Program Analyst

Program Analyst

Bowhead is seeking a Program Analyst to provide routine and complex program and financial management support/analyses. This position is 100% on-site.

Responsibilities

• Labor Tracking: Monitor civilian and contractor hours allocated to CI tasks, ensuring correct charging codes are used and labor burn rates match the project plan.
• Budget Execution: Track allocations, obligations, and expenditures for all computing infrastructure initiatives.
• Spend Plan Monitoring: Maintain and update the CI spend plan, highlighting variances between projected and actual costs (e.g., hardware procurements, cloud credits).
• SLA & Contract Oversight: Monitor vendor invoice cycles and coordinate with contract officers to ensure computing resources are funded without service interruptions.
• Executive Drafting: Draft, format, and package technical briefings, status reports, and slide decks for leadership.
• Meeting Prep: Compile pre-briefing materials and talking points for you prior to critical decision-making forums.
• Travel Coordination: Draft and track travel authorizations, cost estimates, and vouchers (e.g., through defense travel systems) for the technical team's off-site deployments or testing events.
• Liaison Operations: Act as an active conduit between you (the Technical Lead) and the Branch Head (Line Manager) to ensure technical schedules align with organizational staffing and administrative goals.
• Action Item Tracking: Capture and track action items resulting from your alignments with the Branch Head, ensuring administrative and technical deadlines do not slip.
• Programmatic and documentation support throughout a program life cycle, from concept development and formulation through initial system design, development, and deployment.
• Develop and maintain program plans and Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M), action item reports, program and project schedules, project tracking updates, and status reports.
• Review existing project plans, reports, and meeting minutes to identify any changes in project progress, scope or direction such as schedule changes and technical. The Contractor shall receive and process project deliverables, review deliverables databases to monitor status and ensure compliance with project schedules.
• Prepare program presentations and reports.
• Review and provide recommendations for updating existing documentation to include technical and/or editorial accuracy.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations and provide hard copy materials for use in briefings and seminars.
• Conducts studies, prepares reports, and advises on feasibility, cost effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 to 8 years of professional experience.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams).
• DoD or government documentation experience preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time
• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must currently hold or be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.

Set Range: 78,000-115,000

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Bowhead considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.