Program Analyst
Leidos is seeking an experienced Program Analyst
Location
South Plainfield, New Jersey,
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day program management and business analysis support to the Senior Program Manager/Portfolio Manager across multiple active projects and workstreams.
- Coordinate and review EPMO stage-gate scorecards, project artifacts, and supporting documentation to ensure requirements are complete and projects are prepared for formal review and approval.
- Identify missing or incomplete stage-gate requirements, communicate findings to project teams, and track outstanding items through resolution.
- Partner with Project Managers, IT Managers, Project Controllers, Schedulers, and other stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are completed, approved, organized, and maintained in the appropriate repositories.
- Gather, organize, validate, and summarize project and portfolio data to support program leadership with planning, prioritization, reporting, and management reviews.
- Develop and maintain program-level trackers, status reports, presentations, meeting materials, action items, decisions, risks, issues, dependencies, and other management information.
- Support EPMO and program process-improvement initiatives by reviewing existing processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and assisting with the development and implementation of more efficient processes and procedures.
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve document-control processes and procedures for program and project documentation.
- Create and maintain SharePoint sites, document libraries, folder structures, permissions, and project records in accordance with established standards.
- Ensure required project documentation is complete, accurate, appropriately approved, and stored in the designated repository.
- Serve as a point of contact for project documentation inquiries, requests, SharePoint access, and document retrieval.
- Support project gates, audits, regulatory activities, and other governance requirements by gathering, organizing, reviewing, and tracking required documentation.
- Coordinate document requests associated with internal audits and work with project teams to ensure requested records are provided accurately and on schedule.
- Support SOWs, Change Requests, T&M resource requests, and related procurement activities, including initiating and tracking requests in ServiceNow and maintaining executed documentation.
- Assist with onboarding and offboarding project resources, including required documentation, system and network access, equipment, and other client processes.
- Coordinate and track system access requests, including SAP and other required applications, and assist with follow-up and escalation when necessary.
- Track client-issued assets and coordinate equipment issuance and return as resources join or leave projects.
- Proactively monitor resource access and other time-sensitive requirements and coordinate with appropriate stakeholders to prevent interruptions.
- Coordinate project and program meetings, prepare meeting notes, document decisions and action items, and follow up with responsible stakeholders.
- Maintain confidentiality and appropriate handling of sensitive project, financial, contractual, employee, and client information.
- Provide additional project, program, and business analysis support as needed.
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration or another related field required with 4+ years of project support experience.
- 4+ years of experience in business analysis, program/project support, PMO/EPMO support, project controls, document control, or a related function, with experience supporting multiple projects or workstreams.
- Experience supporting project governance processes, project documentation, deliverable tracking, and management reporting.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with project teams and management.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, identify required follow-up, and drive assigned activities to completion.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
- Experience using SharePoint or another enterprise document management platform.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Directly supporting a Senior Program Manager, Portfolio Manager, PMO, or EPMO.
- Knowledge of stage-gate project governance, project scorecards, or similar project lifecycle processes.
- Proficiency with ServiceNow.
- Familiarity with Smartsheet or other project/program management and reporting tools.
- Background supporting project audits, audit readiness, regulatory requirements, or compliance activities.
- Understanding of SOWs, Change Requests, procurement processes, or T&M resources.
- Proficiency with SharePoint administration, records management, and document-control standards.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements.
- Experience supporting utility, energy, infrastructure, or other regulated-industry projects.
This position requires access to information subject to U.S. Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810 export control requirements. To be eligible for the required access, candidates must meet client's Part 810 requirements, which may include being a U.S. citizen or national, a non-conditional U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), a qualifying Protected Individual, or an eligible citizen/national/permanent resident of a Generally Authorized destination. Eligibility and required documentation will be confirmed as part of the onboarding process. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
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