Position Description:

Duties and Responsibilities (to include but not be limited to the following):  Serve as a Senior Acquisition Analyst, which is responsible for the rapid and efficient research, develop, prototype, test, evaluate, procure, transition, and/or field critical enabling technologies and capabilities that address near-term and mid-term threats. Primary responsibility will be in support of project office operations which include:

·       Provide counsel to government customer on developing and refining acquisition pathway for prototypes and ensuring external stakeholders are informed and engaged.

·       Maintain visibility on current status of cost, performance, and schedule of Integrated Fires Protection Capability – High Energy Laser and High-Powered Microwave programs.

·       Use commander’s intent and guidance to ensure a clear message is delivered from this office to outside stakeholders on all matters effecting program execution.

·       Attend and participate in organizational staff calls, stand-ups, project office tag-ups, working groups, IPRs or similar events; capture, assess and monitor action items from meetings and engage in the resolution process; and propose responses to inquiries based on actions assigned.  Prepare notes or after-action summaries, track actions items, and making recommendations on response for closure.

·       Assist with daily office operations and prioritization of events based on known activities or guidance provided such as synchronization and integration of events and activities through coordination, consolidation, and collaboration of information.

·       Maintain operations calendar and provide recommendations to resolve issues or conflicts; coordinate impacts and changes, receiving direction from senior operations specialist for non-routine matters.

·       Create, compose, consolidate, and review documentation, e.g., correspondence, briefings, response to inquiries, and talking points for correctness, format, spelling, and grammar before sending out for approval or signature. Draft responses to internal and external taskers, RFIs, Congressional delegations and other key stakeholders.

·       Support program updates and assist in developing executive-level briefings, including accomplishments, impacts, risks, issues, and challenges, etc.; coordinate documents, e.g., white papers; conduct pre-meetings to prepare and distribute read-aheads; and secure approval of documents to meet read ahead timelines prior to submission for executive forums.

·       Coordinate with and brief senior leadership within the Army and other Service Partners.