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 Undersea Platform Analysis Group (UPAG) provides timely, objective, analytic assessments that integrate technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business analysis to NAVSEA Team Submarine program offices and key stakeholders surrounding submarine platform construction.  Team Submarine unifies submarine platform procurement activities, which includes the Columbia-class SSBN program (a Major Defense Acquisition Program and the Navy’s top acquisition priority), the Virginia-class SSN program and the new SSN-X program (developing the next generation attack submarine), to bring improved capabilities to our undersea forces.  Analysts and Engineers supporting Team Submarine will continue SPA’s decades of support to the SSBN force, as well as supporting oversight of cutting-edge attack submarine construction, assisting in developing the design requirements for the SSN platform of the future, and helping plan and execute new and innovative strategies to strengthen the critical submarine shipbuilding industrial base. These are high-profile, major acquisition and manufacturing programs of significant importance to the future capabilities of the US Navy in an era of renewed strategic competition.

SPA has a need for a Program Analyst - Submarine Industrial Base Australia #MC

The Analyst will serve as a senior strategic advisor and trusted agent for a high profile client organization, focusing on rigorous efforts to strengthen the submarine manufacturing and sustainment industrial base, with a focus on understanding and assessing engagement with Australian industrial base stakeholders.  The Analyst will apply expert level familiarity with defense manufacturing, shipbuilding programs, strategic planning and international engagement to help identify, develop, and execute new strategies and initiatives to support submarine and mairtime industrial base development. In this role, you will navigate complex stakeholder relationships across government and private industry, manage standup and execution of new initiatives, perform detailed analysis of industrial base and political environments, and regularly communicate progress and challenges through briefs, analytic products, and decision support for senior client leadership and officials. 

This position is located in Canberra, Australia, with some travel to client and stakeholder locations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, management or other relevant field.
• 10+ years supporting Navy programs, with a preference for shipbuilding, defense acquisition, or international engagement program initiatives.
• Expert level ability to navigate, coordinate, and communicate between government and private industry stakeholders.
• Proven ability to use Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, to perform complex strategic analysis and 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 developing or implementing supply chain, industrial base, or manufacturing/sustainment improvement and risk reduction initiatives. 
• Advanced degree in engineering, operations, management or other relevant field.