Space Protection Program Analyst

Location: Chantilly, VA, US | Schedule: Full-Time, Day Shift | Travel: 10% | Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Poly required | Remote Work: On-site

About the role

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Program Analyst to join the Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions. The Space Protection Program Analyst will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative that coordinates with the development contractor and stakeholders (including end user operators) to enable deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Program Analyst engages program leadership, technical leads, mission engineers, and acquisition specialists to provide analytical, financial, and administrative support that ensures effective execution of cost, schedule, and performance objectives while also identifying strategies that maximize collaboration, streamline decision-making, and optimize processes to increase team performance.

Responsibilities

• Supports day-to-day program management activities across cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Collects, analyzes, and synthesizes program data from multiple sources (technical, schedule, financial) to support metrics, dashboards, and decision briefings.
• Executes Knowledge Management strategies to ensure SPO’s information is captured, stored, structured, and available to the right stakeholders at the right time to propel efficiency and maximize performance.
• Liaises