- Title: Program Analyst (PA), Intermediate
- Details:
- Status: Full-Time
- Schedule: 0800hrs – 1630hrs; M-F
- Location: On-Site, Aberdeen, MD 21001
- Supervisory: No
- Summary: The PA serves as a cross-functional integrator and data-driven resource supporting Program Managers (PMs), Assistant Program Managers (APMs), and leadership across Veritech product lines. The role consolidates manufacturing, production, supply chain, quality, engineering, orders, finance, and program-execution information into actionable insight on cost, schedule, performance, production readiness, capacity, material availability, delivery, and risk. The PA supports products through planning, production, delivery, and sustainment, with emphasis on in-house manufacturing capability, producibility, repeatable processes, and measurable outcomes. The PA will apply a Department of Defense (DoD)/Army acquisition mindset to lifecycle management, risk, and mission outcomes.
- Key Duties and Roles:
- Perform a variety of routine tasks to facilitate the executive administrative functions of the Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) area of responsibility (AOR), specifically supporting the Program Management Office (PMO)
- Operational Coordination:
- Review and manage the PMO Microsoft 365 mailbox at regular intervals, monitoring and routing actions
- Support purchasing-site uploads and approved ordering/inventory activities with Operations
- Coordinate across departments and follow all Veritech policies, procedures, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO 9001:2026 requirements, and applicable departmental standards
- Prepare daily PMO operational summaries for the assigned PM/APM, including priority correspondence, outstanding actions, production status, supplier commitments, material constraints, upcoming deliveries, and items requiring management attention
- Product-line and Program Performance:
- Maintain product-line dashboards, schedules, forecasts, action logs, configuration/production status, and management reports
- Proactively identify emerging program risks, evaluate potential impacts to cost, schedule, and performance, and provide recommended mitigation actions to the PM/APM for review and decision.
- Identify variances, constraints, dependencies, and corrective actions
- Support product-line reviews and management briefings with fact-based analysis
- Manufacturing and Production Analytics:
- Analyze planned versus actual output, throughput, cycle/takt time, labor hours and efficiency, capacity utilization, schedule adherence, yield, rework, scrap, downtime, and bottlenecks
- Forecast production using labor, equipment, materials, supplier lead times, and demand
- Recommend staffing, tooling, equipment, and process improvements
- Cost and Financial Analysis:
- Monitor standard versus actual product, labor, material, overhead, freight, and supplier costs
- Analyze manufacturing cost per unit, cost variance, and product-line performance
- Support should-cost, make/buy, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, cost-reduction, and efficiency analyses while protecting required quality and performance
- Supply Chain and Material Readiness:
- Track inventory, shortages/backorders, long-lead items, material readiness, supplier lead times, on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost
- Coordinate cross-departmentally to quantify constraints and mitigate delivery or capacity impacts
- Quality and Risk Management:
- Track defects, first-pass yield, nonconformances, rework, scrap, returns, corrective-action aging, and repeat issues
- Support root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive-action effectiveness reviews
- Maintain risk registers, identify leading indicators, assess cost/schedule/production impacts, and track mitigation actions to closure
- Data Analytics and Reporting:
- Collect, validate, reconcile, and analyze Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/Material Requirements Planning (MRP), production, supply-chain, quality, labor, schedule, and financial data
- Develop standardized key performance indicators (KPIs) and reports, translating complex data into concise, fact-based leadership briefings
- Support applicable acquisition and lifecycle-management practices, including Depart of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000-series guidance, as relevant
- Other duties, as assigned
- Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Finance, Program Management, or a related field
- At least three (3) years of experience in program analysis, manufacturing operations, defense programs, supply chain, production planning, or a related environment
- Strong analytical, quantitative, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and proactively
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with ERP/MRP or manufacturing management systems
- Experience with ISO 9001:2015/2026
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk and routinely lift, push, pull, and move items weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting DoD/Army or federal acquisition programs; defense manufacturing, product lifecycle management, production planning, manufacturing metrics, or industrial engineering
- Experience with/in: Power Business Intelligence (BI), Earned Value Management, configuration management, technical data, production readiness, and/or sustainment
- DoDI 5000-series, Army Regulation (AR) 70-1, or Defense Acquisition University (DAU)/Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) coursework
- Aerospace Standard (AS) 9100 experience
- Travel:
- Minimal, local travel less than ten (10)% of the year
- Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a background check and/or security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information:
- No clearance required, but ability to obtain, if needed, required
- Important Notes: Veritech is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. Veritech is committed to providing an application process accessible to all, including individuals with a disability, by offering an alternative way to apply for job openings. This alternative method is available for those who cannot otherwise complete the online application due to a disability or need for accommodation. Veritech provides reasonable accommodation to applicants under the guidance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam-Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, and certain state and/or local laws. If you need assistance due to a disability, please contact the Veritech Human Resources via hr@veritech.com or call (443) 216-9050. U.S. Citizenship is preferred for most positions. Must be able to obtain and maintain eligibility for access to classified information, if required.
