Portfolio Integration Specialist

Scientific Research Corporation; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Scientific Research Corporation seeks several Portfolio Integration Specialists to provide SETA support to the DoW TRMC across major test and evaluation domains. The Portfolio Integration Specialist serves as the liaison between assigned portfolios and the TR-I front office, ensuring that inputs are timely, consistent, and aligned to TR-I expectations for voice, format, quality, and suspense management.

The role supports portfolio coordination, improves usability of inputs, and maintains

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, program management, defense acquisition, engineering, operations research, policy, communications, or a related field.
• Mid-Level: 5+ years of progressively responsible defense acquisition, program integration or similar experience.
• Senior-Level: 8+ years of progressively responsible defense acquisition, portfolio integration or equivalent leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating inputs across multiple stakeholders, organizations, or project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to improve clarity, consistency, and usability of products.
• Experience managing suspense-driven workflows and coordinating follow-up across contributors.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between portfolios and the TR-I front office to ensure alignment with expectations.
• Coordinate portfolio inputs, data calls, and responses for timely submissions.
• Review portfolio-generated products for voice, format, completeness, and presentation quality.
• Align portfolio submissions to front-office expectations before leadership reviews.
• Maintain visibility into portfolio timelines, dependencies, and required actions.
• Monitor progress and alert leadership to delays or input gaps.
• Promote disciplined use of shared tools and organized document workflows.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

Workflow management

MS Office

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree (business admin / program management / defense acquisition / engineering / operations research / policy / communications)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

MS Project

Job description

Salary Statement

Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $119,100.00/Yr. - USD $198,450.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

Seeking several highly skilled Portfolio Integration Specialists to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Department of War (DoW) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) across major test and evaluation capability domains.

The Portfolio Integration Specialist serves as the liaison between assigned portfolios and the TR-I front office. The role helps ensure that portfolio-generated products, data inputs, and responses are timely, consistent, and aligned to TR-I expectations for voice, format, quality, and suspense management. The Portfolio Integration Specialist supports portfolio coordination, improves the usability of portfolio inputs for front-office and leadership review, and helps maintain visibility into portfolio timelines, dependencies, and required actions.

Portfolio Liaison and Input Coordination

• Serving as the primary liaison between assigned portfolios and the TR-I front office
• Clarifying tasking requirements, product expectations, suspense timelines, and response standards to portfolio contributors
• Coordinating portfolio-originated responses, data calls, and supporting inputs to ensure timely and complete submissions

Portfolio Product Harmonization and Quality Control

• Reviewing portfolio-generated products, data inputs, and response packages for consistency of voice, format, completeness, and presentation quality
• Helping align portfolio submissions to TR-I front-office expectations before they move into leadership or executive review processes
• Identifing inconsistencies, missing inputs, or weakly structured products and return them for refinement as needed

Portfolio Schedule, Suspense, and Dependency Visibility

• Maintaining visibility into portfolio suspense timelines, milestone dependencies, and key deliverable schedules
• Monitoring progress of portfolio-originated inputs against required due dates and identify emerging delays or coordination issues
• Alerting portfolio and TR-I leadership support personnel to timing risks, input gaps, or dependency issues that may affect deliverables

Portfolio Synchronization with TR-I Battle Rhythm

• Helping synchronize portfolio-originated work with TR-I battle rhythm, including recurring meetings, executive reviews, data calls, and budget-related timelines
• Coordinating intermediate checkpoints and follow-up actions needed to keep portfolio contributions aligned to division priorities
• Supporting consistent coordination between portfolio teams and TR-I support personnel

Portfolio Workflow and Information Management

• Promoting disciplined use of shared tools, repositories, and collaboration spaces that support portfolio coordination and product development
• Helping maintain organized document workflows and reduce version inconsistency across portfolio-generated materials
• Supporting continuous improvement of portfolio-facing coordination and information management practices

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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, program management, defense acquisition, engineering, operations research, policy, communications, or a related field
• Mid-Level: 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, program integration, military staff operations, portfolio coordination, test and evaluation organizations, or similar environments
• Senior-Level: 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, portfolio integration, executive staff coordination, joint operational environments, or similar headquarters or program-office settings
• Experience coordinating inputs across multiple stakeholders, organizations, or project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to improve the clarity, consistency, and usability of products developed by multiple contributors
• Experience managing suspense-driven workflows and coordinating follow-up across contributors
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting portfolios, capability domains, or programs in a DoD, Service, Joint Staff, PEO, defense agency, or comparable environment
• Working knowledge of defense acquisition, test and evaluation, and TRMC-related mission areas
• Experience coordinating data calls, recurring reviews, and executive support products in a fast-tempo environment
• Experience with collaboration and workflow tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Power BI.
• Experience improving document discipline, workflow consistency, and shared information management practices
• Familiarity with major T&E capability areas such as hypersonics, autonomous systems, cyber test and evaluation, electronic warfare, space, directed energy, digital engineering, or related mission areas

Clearance Information

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE SECRET LEVEL

Travel Requirements

• Travel requirement is approximately 10 percent annually, typically around five non-consecutive weeks, subject to Government priorities and scheduling

About Us

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EEO

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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