Senior SME Level Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Analyst

Sayres is a leader in defense support services to the DOD. Our 300 program support experts empower our customers' senior leadership with long term planning and analytics, insightful decision making, and day-to-day operations. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Sayres has offices in California, Maine, and Alabama. Sayres and Associates has been providing excellence in service to the Federal Government since 2001.

Sayres is seeking Senior SME Level Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Analyst with Secret Clearance in Washington, DC.

The SME FMS Analyst will be familiar with DoD and Navy policies that relate to defense acquisition and be able to employ the latest guidance to execute tasking in accordance with these policies. Assist in development, maintenance, and preparation of briefings; attend meetings and prepare minutes; and research and prepare responses to action items.

Examples are, but are not limited to, the following:

• Foreign Customer Program Management Reviews (PMRs) and Financial Management Reviews (FMRs).Quarterly Program and/or Progress Reviews (QPRs) • Milestone Reviews, Gate Reviews, or Resources and Requirements Review Board (R3B). • Shipbuilder Program Reviews, including Post-Award Conferences and logistics meetings.

Requisite tasking and functions include:

• Translate complex combat ship system requirements and processes to develop FMS acquisition strategies and documentation.


• Provide advice on FMS acquisition planning and execution, development of contracting strategies, as well as, innovative contracting strategies/recommendations.


• Provide Significant senior level FMS acquisition experience including the development and review of acquisition documentation (e.g., Acquisition Strategies (AS), APB's, Acquisition Plans (AP), Individual/Program Streamlined Acquisition Plan (ISTRAP/PSTRAP, J&A's, C4 Memos).


• Provide quality assurance on all acquisition documentation.


• Facilitate acquisition team meetings and contract negotiation efforts internal and external stakeholder with customer.


• Independently lead PR development and review efforts, including SOW and CDRL development


• Research and develop tools to standardize SOWs, PRs, and other procurement-related products and databases.


• Develop and document training programs to improve the quality of PR package submissions.


• Assess and provide guidance on new and existing acquisition policies and procedures and assist, as necessary, in the development and/or maintenance of acquisition information and documentation.


• Lead a team of FMS analysts in support of a Navy FMS program office.

Required Skills:

• Significant NAVSEA FMS Experience with developing and reviewing Acquisition documents


• Excellent organizational and communication skills


• Skillful writer with ability to record technically complex topics


• Acute attention to detail


• 15 years program management, Government technical management, or Industry business management, with 7 years in DoD/DoN program, contracts, or acquisition management
  
  
  
  • Preferred: 20 years program management, Government technical management, or Industry business management, with 10 years in DoD/DoN program, contracts, or acquisition management
  
  
  
  


• DoD/DoN procedures and Policies (DoD 5000 process); DoD/DoN contracting; experience communicating with SES/Flag level personnel; development of DoN acquisition document (e.g. Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition Program Baseline); supervisory; ship building experience; Foreign Military Sales; Military Sealift Command procedures and processes


• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management discipline
  
  
  
  • Preferred Master's in Engineering or Business Management discipline
  
  
  
  


• Project Management Professional (PMP) for ten years


• Secret Clearance verifiable in DISS.

Salary:

• The salary for this position is likely $100,000.00 - $150,000. Salary ranges are not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations.

We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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