads; evaluate and track progress.
- Overcome obstacles that arise, ensure tasks are finished within assignment constraints; manage risk.
- Identify project shortcomings and plan for ways to fix similar issues in the future while highlighting what went right, including lessons learned and best practices to be considered.
- Obtain required training certification and serve as a Foreign Disclosure Representative.
- Research and conduct analyses of technical, operational, policy, political, and military factors related to proposed international programs and Force Design efforts.