Senior Decision Analyst: Cost & Economic Modeling

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE seeks an experienced Decision Analyst to join the Acquisition Affordability and Business Analytics Department. This project-oriented role involves data-driven analyses, sponsor engagement, and developing cost estimates across life cycle stages.

You will lead teams, scope analyses, and deliver concise findings to sponsors. The position emphasizes leadership, advanced modeling, and communication of results, with on-site work four days per week and Top Secret clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience with leadership in cost estimating, cost risk analysis, and/or budgeting and the CPIC process in defense, intelligence, and/or civil agencies.
• BA/BS or Master’s in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Business, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• Proficiency in development of risk-adjusted LCCEs and investment economic and decision analyses.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite and other tools for analysis.
• Technical depth with demonstrated skills and experience in presenting analytical results both verbally and in writing.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Government-issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of junior analysts to successfully meet project objectives.
• Identify, scope, and execute structured analysis for government sponsors while managing timelines, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Develop models and perform qualitative and quantitative analyses to understand cost/economic/financial impact of investments, risk mitigation strategies, options, and other government actions.
• Collect and analyze financial, cost, and economic data.
• Develop and/or evaluate program technical and programmatic baselines.
• Develop innovative cost estimating techniques for a broad range of cost elements.
• Develop independent or program life cycle cost estimates (LCCEs) and accompanying risk analyses.
• Develop cost estimates in support of source selection, including IGCEs.
• Perform cost-related studies and analyses, e.g., rate reasonableness.
• Develop investment economic and decision analyses, including business case analyses and affordability analysis.
• Develop strategic business/financial analyses including economic studies and budget planning.
• Assess credibility of cost estimates using benchmark guidance (GAO 12 steps, CEBoK).
• Assess credibility of cost savings data.
• Conduct surveys and utilize sampling techniques.
• Research politics, national security, healthcare, education, energy, etc.
• Gather quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions.
• Apply analysis skills including time series and linear regression.
• Draw conclusions and clearly articulate findings in written and verbal form.
• Develop data visualization products for complex data sets.
• Translate unstructured data into business insights.
• Perform data cleaning, visualization, and analysis in R, Stata, and Excel.

Skills

Cost estimation

Risk analysis

Data analysis

Present findings

CPIC process

Leadership

Education

BA/BS or Master’s in Economics

Tools

Python

SQL

Pandas

Databricks

Job description

MITRE seeks an experienced Decision Analyst to join the Acquisition Affordability and Business Analytics Department. This project-oriented role involves data-driven analyses, sponsor engagement, and developing cost estimates across life cycle stages.

You will lead teams, scope analyses, and deliver concise findings to sponsors. The position emphasizes leadership, advanced modeling, and communication of results, with on-site work four days per week and Top Secret clearance eligibility.