Program Manager - Undersea Weapons and Warfare Systems Support - PMS 404

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

SPA’s Sea Land Air (SLA) Division supports a diverse portfolio of national security government clients, including the Undersea Enterprise, the Navy Surface Community, the Navy MPTE Enterprise, the Air Force, Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defence Force.  Our primary objective is to provide timely, objective and analytic assessments that integrate the policy, operational, technical, programmatic and acquisition aspects of our clients’ challenges.

Leveraging both in-domain and cross-domain expertise to maximize our clients’ success, SLA Division acts as trusted agents to senior decision-makers and key leaders and excels at providing data driven analytic insights, systems engineering, strategies and plans that address current and emerging challenges to national security.

The Undersea Technology Analysis Group (UTAG), within the Sea, Land, & Air Division in SPA, conducts rigorous and objective analyses to enable the Navy and other DoD organizations to make decisions, plans, and strategies to deliver emerging undersea technologies and warfighting capabilities.  We support clients across the undersea and naval special warfare enterprises, including those within resourcing and requirements (OPNAV N97), acquisition (program offices for undersea technologies and naval special warfare), and science and technology (Office of Naval Research, DARPA)  Our enduring capabilities include:

• Identifying capability gaps, developing requirements, and generating solutions
• Assessing the operational utility and technical feasibility of new technologies
• Execution of acquisition and technology development programs, including developing plans and roadmaps to mature, deliver, and sustain new technologies
• Analysis of vulnerabilities and threats to undersea platforms and systems
• Quantitative analysis and modeling of undersea forces and their missions

SPA is assembling a team to support Team Submarine Undersea Weapons and Warfare Systems program offices.  Work is expected to start in August, 2025.

This Undersea Weapons Program Office (PMS 404) Program Manager will synthesize programmatic requirements, budgets and schedules to work across the program branches in support of developing acquisition strategies, acquisition plans and procurement requests, and provide support for developing new contracts. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical or managerial discipline.
• 10  or more years of professional experience in engineering/science mangement, operations research analysis, financial/cost analysis, or a relevant field.
• Secret clearance.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience leading a project and interfacing with an end item customer.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Program Management, including the acquisition process, the budgeting process and Navy program execution.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledgeable of production contracts, and Navy production management.