Root Cause Analysis Expert Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2024-18872)

Description

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience conducting performance assessments of major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs)
• Demonstrated experience identifying and documenting potential areas of emerging program and portfolio risk though the analysis and evaluation of cost, schedule, contracts, execution, and performance bases
• Experience providing products and support to senior-level government officials and forums, including Defense Acquisition Executive Summary Reviews, Deputy's Management Action Group, Capability Portfolio Reviews, and Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews
• Understanding of DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework, acquisition policies, and acquisition guidebooks
• Active DoD Secret Clearance

Desired:

• 5+ years of experience as a Federal or Defense Program or Project Manager responsible for program meeting cost, schedule, and performance parameters
• Experience leveraging government-provided acquisition data analytics products to provide program summary assessments (PSAs), contract performance assessments (CPAs), and funding assessments (FAs) of acquisition programs

The successful candidate will provide Assessment and Root Cause (ARC) Analyses of DoD programs identified for assessment by leadership. They will support decision making by senior leaders, conduct analyses and evaluations of programs within the Adaptive Acquisition Framework from cost, schedule, contracts, execution, and performance bases. Their subject matter expertise will support leadership insight and forums, such as Defense Acquisition Executive Summary Reviews, Deputy's Management Action Group, Capability Portfolio Reviews, and Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews. They will leverage acquisition data analytics products to provide program summary assessments (PSAs), contract performance assessments (CPAs), and funding assessments (FAs) of acquisition programs. Identify and document potential areas of emerging program and portfolio risk. They will communicate analysis results through metrics and briefing materials to provide API and senior leaders with early insight into program and portfolio performance concerns and risks and to support participation in stakeholder engagements inside and outside DoD. They will be responsible for understanding the implications of congressional directives, draft OSD policies, and DoD-level acquisition initiatives as they relate to cost, schedule, and performance, and review, and validate statutory and regulatory programmatic documentation.  Annually, they will perform detailed program analyses of up to four acquisition programs, providing detailed reports. Successful candidates will assess all aspects of a program's cost, schedule, and performance information; identify root causes for under-performance, cost overruns, and delays; and draft succinct and compelling products for senior leadership.