Senior Risk Project Manager

The Mission Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) Division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Risk Management Subject Matter Expert working onsite at a location in the Arlington, VA area. The potential candidate will provide support to the office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs. In this role, the candidate will identify, capture, and track integrated risks, as well as aggregate technical, geopolitical, operational, and programmatic risks associated with the nuclear enterprise, including sustainment, modernization, and future planning. This requires someone who has a strong background and proven history in supporting senior-level officials and advising on enterprise strategy, policy, and implementation of programs in a cross-functional, interagency setting.

Essential Functions

• Applicant must hold an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility to perform work
• Support the development and maintenance of an enterprise-wide data-driven, risk-based framework Assess and manage risks to missions, critical infrastructure, and military services
• Coordinate with OSW principal organizations, the Services, Department of Energy, the Joint Staff, alliance partners, defense industry, and other interagency entities
• Provide expertise in key risk management subject-matter areas, such as: risk and opportunity identification, characterization, and definition; prioritization; aggregate and cumulative risk; develop strategies for effective mitigation, avoidance, transfer, or acceptance.
• Provide expertise in key nuclear enterprise modernization, sustainment, and subject-matter areas, such as: supply chain; defense industrial base; development, production, manufacture, logistics, and operationalization of systems; major defense acquisition programs; acquisition policies and procedures.
• Support the management and oversight of other risk-related studies, analyses, and other endeavors sponsored by the office and assist in program execution, engage with technical and non-technical audiences throughout the DoW and across the US Government
• Translate complex technical and intelligence insights into actionable recommendations for senior decision-makers
• Support senior-level meeting preparation and execution, including developing read-aheads, presentations, white papers, and after-action reports, as needed to support client requirements
  
  

Required Skills

• Completed Bachelors or higher degree
• Must be a US Citizen
• Familiar with DoW acquisition processes
• Understanding of USN or USAF risk management practices
• 8 years of experience working directly with U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force
• Ability to provide support, education, & training to internal and external stakeholders to build risk and opportunity awareness.
• Knowledgeable of DoW roles, missions, and organizational structure
• Expertise in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to manage and prioritize numerous assignments
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility to perform work
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a recognized discipline that is relevant to the contract (e.g. STEM, international affairs, global security, cybersecurity, intelligence analysis)
• Experience with quantitative analysis technical tools and techniques.
• 5 years of experience supporting DoW or DOE risk management
• Experience in DoW policy, DoW acquisition, DoW strategic infrastructure sustainment or modernization, and/or DoW technology development
• Experience implementing modeling and simulation tools for cost and schedule risk impact analysis of large acquisition programs.
• Experience with quantitative risk analysis software/systems
• Experience deploying multiple risk management programs in DOE or DoW
  
  

Company Information

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Senior Risk Project Manager position.