Program Management Analyst

Bowhead; Dahlgren (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead seeks a Program Management Analyst to support NSWCDD V Department and affiliated units onsite. The role emphasizes program and operating analysis, documentation, and administrative coordination for the CI portfolio, including tracking, scheduling, and reporting tasks.

You will develop plans, POA&Ms, briefings, and status reports; monitor labor, budgets, and expenditures, coordinate travel, and liaise between the Technical Lead and Branch Head to keep schedules aligned and deadlines met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5–8 years of professional experience preferred.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational and communication skills.
• DoD or government documentation experience preferred.
• Active Secret security clearance preferred; ability to obtain/maintain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Labor Tracking: monitor hours and charging codes for CI tasks.
• Budget Execution: track allocations, obligations and expenditures.
• Spend Plan Monitoring: update CI spend plan and highlight variances.
• SLA & Contract Oversight: monitor invoices and coordinate with contract officers.
• Executive Drafting: prepare technical briefs, status reports, and slide decks.
• Meeting Prep: develop pre-briefing materials and talking points.
• Travel Coordination: draft travel authorizations and vouchers.
• Liaison Operations: coordinate between Technical Lead and Branch Head.
• Action Item Tracking: capture and track action items and deadlines.
• Programmatic/documentation support across a program life cycle.

Skills

Excellent writing & editing

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

Job description

Overview

Program Management Analyst: (VOPS-2026-25963):

This effort provides NSWCDD V Department and affiliated departments with program and operation analysis and technical documentation support. The V30 Computing Infrastructure (CI) Technical Design Agent (TDA) team is seeking a Program Management Analyst to directly support the CI Senior Technical Lead. The primary objective is to assist in aligning across the CI portfolio, which consists of MOD 1, MOD X, TI-12H, CIAT, FF(X), and BB(X) on financial tracking, aligning with Branch Head needs, and tracking actions. This is new work and this role focuses on providing administrative support.

100% onsite Monday-Friday

Responsibilities

• Labor Tracking: Monitor civilian and contractor hours allocated to CI tasks, ensuring correct charging codes are used and labor burn rates match the project plan.
• Budget Execution: Track allocations, obligations, and expenditures for all computing infrastructure initiatives.
• Spend Plan Monitoring: Maintain and update the CI spend plan, highlighting variances between projected and actual costs (e.g., hardware procurements, cloud credits).
• SLA & Contract Oversight: Monitor vendor invoice cycles and coordinate with contract officers to ensure computing resources are funded without service interruptions.
• Executive Drafting: Draft, format, and package technical briefings, status reports, and slide decks for leadership.
• Meeting Prep: Compile pre-briefing materials and talking points for you prior to critical decision-making forums.
• Travel Coordination: Draft and track travel authorizations, cost estimates, and vouchers (e.g., through defense travel systems) for the technical team's off-site deployments or testing events.
• Liaison Operations: Act as an active conduit between you (the Technical Lead) and the Branch Head (Line Manager) to ensure technical schedules align with organizational staffing and administrative goals.
• Action Item Tracking: Capture and track action items resulting from your alignments with the Branch Head, ensuring administrative and technical deadlines do not slip.
• Programmatic and documentation support throughout a program life cycle, from concept development and formulation through initial system design, development, and deployment.
• Develop and maintain program plans and Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M), action item reports, program and project schedules, project tracking updates, and status reports.
• Review existing project plans, reports, and meeting minutes to identify any changes in project progress, scope or direction such as schedule changes and technical. The Contractor shall receive and process project deliverables, review deliverables databases to monitor status and ensure compliance with project schedules.
• Prepare program presentations and reports.
• Review and provide recommendations for updating existing documentation to include technical and/or editorial accuracy.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations and provide hard copy materials for use in briefings and seminars.
• Conducts studies, prepares reports, and advises on feasibility, cost effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 to 8 years of professional experience.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams).
• DoD or government documentation experience preferred.
• Active Secret security clearance is preferred; candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to obtian and maintain a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Bowhead considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.

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