Strategic Operations & Congressional Programs Analyst

ARA; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) Mission Concepts and Capabilities division seeks a Business and Operations Management Support Program Analyst to provide executive-level support to the Department of War Science and Technology front office.

This hybrid Mark Center role requires on-site work, with at least one day per week in the office. The analyst will focus on congressional reporting, legislative tracking, and analysis of programmatic impacts arising from legislation, develop

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a relevant technical field or business.
• Minimum of 5 years recent and relevant experience.
• Secret security clearance.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, unstructured verbal interactions, briefings, and meeting moderation.
• Excellent Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.
• Demonstrated experience in conceiving and implementing new projects with no pre-existing process, and with limited to no direct guidance from the client or supervisor.
• Demonstrated ability to meet short turnaround timeliness and perform in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to develop decision-quality materials for leadership with internal and external audiences, ranging in sizes from a few individuals to hundreds.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze legislation and assess programmatic impacts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze program plans, identifying risks, and recommend alternatives.
• Create new processes and recommend business process improvements.
• Develop decision‑quality briefs, talking points, and written materials for various audiences.
• Aggregate, review, and verify component inputs for congressional testimony and responses to questions for the record.
• Track congressional marks and analyze legislative information.
• Assist in developing and coordinating responses to congressional inquiries and statutory reporting requirements.
• Develop and disseminate implementation status reports and program metrics.
• Support senior leader engagements and cross‑DoW coordination, serving as a liaison between senior executives, technical directors, and key stakeholders.
• Develop congressional correspondence, memos, white papers, briefings, reports, testimony, and responses to questions for the record.
• Coordinate inputs with subject matter experts, Legislative Affairs, General Counsel, and other offices.
• Research and analyze legislation to assess programmatic and operational impacts to S&T efforts.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Briefings/meetings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or business

MBA (Desired)

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) Mission Concepts and Capabilities division seeks a Business and Operations Management Support Program Analyst to provide executive-level support to the Department of War Science and Technology front office.

This hybrid Mark Center role requires on-site work, with at least one day per week in the office. The analyst will focus on congressional reporting, legislative tracking, and analysis of programmatic impacts arising from legislation, develop