PMO Analyst

Parsons; Maryland; On-site; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a PMO Analyst to join our Federal Solutions team. The candidate will support program and project planning, track status, manage dependencies, and maintain PMO libraries.

You will develop dashboards, analyze budgets and forecasts, prepare status reports, and present findings to stakeholders. A TS SCI clearance is required and experience with DoD contracts is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, business analysis, or related fields.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience with budget tracking, financial analysis, forecasting, or program performance management.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, trackers, and executive updates.
• Experience with ETC/EAC, ROM estimates, cost analysis, and financial forecasting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with SharePoint and program documentation management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently while collaborating across teams.
• Active TS SCI security clearance to start.

Responsibilities

• Support program and project planning, onboarding, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resources, and performance measures.
• Track and report program status using PM tools; identify delays, risks, and issues early.
• Coordinate cross-functional milestone, dependency, and interdependency tracking across projects.
• Maintain PMO tools, SharePoint sites, document repositories, systems of record, and centralized PMO libraries.
• Conduct data-quality checks and corrective actions to maintain data integrity.
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports, dashboards, and briefings on financials and health.
• Standardize and automate templates and reporting processes to improve efficiency.
• Facilitate meetings and stakeholder engagements; document decisions and follow-up actions.
• Provide analytical support and guidance to program staff.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Budget tracking

Financial analysis

Reporting & dashboards

ETC/EAC knowledge

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

SharePoint

Team collaboration

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented PMO Analyst to join our team! The ideal candidate will:

• Support program and project planning, including onboarding, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resources, and performance measures.
• Track and report program and project status using appropriate project management tools and methodologies, ensuring early identification of delays, risks, and issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional milestone, dependency, and interdependency tracking across projects and functional areas.
• Maintain program tracking tools, SharePoint sites, document repositories, systems of record, and centralized PMO libraries, ensuring organization, accessibility, version control, and proper archiving.
• Conduct data-quality checks and implement corrective actions to maintain the accuracy and integrity of program information.
• Support project, program, and portfolio-level business process analysis by documenting current- and future-state processes, identifying gaps and inefficiencies, and recommending improvements.
• Translate complex business processes and program data into visual workflows, dashboards, and other tools that support analysis and decision-making.
• Monitor program budgets, burn rates, funding, financial performance, forecasts, and variances.
• Review and validate program financials, including ETC files, invoices, funding data, subcontractor charges, and vendor expenditures.
• Identify and communicate funding risks, budget overruns and underruns, and other financial issues before they affect program execution.
• Conduct requirements, business, economic, and feasibility analyses to support investment and program decisions.
• Develop and support business cases, analyses of alternatives, rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, cost comparisons, risk analyses, and economic analyses.
• Collect and analyze program data, documentation, and stakeholder input to develop solutions, recommendations, and actionable insights.
• Prepare weekly and monthly program status reports, dashboards, and briefings covering financial performance, schedule, staffing, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and overall program health.
• Standardize and automate templates, reporting processes, dashboards, document repositories, and lessons-learned logs to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Facilitate meetings and stakeholder engagements; document decisions, action items, risks, and follow-up activities.
• Communicate program status, plans, risks, issues, and recommendations clearly to technical teams, management, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Provide analytical support, technical guidance, and recommendations to program and project staff.
• Proactively identify issues, develop viable solutions, and drive assigned actions through completion.
• Provide functional support to the Operations Manager by optimizing daily workflows, monitoring performance metrics, supporting resource allocation, and promoting alignment across functional teams.
• Manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively across technical, functional, financial, and program teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in program management, business analysis, financial analysis, project management, operations, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience with budget tracking, financial analysis, forecasting, or program performance management.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, trackers, and executive-level program updates.
• Experience with ETC/EAC, ROM estimates, cost analysis, financial forecasting, and analyses of alternatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with SharePoint and program documentation management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently while collaborating across teams.
• Active TS SCI to start, must be clearable to the CI poly level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD contracts, military organizations, or government programs.
• Background in economic analysis, including cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, economic feasibility studies, or evaluation of alternatives.
• Experience with DoD acquisition, budgeting, contracting, or program management processes.
• Experience supporting subcontractor management, vendor funding, or invoice administration.
• Experience automating recurring reports and developing program dashboards.
• Experience establishing standardized processes, templates, repositories, and reporting methodologies.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team. The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—

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