Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst to provide analytical support to senior DoD officials (Principal Directors) in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Critical Technologies. The Policy Analyst will provide staff expertise and action officer support to assigned DDR&E (MOD) modernization priority areas (https://www.cto.mil/modernization-priorities). Essential attributes include critical thinking, and the ability to actively interact with Joint Staff, Military Components, Defense Agencies, Industry, and other Office of the Secretary of Defense(OSD) departments. This position is located in Arlington, VA.

Job duties include:

• Policy and Guidance Analysis Support.Develop and promulgate modernization priority area standards, policy and best practices; provide expert advice and guidance to policy and guidance development efforts within DoD and to areas of interest within R&E; provide policy analysis and input to both OUSD(R&E) controlled and external policy and guidance documentation with regards to its impact to DDR&E(MOD) areas
• Advance the Practice and Facilitate the Discussion. Support the creation and maintenance of, and participate in Working Groups (WGs), Communities of Practice (CoPs), industry forums, and similar groups related to the assigned Modernization Priority area; facilitate/understand issues, discovering/documenting community identified capability gaps, facilitating discussions, publishing success stories, formulating solutions, and achieving a common point of view among the members to support the advancement of the Modernization Priority areas
• Cooperation and Collaboration with Stakeholders. Provide expert advice, advocacy, guidance, reporting, documentation, outreach, and engagement with DoD stakeholder organizations; promote cooperation and collaboration among DoD components to include key touchpoints with Joint Staff, OUSD(A&S), and DoD CIO
• Action Officer Support. Provide technical and management research and inputs for DDR&E(MOD) data calls, correspondence, paper/presentation requirements, briefings, articles, instructions, handbooks, reports, training courses, and similar items, as required; maintain contact directories, build project schedules, data mine, write status reports and white papers, compile data, prepare briefings, coordinate meetings, and similar items; facilitate meetings using electronic tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Defense Collaboration Services (DCS), etc.); develop, prepare, and coordinate national and international meetings.
• Duties may include organizing travel; reserving adequate meeting space; preparing read-ahead packages; distributing invitations; taking minutes; recording, tracking, and adjudicating action items; and developing agendas and briefings per OUSD(R&E) criteria and guidance

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• A bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience
• At least 3 years of experience with policy development, reviewing, responding, and routing policy and directives through staffing and approval
• Strong leadership, problem identification/resolution skills, flexibility, initiative, and a proven ability to work with Senior Executives efficiently and effectively (to include experience interfacing/communicating with Senior Executive leadership in both government and industry)
• Experience writing white papers, briefings, correspondence, and reports
• Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS TEAMS) and databases
• Excellent organizational and teambuilding skills, good interpersonal skills

Clearance

• Active TS/SCI clearance

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