Business Analyst

ThinkTek; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO and paid leave

Job summary

ThinkTek LLC is seeking a Business Analyst to support a high-performance DoW team in delivering executive-level communications and strategic materials. The role focuses on drafting, coordinating, and storing communications, tracking deliverables, and ensuring technical accuracy.

The successful candidate will have strong written and verbal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to provide actionable insights to program leadership in a Federal government context.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting strategic communications and/or executive leader support within the DoW
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining, and sustaining briefing repositories within DoW systems
• Proficiency with establishing, maintaining, and sustaining briefing repositories on Government IT systems to ensure version control, traceability, naming conventions, etc.
• Ability to track multiple deadlines and escalate risks to ensure on-time delivery of high-priority items
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present findings to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support development of validated artifact inventory, repository map, access list, version baseline, and open-task list
• Maintain task dashboard to track all organizational taskings with current status, owners, dates, dependencies, and evidence
• Proactively recommend courses of action to enable rapid response while ensuring quality delivery across products
• Review briefing materials to draft strategic communications for senior leader engagements
• Maintain current briefing products and archives, ensuring compliance with repository rules
• Upload all briefings to designated repository and ensure dashboards reflect finalized products
• Maintain a current-product index, archive register, and quick-recall tags
• Perform repository configuration and version-control audits
• Coordinate targeted interviews with program, engineering, acquisition, logistics, and SMEs
• Draft read-aheads, point papers, executive decks, talking points, and town hall materials
• Maintain visibility across taskings through coordination with team and Agency senior leaders

Skills

Strategic communications

Executive support

Briefing materials

Verbal & written communication

DoW knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

DoD systems knowledge

Job description

Who We Are

ThinkTek LLC is a fast-growing Certified SBA 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in management and technology consulting for Federal Government modernization. We provide tailored solutions in Program & Project Management, Strategic Planning, and IT Operations.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Business Analyst to support a high-performance Department of War (DoW) team specialized in providing executive-level support and responsible for driving, integrating, and executing top-level strategic, operational, and communication priorities. The successful candidate will drafting, coordinating, and storing executive-level communications materials, tracking multiple concurrent deliverables, and ensuring technical accuracy. This role requires strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to provide actionable insights to program leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Support development of validated artifact inventory, repository map, access list, version baseline, and open-task list
• Maintain task dashboard to track all organizational taskings, ensuring accuracy of current status, owners, suspense dates, dependencies, and source evidence
• Proactively recommend courses of action to enable rapid response while ensuring quality delivery across all products
• Review existing, approved briefing materials within briefing repository to draft strategic communications materials in support of senior leader engagements
• Maintain current, discoverable briefing products and approved archives, ensuring compliance with repository map, taxonomy, naming convention, roles, and current-product rules
• Upload all developed briefings and working products to designated repository, and ensure task dashboards reflect all finalized, approved products
• Maintain a current-product index, archive register, and quick-recall tags
• Perform repository configuration and version-control audits
• Support coordination of targeted interviews with program, engineering, acquisition, logistics, ad analytics SMEs
• Draft read-aheads, point papers, executive decks, talking points, scripts, town hall presentations, Q&A matrices, and other strategic communications materials
• Maintain updated visibility across all taskings and requirements through regular coordination across the team and with Agency senior leaders

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or equivalent experience.

Skills & Competencies:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting the strategic communications and/or executive leader support within the Department of War (DoW)
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining, and sustaining briefing repositories within DoW systems
• Proficiency with establishing, maintaining, and sustaining briefing repositories on Government IT systems to ensure version control, traceability, naming conventions, etc.
• Ability to track multiple, competing deadlines and recommend escalation and/or risk mitigation measures to ensure on-time delivery of highest-priority items
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present findings to senior leadership.

Clearance:

• Active Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs.
• Knowledge of Defense Acquisition System processes and program management best practices.
• Experience supporting executive-level program reviews and governance boards.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $65,030 – $75,020. This range is a good-faith estimate and not a guarantee of compensation. Final compensation will be based on factors including experience, education, skills, geographic location, internal equity, market data, and applicable contract requirements, and may fall outside the posted range.

ThinkTek LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. ThinkTek offers medical, dental, and vision insurance to all full-time employees; PTO and a variety of other paid leave options are also available. You can read more about ThinkTek benefits at https://www.thinktekllc.com/careers/.

Salary: $65000 - $75000 per year