Business Analyst _USAF Task Lead Job at TENTH MOUNTAIN LLC in Andrews Air Force

Business Analyst - USAF Task Lead

Andrews Air Force Base, MD

Full Time

Manager/Supervisor

Our client is currently seeking a highly qualified professional to lead/manage/coordinate portfolio management and system integration efforts for the Air Force’s largest Information Technology (IT) Portfolio. This position will directly support the Headquarters AF/A4PA (Portfolio Advocacy Management Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, & Force Protection) at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), MD and National Capital Region (NCR).

This is a hybrid work arrangement, with an average of 5% annual travel.

This position requires that the candidates can rapidly adjust to dynamic customer priorities, respond to short-turn requests, and maintain focus on assigned tasks through completion. Preferred individual is a fast learner, has excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, is an articulate written/oral communicator, has strong organizational skills, and requires minimal supervision.

This position is required to be in the office at least once per week but should expect ad hoc requests from the customer to support in-person events, such as senior leader-level meetings.

Candidate must be able to:

• Advise and assist in the development and oversight of portfolio IT transformation priorities
• Support portfolio studies, identify and develop initiative business cases, advocate for IT infrastructure improvements, and recommend innovative solutions to meet mission requirements
• Collaborate with stakeholders (leaders, colleagues) across the Air Staff, with AF/Joint services and third parties (e.g. vendors, service providers) as needed to plan and oversee execution of portfolio initiatives
• Build information and/or decision briefings for senior leaders up to 3-star level
• Analyze IT investment plans and priorities; recommend roadmap efforts to reduce IT costs, reduce organizational risk, comply with DoD mandates, and to meet strategic objectives
• Lead/support portfolio summits, Rapid Improvement Events, Integrated Product Team efforts, and other meetings with key stakeholders (e.g., functional champions and subject matter experts)
• Author strategies, plans and procedures; periodically update to keep pace with emerging IT policy
• Capture and document requirements, produce project plans, key milestones, deliverables and schedule as well as successfully track project through completion as needed
• Simultaneously manage multiple work streams, tracking activities across multiple organizations through completion on schedule and budget
• Plan and schedule meetings, facilitate technical discussions, capture action items and meeting minutes
• Develop high-quality work products using MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio)
• Draft email correspondence for senior leader strategic communications