Program Analyst IV

First Division Consulting; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

First Division Consulting in Stafford, VA, seeks a Program Analyst IV to support Marine Corps Acquisition, handling program planning, cost, schedule, and performance across lifecycle stages.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance, 3–10 years of relevant DoD experience (or 15+ years without a degree), and proficiency with MS Project/OnePager. You’ll interact with government teams and drive milestone documentation.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance required.
• 3–10 years of DoD programmatic planning and execution with a bachelor’s degree; 15+ years allowed in lieu of degree.
• Experience supporting acquisition planning, cost, schedule, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Support acquisition lifecycle from requirements to operations and support.
• Coordinate with financial, systems, cybersecurity, and logistics stakeholders.
• Prepare and review acquisition documentation across phases.
• Communicate program status, milestones, and impacts to leadership.
• Identify risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Attend meetings and prepare minutes and briefings for leadership.
• Develop and manage the program master schedule with stakeholders.

Skills

Program management

Acquisition coordination

Stakeholder coordination

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

OnePager

Job description

Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv)provides program management, acquisition, logistics, field service representative, explosive ordnance disposal, and personnel support services to Department of Defense and Federal Government Agencies. We are a Small Business Administration certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Small Disadvantaged Business. If you are looking for a company who has an overall rating on Glassdoor of 4.8 and who puts their people first, then continue to read below and join the FirstDiv team!

First Division Consulting is hiring a Program Analyst IV to support the Marine Corps Acquisition by performing programmatic planning, coordination, and execution of the cost, schedule, and performance aspects of programs. The Program Analyst IV will provide on-going management, analytical, acquisition, and administrative support.

The candidate shall perform the following task:

• Support the Project Officer through all phases of the acquisition lifecycle from requirements development through operations and support, implementing DoD acquisition and life-cycle management policies and procedures.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders in functional areas such as financial management, systems engineering, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and logistics in support of program efforts.
• Prepare, review, and revise acquisition documentation applicable to the program through all phases of the acquisition cycle (e.g. Acquisition Strategies, Integrated Master Schedules, Performance Work Statements, Business Case Analyses, Test Plans, Acquisition Program Baselines, etc.).
• Maintain awareness of program status, execution, and milestones, as well as their corresponding strategic impacts, in order to communicate effectively and accurately.
• Review and assess technical, cost, and schedule data, identifying any shortfalls and developing potential corrective actions.
• Facilitate milestone planning by preparing, reviewing, and updating briefing materials and documentation.
• Identify, assess, and document programmatic and technical risks.
• Oversee or conduct studies, prepare reports, and advise on feasibility, cost effectiveness, and regulatory conformance of plans, proposals, and/or special projects.
• Interact directly with all levels of the Government team and their stakeholders and customers.
• Attend and provide support at meetings, events, and reviews for relevant stakeholders in person and/or via teleconference, video teleconference, and/or web-conference. In addition, prepare meeting minutes and briefings as needed to provide leadership with a recap.
• Participate in Program Management Reviews (PMRs), milestone decision reviews, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and other recurring (i.e., daily, weekly, monthly) meetings, and provide follow-up information to leadership in the form of meeting minutes, executive summaries, position papers, white papers, and/or briefings.
• Provide evaluation, analysis, and assessment of both internal and external reports, pre-briefs, and briefs, including those of other agencies, and provide expert analyses of the documents, including relevance and impact.
• Develop and/or manage the program’s master schedule with collaboration from all competencies, internal and external stakeholders’ input.
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and proficiency in writing Plan of Actions & Milestones (POA&M), reports and instructions; be able to brief senior leaders on assignments.

• Must possess an active DoD Secret clearance.
• 3-10 years, with a Bachelor’s degree, experience supporting DoD programmatic planning, coordination, and execution of the cost, schedule, and performance of all aspects of Government programs. 15+ years of experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Project and/or OnePager.
• Familiar with DoD, ideally USMC, acquisition policies, processes, and procedures.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting may be required.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required; including quarter-driven hours as business demands dictate.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD, LTD, holidays, PTO and 401(k) plan with company match.

FirstDiv is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.