Overview

As a veteran owned small business, WiSC is easier to work with than the large bureaucracy of many contractors, while providing the benefits of large-scale capabilities through our virtual bench. WiSC is a trusted partner for both larger and smaller government contractors but can act as a Prime for SMB Federal contracts and large commercial ventures.

We are a long-standing and trusted partner of NGA, the DoD and IC since 2011. Our back-to-back seats as a Prime contractor speaks to our history of success, as well as the long-term stability you can expect as part of the WiSC team. We also provide a world-class benefits package, such as free medical/dental/vision coverage for you and your family, Day-1 401k plans, PTO match 11 paid federal holidays, tuition/certification reimbursement, bonuses, and much more.

What We Offer:

• Family-wide Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 100% covered by company
• Competitive PTO Package 11 Federal Holidays
• 401K – company contribution vested from Day 1 (don’t need to invest to get it!)
• Life Insurance provided by company
• Long and short term disability insurance provided
• Flex Spending Account (FSA) available
• Free Personal Financial Planner services
• Free Legal Services
• Tuition & professional development reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program & Bonuses

Responsibilities

As the Sr. Lifecycle Acquisition Governance Analyst, you shall provide keystone support to NGA's Component Acquisition Executive(CAE) as a subject-matter expert on federal/DoD acquisition and procurement processes. You shall assist the PMO with preparations for procurement/acquisition activities, defining requirements and documentation, and create, report on and maintain program/project schedules. You shall maintain and utilize databases to forecast and plan schedules, identify capability gaps, and track program/project progress and reports. This role is highly visible and involves extensive collaboration with senior leadership such as board chairs, executives and PMO/acquisition leadership. This position is an onsite role, and is based out of NGA's NCE campus in Springfield, VA. 

In this role, you may be expected to: 

• Document, monitor, manage and maintain all assigned acquisition documentation, Acquisition Documentation list, acquisition policies and instructions, SOPs, process flow, training materials and all required historical documentation.
• Manage and plan assigned program and/or contract procurement efforts that include assisting PMO’s in preparing for acquisition and/or procurement activities, defining and developing necessary acquisition documentation, identifying and managing a program and contract schedule, identifying program and/or procurement issues and reporting readiness status.
• Develop business process documentation review tools, templates, monitoring processes and on-demand online status.
• Develop new tools for reporting on acquisition activities on-demand, 3 months, 36 to 24 months out to track and forecast data, identify acquisition gaps, and contract ends dates.
• Maintain currency of database or workbook forecasting data repository to plan schedules, identify acquisition gaps, and track contract ends dates 36 to 24 months out from end of contract and/or new contract starts.
• Train and assist NGA acquisition teams through the acquisition governance process to include documenting meeting minutes, tracking action items and serving as a technical expert to ensure NGA Acquisitions align with NGA mission objectives.
• Collect, document and provide feedback on lessons learned throughout the acquisition process, recommend innovation and efficiency methods, and implement an effective process to report on metrics.
• Maintain Acquisition Governance schedules and calendars.
• Coordinate with PM, OCS and DCQ and publishes 3-month calendar and updated 24-month ACB and CRB look ahead(s) weekly.
• Coordinate board meeting schedules with board chairs, executives, attendees.
• Perform logistics for working group and board meetings to include scheduling and preparing conference rooms for ACQWG, ACB, CRB meetings (nameplates, audio visual, and VTC connections) and operating audio-visual equipment for meetings.
• Prepare and deliver read ahead books for ACQWG, ACB, and CRB executives.
• Record all working group and board events to include meeting minutes, tracking action items to completion, adding final documents NGA records files (ADM, CDM, etc.).
• Assign and manage acquisition folder accesses.
• Create and maintains Acquisition Governance new employee orientation books and reference books.
• Research and analyze a breadth of technical and acquisition related topics and provide professional quality briefings, reports, and white papers as required to Acquisition Leadership.
• Support Program office or IPT meetings for assigned acquisition programs to support preacquisition planning and status activities.
• Lead data and information gathering to capture and document acquisition processes.
• Gather research and provide recommendations, process improvement opportunities, and planning to support the Component Acquisition Executive’s (CAE) Acquisition Workforce (AWF) Team.
• Lead project activities as required.
• Utilize existing acquisition expertise, and coordinate with subject matter experts to capture and develop organizational process assets in a variety of content formats (MS Word documents, Power Point presentations, etc.), as directed by the government.
• Integrate materials into the NGA Learning Management System, following workflows defined by the government.
• Document, monitor, manage and maintain all assigned acquisition documentation, workflows, acquisition policies and instructions, SOPs, training materials and all required historical documentation and official record keeping.
• Other AWF-related duties, as directed.

Required Qualifications

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Management or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10 years of specialized experience with DoD or IC program management and acquisition processes.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing acquisition and procurement documentation such as Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition Plan, RFPs, Source Selection Plans or other necessary acquisition documentation.
• At least 1 year of experience identifying agency level acquisition issues or capability gaps and proposing alternative solutions.
• At least 3 years of experience executing government acquisitions and/or acquisition-specific support involving the preparation of, or responding to acquisition and procurement elements, such as acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, Requests for Information / Proposals (RFI/RFP), source selection plans, and other elements of documentation used throughout the acquisition life cycle.
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated experience assisting program offices or other acquisition professionals in achieving acquisition program requirements and milestones.

Desired Qualifications

**Candidates must possess an active TS/SCI Security Clearance to be considered eligible for this position.**

WISC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.