Strategic Operations Analyst - Industry Specialist

Position Title: Strategic Operations Analyst – Industry Specialist 

Location: Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia 

Category: Contingent upon contract award 

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time 

Travel Required: N/A 

Shift: Day 

Remote Type: In-Office 

Clearance required: Top Secret clearance required 

Salary: $190,000 - $211,000 

***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD*** 

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!  

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Strategic Operations Analyst – Industry Specialist to coordinate industry, port, and stakeholder engagement; strategic communications; executive actions; and cross-organizational follow-through in support of industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions. 

Responsibilities: 

Strategic and Operational Analysis:  

• Analyze industrial-base strategies, operating models, implementation plans, governance, authorities, resources, schedules, dependencies, and measures of effectiveness.  

• Translate senior-leader objectives into executable lines of effort, decision points, stakeholder responsibilities, milestones, and performance outcomes.  

• Assess relationships among acquisition demand, production capacity, supplier readiness, infrastructure, workforce, technology, capital investment, logistics, and sustainment.  

• Identify systemic constraints, cross-directorate dependencies, conflicting incentives, implementation gaps, and risks that could prevent desired industrial outcomes.  

• Develop strategic alternatives and operational recommendations based on feasibility, cost, schedule, market response, implementation burden, and mission effect.  

Industry and Supplier Engagement:  

• Assess prime contractor, supplier, and sector capabilities, operating conditions, investment incentives, capacity constraints, and readiness to meet Navy requirements.  

• Support structured engagements, site visits, interviews, workshops, and data calls with authorized Government and industry stakeholders.  

• Evaluate industry assertions, recovery plans, capacity-expansion proposals, supplier-development approaches, and investment requests against available evidence and demonstrated performance.  

• Analyze lower-tier dependencies, sole-source exposure, long-lead materials, workforce limitations, capital needs, qualification barriers, and other sources of fragility.  

• Identify opportunities for alternate sourcing, supplier development, demand stabilization, investment, infrastructure, workforce, technology, or acquisition action.  

Implementation and Executive Support:  

• Develop implementation roadmaps, operating concepts, risk and issue registers, decision logs, action plans, stakeholder maps, and measures for tracking outcomes.  

• Prepare executive briefings, industry assessments, decision memoranda, issue papers, alternatives analyses, and concise responses to senior-leader questions.  

• Coordinate with DASN DIB directorates, Navy Secretariat organizations, resource sponsors, systems commands, program executive offices, program offices, counsel, comptroller, and other stakeholders.  

• Monitor approved initiatives and recommend adjustments when performance, industry conditions, requirements, resources, or assumptions change.  

Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in business, engineering, operations management, supply chain, economics, finance, public policy, national security studies, or a related discipline.  

• 12 years’ experience in defense industry, strategic operations, industrial-base analysis, manufacturing, supply chain, acquisition, program management, or a closely related field. 

• Demonstrated experience analyzing complex industry or operational problems and developing implementable strategies, operating models, recovery actions, or investment recommendations.  

• Strong knowledge of defense acquisition and industrial operations, including relationships among demand, contracting, production, suppliers, workforce, infrastructure, capital, and program execution.  

• Experience engaging senior Government and industry leaders and evaluating contractor, supplier, or sector capabilities and proposed solutions.  

• Experience preparing executive briefings, strategic assessments, decision memoranda, implementation roadmaps, risk analyses, and senior-leader recommendations.  

• Active Top Secret Clearance required.  

Benefits: 

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance 

• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) 

• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance 

• Company Paid Short-Term Disability  

• Voluntary Long-Term Disability 

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 

• Health Savings Account (HSA) 

• 401K with employer match 

• Paid Time Off  

• Paid Holidays 

• Parental Leave 

• Military Leave  

• Education, Training & Professional Development  

• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care  

• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection 

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely. 

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.  

• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role. 

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.