Program Analyst

Job Description

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center (AC) serves as the Army's technology leader for armament systems. DEVCOM AC ensures dominance of Army capabilities by researching, developing, integrating and delivering technology-enabled armament solutions to our Warfighters. Armaments Center has a long tradition as the primary research and development center for new and existing armament systems which are in use by U.S. service members around the world.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage objectives for complex research and development programs.
• Knowledge of the organization’s mission and functions including programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Provide assessment of organizational operations for management decision making.
• Reviews program schedules and budgets and manages variances as program execution is underway.
• Assists senior technical personnel in the preparing program plans and proposals.
• Determine requirements for additional monetary, human and/or physical resources or change in program emphasis.
• Supports the technical project leader to include preparing cost estimates, work execution schedules and tracking, program plans and proposals and providing guidance on plan structuring and documentation.
• Analyze program process problems to suggest appropriate corrective action.
• Utilizes Earned Value Management reporting techniques.
• Develop, utilizes and maintains MS Project schedules and MS Excel spreadsheets
• Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of information.
• Makes clear and convincing oral presentations
• Listens to others, attends nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.