Lead Analyst

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate program technical and programmatic baselines
• Create innovative cost estimating techniques for development, production, and operating and support (O&S) cost elements
• Develop independent life cycle cost estimates including risk, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis
• Perform economic analyses such as business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses, and analysis-of-alternatives
• Assess the credibility of government and industry cost estimates, economic analyses, and cost savings initiatives
• Evaluate industry contract cost and schedule performance and conduct variance root cause analysis
• Document and present analytical results to senior managers and stakeholders
• Mentor and train entry-level cost analysts within high-performing project teams
• Manage competing priorities and multiple tasks in a collaborative work environment

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., economics, engineering, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or business)
• Minimum of 4 years of defense, intelligence, or civil agency program cost and economic analysis experience
• Active Secret Clearance
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills

Preferred Qualifications

• ICEAA Certification
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Initiative Act (DAWIA) certification
• Understanding of weapons or automated information systems design, production, and support processes
• Knowledge of industry accounting systems and government cost data sources

About the Company

Technomics is a growing employee-owned, decision analytics company that specializes in cost and economic analysis to facilitate better decisions faster. We enable Federal government clients, from senior policy makers to program managers, to choose smartly, buy effectively, and operate efficiently through data-driven and analytics-based approaches.