Qualis Corporation - Huntsville, AL
posted 4 months ago
About the position
As a Senior Acquisition Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in the rapid and efficient research, development, prototyping, testing, evaluation, procurement, transition, and fielding of critical enabling technologies and capabilities that address both near-term and mid-term threats. Your primary responsibility will be to support project office operations, ensuring that the acquisition pathway for prototypes is well-defined and that all external stakeholders are informed and engaged throughout the process. This position requires a proactive approach to maintaining visibility on the current status of key programs, specifically the Integrated Fires Protection Capability - High Energy Laser and High-Powered Microwave programs. You will be expected to utilize the commander's intent and guidance to effectively communicate messages from the project office to outside stakeholders regarding all matters affecting program execution. Participation in various organizational meetings, such as staff calls, project office tag-ups, and working groups, will be essential. You will capture, assess, and monitor action items from these meetings, engage in the resolution process, and propose responses to inquiries based on assigned actions. Additionally, you will assist with daily office operations, prioritizing events based on known activities or guidance, and ensuring synchronization and integration of events through effective coordination and collaboration. Your role will also involve maintaining an operations calendar, providing recommendations to resolve issues or conflicts, and coordinating impacts and changes as directed by senior operations specialists. You will be responsible for creating, composing, consolidating, and reviewing various documentation, including correspondence, briefings, and responses to inquiries, ensuring correctness in format, spelling, and grammar before submission for approval. Supporting program updates and developing executive-level briefings will be crucial, as will coordinating documents and securing approvals to meet submission timelines for executive forums. Furthermore, you will coordinate with and brief senior leadership within the Army and other Service Partners, ensuring that all communications are clear and effective.
Responsibilities
- 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 affecting 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 action items, and make recommendations on response for closure.
- Assist with daily office operations and prioritization of events based on known activities or guidance 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Active Secret Clearance
- Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and work multiple tasks
- DAU Project Manager (PM) Level II or Practitioner
- 10 years of acquisition experience with major defense program
- Experience developing information papers and decision briefings
- Experience serving and managing mission/information demands of executive members of the Army or DoD staff
Nice-to-haves
- DAU PM Level III or Advanced
- Previous Department of the Army Systems Coordinator (DASC) Experience
- Served as Project Manager (PM) or Assistant Project Manager (APM)
- Knowledge of DOD 5000 and JCIDS process and tailoring methodologies
- Experience with Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA)
- Ability to work in dynamic environment
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Excellent Organizational Skills
Benefits
- Positive work environment
- Teamwork
- Professional growth
- Innovation
- Community involvement
- Flexible scheduling
- Family-friendly work environment
