Portfolio & Strategic Planning Analyst

Overview

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

The Sponsor's Office provides programmatic collaboration for the Office of Artificial Intelligence (OAI) with the intelligence community and other team members. The Sponsor is seeking a resource to deliver a range of services to support AI investments across the portfolio, particularly the AI Value Framework.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Develop, review, and guide formal documentation and activities that inform the sponsor’s investment decisions.
• Develop methodology for, and assessing the impact and value of, all AI activity across the Sponsor’s organization in an effort to inform resources decisions at the highest levels of management.
• Measure and analyze value on investment for AI initiatives, providing actionable insights to inform Agency strategy.
• Prepare and present material to senior Agency leaders, leveraging executive-level networks, briefings and communication skills.
• Provide financial expertise to advise on activities related to resources, strategy, and oversight, to include congressional, NSC, OMB, and ODNI requirements.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
• BS 12-15, MS 10-13, PhD 8-10.
• Person selected must be able to write well, be able to present impeccable, and support all the mission activities with brand development.
• Knowledge of strategic planning and resource management processes.
• Knowledge of program planning and execution processes.
• Knowledge of business resource planning practices and cost analysis methodologies.
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices.
• Knowledge of program risk assessment principles and processes.
• Superlative communication and writing skills to compose correspondence on behalf of senior executives.
• Strong interpersonal, networking, and critical thinking skills (analysis, judgment, information seeking).
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information from various resources.
• Domain experience and knowledge of customer’s processes, procedures, and network systems and associated applications for finished intelligence production and dissemination.
• Proficient with MS Office suite of products.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work independently; self-starter.
• A BS/MS in Marketing or other associated discipline, or relevant experience.
• Demonstrates professional competence as a plans and budget officer.
• Exhibits full awareness of financial resource requirements both for the execution year and budget out-years.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate financial data to resolve inconsistencies, identify key issues, and propose solutions.
• Develops and implements long-range plans to accomplish office goals and collaborates in strategic planning for future years.
• Prepares budget exercise submissions; assimilates information about program goals, requirements, costs, and schedules; ensures that submissions are rational, defensible, and executable.
• Ensures that program execution is proceeding within available resource constraints and remains consistent with goals; proposes and implements resource alignment (including from multiple sources) as required or in response to unplanned circumstances.
• Exhibits broad comprehension of relevant statutes, regulations, and policies in resource utilization and in the budget development and execution processes.
• Routinely constructs and maintains background documentation on programmatic and resource analyses, discussions, thinking, and decisions to aid the component’s resource management continuity.
• Exhibits strong organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrates excellent writing skills and ability to craft clear concise requests for funding and responses to taskings.
• Demonstrates excellent oral communication skills to brief management on resource issues.
• Proven ability to interact with customers, senior leadership and program managers in a highly matrixed environment
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, three years supporting the customer domain.
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of IC strategic planning and resource management processes.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Strong oral and written communications and interpersonal skills.
  
  

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.