Senior Defense Program & Project Analytics Lead

A. Harold And Associates; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A. Harold & Associates is seeking a Senior Program/Project Management Analyst to drive strategic program analysis and operational planning for the F/A-18 variants program at NAS Patuxent River.

In this senior role, you will advise leadership, employ advanced analytics to evaluate objectives, budgets, and schedules, and ensure data management and change control processes support readiness and lifecycle sustainability of naval aviation systems.

Qualifications

• DoD Secret Clearance required.
• MA or MS degree from an accredited institution.
• Over 10 years of progressive experience in program analysis, defense acquisition, or project management.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced qualitative and quantitative analytic techniques to evaluate high-level program objectives and critical-path constraints.
• Synthesize cross-functional requirements, statuses, budgets, and schedules to produce risk assessments for leadership.
• Lead complex analyses to support program decisions, trade-off studies, and long-range acquisition strategies.
• Coordinate collection, integration, and translation of large data sets across aircraft, weapons, and product sustainment programs.
• Enforce government change-control processes, milestones, and technical data management lifecycles.
• Create tracking frameworks and executive summaries for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Risk assessment

Complex analyses

Data management

Executive writing

Education

MA/MS degree

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Job description

A. Harold & Associates is seeking a Senior Program/Project Management Analyst to drive strategic program analysis and operational planning for the F/A-18 variants program at NAS Patuxent River.

In this senior role, you will advise leadership, employ advanced analytics to evaluate objectives, budgets, and schedules, and ensure data management and change control processes support readiness and lifecycle sustainability of naval aviation systems.