Portfolio Analysis & Integration SME

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group in Bethesda seeks a senior analyst to analyze transition planning, intelligence information requirements, and establish architecture baselines; duties include researching and supporting policy implementation and business process improvements for missions and systems.

Key activities include monitoring IT portfolios, assisting strategic planning, and developing roadmaps while briefing executives in non-technical terms.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• BS degree with 12+ years of relevant experience or MS with 10+ years.
• Experience in portfolio, program and project management discipline.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze IT portfolio of programs and their capabilities and services.
• Support evolution of sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities.
• Develop and present strategies, roadmaps, risks, dependencies, and funding considerations.
• Brief senior executives with clear, non-technical communication.

Skills

Portfolio management

Strategic planning

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

BS plus 12+ years experience

MS plus 10+ years experience

Doctorate in technical domain

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

This position is responsible for conducting the analysis of transition planning, intelligence information requirements, and developing architecture baselines. Duties may include providing research and assistance with implementation of community policies and guidance. Employees may also support business process improvements or systems analysis for missions, systems, and fiscal requirements.

• IMPACT: Influences development of solutions that impact strategic project/program goals and business results. Recommends and develops new technical solutions, products, and/or standards in support of function’s strategy and operations. Leads and manages works of other technical staff that has significant impact on project results/outputs.
• COMPLEXITY: Resolves highly complex problems using significant application of technical knowledge, conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation. Develops solutions that are highly innovative, and achieved through research and integration of best practices.
• COMMUNICATION: Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership (internally or client) regarding matters of significant importance to the organization/project.
• KNOWLEDGE: Has in-depth understanding of technical principles, theories, concepts and their application across range of programs.
• TYPICAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Typically requires BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.

What will you do?

• Portfolio Management Experience - Monitor and analyze IT portfolio of programs and their associated capabilities and Services
• Strategic Planning Experience - support the evolution of the Sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities
• Make recommendations to aid sponsor decision-making, to include proposed strategies and/or roadmaps; identified risks, capability and performance gaps, and dependencies; alignment with the strategic framework and priorities; and funding and related program issues
• Assist government client with programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to the senior-level executives
• Communicate technical topics in a non-technical manner to senior-level audiences
• Extensive experience in collaboration across multiple entities

Do you have what it takes?

• TS/SCI with Polygraph required
• Draft products that reflect strong writing and grammatical skills
• Knowledge of portfolio, program, and project management discipline
• Familiarity with planning, programing, budgeting, and execution discipline
• Knowledge of key performance indicators
• Strong analytical competence, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills Provide audience-appropriate written and verbal communications and demonstrate strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Work with seniors in diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment managing competing priorities
• Produce deliverables in multiple formats as needed (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Develop program assessment processes and methodologies
• Tracking, reporting key progress on, and analyzing cost, schedule, risk and performanceMonitoring investment compliance
• Developing business cases, concepts of operations, and memoranda agreements
• Monitoring, forecasting, evaluating, and assessing programmatic trends and relationships
• Developing and maintaining project plans and schedules
• Developing integration and transition plans
• Conducting quality reviews of products and services
• Familiarity with Counterintelligence tools
• Recent experience in the IC

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $190,000-$220,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.