Naval Program Lifecycle Sustainment Analyst

sayresandassociates; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Sayres Defense seeks a Mid-Level Program & Lifecycle Sustainment Analyst to support Navy program logistics, lifecycle planning, readiness analysis, and strategic budgeting across multiple product lines. You will work with senior engineers, logisticians, lifecycle managers, and program managers to support maritime platforms from development through modernization and sustainment.

The role targets a professional with about five years of relevant experience, offering a pathway toward senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Logistics, Systems Engineering, Business, Public Policy, or related field.
• Approximately five years of relevant professional experience supporting DoD, U.S. Navy, lifecycle management, logistics, sustainment, acquisition, engineering, or program management activities.
• Foundational knowledge of integrated logistics support, lifecycle sustainment, readiness, or DoD acquisition processes.
• Experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and presenting technical, logistics, financial, programmatic, or performance data.
• Ability to prepare professional briefings, reports, spreadsheets, trackers, and decision-support materials.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support program planning and total lifecycle sustainment activities across multiple products and maritime platforms.
• Support policy writing and programmatic support efforts.
• Assist with developing, maintaining, and executing Lifecycle Management Plans (LCMPs) and related maintenance planning sustainment strategies.
• Coordinate sustainment inputs, including maintenance concepts, spares planning, supply support, supportability analysis, training, technical data, and configuration management.
• Collect and analyze information related to fleet readiness, system availability, maintenance requirements, sustainment costs, and total ownership costs.
• Track readiness drivers, obsolescence risks, sustainment requirements, and key performance indicators throughout the product lifecycle.
• Maintain lifecycle data, schedules, trackers, reports, and supporting documentation in accordance with program and NAVSEA requirements.
• Assist senior team members with identifying lifecycle risks, evaluating alternatives, and developing mitigation strategies.
• Support Program Objective Memorandum (POM) cycle preparations, including data calls, requirements documentation, performance inputs, funding alignment, and capability trade analyses.
• Gather, organize, validate, and maintain technical, financial, programmatic, and performance data supporting budget and requirements submissions.
• Assist with developing requirements justifications, issue papers, briefing materials, and decision-support documentation.
• Track requirements, funding profiles, unfunded needs, and lifecycle priorities across multiple fiscal years.
• Help align lifecycle priorities with long-range program, portfolio, readiness, and modernization objectives.
• Support senior analysts during budget reviews, program reviews, and capability planning forums.
• Coordinate with Government organizations, warfare centers, shipbuilders, prime contractors, vendors, and internal program stakeholders.
• Support communication among engineering, logistics, program management, contracting, finance, and operational teams.
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), working groups, program reviews, and cross-organizational meetings.
• Track schedules, deliverables, risks, action items, decisions, and follow-up requirements.
• Respond to program data calls, taskers, and requests for information under the guidance of senior team members.
• Maintain proactive communication to keep stakeholders aligned on program requirements, milestones, schedules, and priorities.
• Prepare and coordinate program briefs, product summaries, status reports, dashboards, and other leadership materials.
• Translate technical, logistics, financial, and performance information into clear and concise presentations.
• Review and validate information before incorporation into program reports and briefings.
• Assist with developing recommendations and supporting documentation for leadership decisions.
• Record and track actions, risks, decisions, and follow-up items resulting from stakeholder reviews and governance meetings.
• Provide accurate and timely status updates to program leadership and senior team members.
• Apply and expand working knowledge of small boats, combatant craft, service craft, or related maritime systems.
• Support lifecycle planning associated with maritime platform sustainment, modernization, readiness, and portfolio management.
• Assist with coordinating modernization, sustainment, and integration activities across platform systems, mission systems, and product-support elements.
• Participate in shipyard, waterfront, or fleet-support activities as required to develop practical knowledge of platform operations and sustainment needs.

Skills

Lifecycle sustainment

Data analysis

Briefings

Cross-functional coordination

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Systems Engineering, Business, Public Policy

Job description

Sayres Defense seeks a Mid-Level Program & Lifecycle Sustainment Analyst to support Navy program logistics, lifecycle planning, readiness analysis, and strategic budgeting across multiple product lines. You will work with senior engineers, logisticians, lifecycle managers, and program managers to support maritime platforms from development through modernization and sustainment.

The role targets a professional with about five years of relevant experience, offering a pathway toward senior