Program Analyst

Job Description:

AMA is seeking a Resource Analyst / Program Analyst support to deliver strategic financial planning and resource management support for NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. This position will oversee complex, mission-facing budgets across multiple projects and directorates, focusing on strategic budget planning, formulation and execution. This role requires proactive engagement with stakeholders, the ability to drive process improvements and automation for data-driven decision-making and serve as a mentor or lead to the analyst workforce. Multiple candidates may be hired from this requisition.

Responsibilities:

• Develops mission-facing budgets aligned to institutional priorities, ensuring compliance and fiscal discipline. Leads the development of detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of major technical assessments that are broad in scope and mission.
• Independently determines and estimates requirements including workforce, equipment, facilities, and other costs. Develops and analyzes long and short-range plans, resource projections, and priorities based on technical progress and approved project budgets.
• Provides comprehensive monthly analyses to technical leads and management on the health of the activities. Conducts thorough analysis of actual costs, completes variance analysis, and prepares estimates to complete for management review, making strategic recommendations on issues/concerns or problem areas.
• Manages and oversees varied procurements to obtain expertise required to meet goals and objectives; directing the preparation of Statements of Work, technical evaluations, task orders, sole source justifications, procurement requests and all related required documentation.
• Expertly interprets and implements financial regulatory directives related to financial management. Applies advanced business practices and program, planning and control techniques to evaluate program costs, technical schedule and performance.
• Conducts complex analysis and provides strategic interpretation of financial reports, statements, and data that points out trends, identifies deviations from standards and/or plans, and projects data into the future.
• Leads and coordinates all budget formulation activities, phasing plans and workforce planning and requests for budget data for integration into the annual NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) formal budget submission.
• Expertly assesses and manages competing priorities when presented with multiple and often urgent requests for data and support, providing strategic guidance to team members.
• Supporting implementation and tracking varied and complex procurement instruments and all required documentation under tight schedules and across multiple organizations, Agencies, and industry.
• Serves as primary liaison, communicating independently and accurately the resource status and financial concerns of a project with management and senior technical leads. Leads collaboration routinely, both orally and in writing, with a variety of different interfaces including senior level technical Program Managers; Chief Engineers; contractors and personnel in industry, academia, and other government agencies; other NASA Center points of contact; NASA Procurement, Legal, and Resources Offices.
• Mentors and/or leads junior and intermediate program analysts to increase proficiency and technical expertise across the program analysis functional domain at NASA Langley.

Requirements:

• Experience leads teaming and/or mentoring junior team members.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, including excellent verbal and written communications.
• Team player with a positive, can-do attitude and a willingness to learn new processes. Individual must be able to work well independently as well as within a team.
• Ability to independently prioritize work and know how to communicate time estimates when there are competing priorities; can status assignment progress.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel); must have advanced Microsoft Excel Skills, including lookup functions and pivot tables.
• Proficiency or the expectation to learn PowerBI is expected.
• NASA experience preferred. Experience with the NESC-unique Management, Analysis, and Planning System (The Portal) a plus.
• Travel may be requested (estimated at up to 6 trips per year).
• This role will be considered for remote/teleworking if the candidate comes in with senior level NASA experience. Travel to NASA Langley or other locations at least 6 times per year will be required if the candidate is remote with additional trips during the orientation phase to this role.

Education and Experience:

• U.S. Citizenship is required or permanent US resident.
• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field with 10 years of relevant experience or 12+ years of relevant work experience required.

Salary range: $95k-$125k

Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships, our diverse and dynamic work environment, and our employees' career satisfaction. AMA is a small business with a wide reach; headquartered in Hampton, VA, AMA has operations in Greenbelt, MD; Huntsville, AL; Dallas and Houston, TX; Denver, CO; Mountain View, CA; and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. With over 60 years of experience, AMA specializes in aerospace engineering, science, analytics, information technology, and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering, science, and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies, visualization, and multimedia to build creative solutions. We offer competitive salaries and a substantial benefits package, including but not limited to paid personal and federally recognized holiday leave, salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, short/long term disability plans, and a variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance options.

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