Senior Program Analyst - Strategy Advisor

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 Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, OSD, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defense 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 AUKUS Group, within SPA's Sea, Land, and Air Division, provides timely, objective, analytic assessments that integrate technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business analysis to NAVSEA's AUKUS Integration and Acquisition Program Office and associated partner organizations.  Analysts and Engineers supporting AUKUS will continue SPA’s decades of support to the undersea force and assist in developing a trilateral submarine force for the future. This is a high-profile, major international program of significant importance to the future of the US Navy and its partners in an era of renewed strategic competition.#MC

The Senior Analyst will provide support to the NAVSEA AUKUS program, serving as a strategy advisor to program leadership. Responsibilities will include strategic planning and coordination of program wide activities; supporting development of integrated plans, supporting fleet and workforce integration with AUKUS program, and special project coordination as needed.  This analyst would work closely with the one-star Australian program lead within the program office.

This position is located in Alexandria, VA with some opportunity to travel to partner and industry stakeholder locations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Proven experience with DoD acquisition and coordination with international partners
• 10+ years experience in US Navy
• Service onboard a US submarine, preferably in a leadership role
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint, to communicate to decision makers
• Current DoD security clearance - minimum Secret, with the ability to maintain it throughout employment

 Additional Qualifications Desired, but not required:

• Experience with Team Submarine and NAVSEA
• Experience/knowledge of Navy acquisition program office organizations and processes
• Experience within a flag front office