MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST (BUSINESS PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS ANALYST)

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA); Linthicum (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) seeks a Management & Program Analyst to provide program and business management support to three ST schoolhouses. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, analyze data, workflows, and stakeholder input, and recommend changes that improve efficiency and effectiveness of ST operations.

You are a trusted advisor to ST leadership and oversee contractor personnel providing Training Program & Management Support.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in management and program analysis.
• Experience leading and coordinating projects or programs.
• Ability to manage data calls and stakeholder engagements.
• Ability to gather and validate business and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support ST strategic planning by organizing, prioritizing, and tracking requirements.
• Advise ST senior leadership on portfolio status, milestones, risks and mitigations.
• Lead design and sustainment of governance frameworks across ST.
• Manage and oversee work under ST Training Program and Business Management Support contract.
• Engage external stakeholders via conferences, offsites, working groups, and other events.
• Apply change-management practices to implement and sustain organizational improvements.

Skills

Management principles

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Process improvement

Change management

Risk assessment

Leadership

Education

PMP certification

Job description

Summary

DCSA's Security Training (ST) Central Services component is seeking a Management & Program Analyst to provide program & business management support to 3 schoolhouses. In this role you will provide leadership for cross-functional initiatives; analyze data, workflows, and stakeholder input; and recommend changes that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ST operations. You are a trusted advisor to ST leadership and oversee contractor personnel providing Training Program & Management Support.

Duties

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• Supporting ST strategic planning initiatives by organizing, prioritizing, tracking, and overseeing implementation of requirements.
• Advising ST senior leadership on portfolio status, health, milestones, risks, issues, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Leading the design, implementation, and sustainment of governance frameworks across ST.
• Managing and overseeing work performed under ST's Training Program and Business Management Support contract.
• Leading engagement with external stakeholders through conferences, offsites, working groups, and other collaborative events.
• Applying change-management best practices to implement, communicate, measure, and sustain organizational improvements.

Requirements

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• Must be a US citizen
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. For more information http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• This is a Drug Testing designated position
• Position is a (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 1601
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• PCS (Permanent Change of Station): Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: Supervisors may approve situational telework on a case-by-case, temporary basis for limited situations.
• If selected, the incumbent must obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as indicated in job announcement.
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required to demonstrate validated experience in leading and managing complex projects, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, stakeholder engagement, and project performance.
• The incumbent must maintain the PMP certification throughout employment.

Qualifications

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/management-and-program-analysis-series-0343/ for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 11/02/2026

Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position.

You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-13 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility.

Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience.

Specialized Experience For This Position Includes

• Mastery of advanced management and organizational principles and practices
• Serving as a task manager, project manager, program analyst, or business process analyst responsible for planning and coordinating projects or programs
• Managing data calls and stakeholder engagements
• Gathering and validating business and technical requirements
• Conducting process and gap analyses
• Developing project plans, schedules, risk assessments, reports, and leadership briefings
• Supporting acquisition or capability-development activities
• Applying change-management practices and qualitative and quantitative methods of improving, measuring, and coordinating change to implement and sustain organizational improvements

Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies

• Business Analysis – Defines needs and recommends solutions supporting process improvement, communication management, strategic planning, and policy development.
• Process Management – Develops and monitors processes and organizes resources to achieve desired results.
• Program Management – Designs, implements, and manages ongoing programs or projects and directs associated resources, personnel, and activities.
• Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis – Applies qualitative and quantitative analytic methods to collect, process, and analyze data.
• Management Analysis – Conducts research and resolves organizational inefficiencies to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Leadership – Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

VETERANS PREFERENCE/CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL

In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria.

Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period.

If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions.

If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS.

All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statue, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

For more information on the DCIPS occupational structure.

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.

You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

As required by 5 C.F.R.

• 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.
• 1194).

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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