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Description Compass is looking for a motivated individual to provide operational services to the Intelligence Community (IC), the Department of War (DoW), and Federal communities. Our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skill sets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for an individual to join an innovative team supporting mission critical/mission essential activities. Professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance are available through Compass. Position Title: Lead Enterprise Schedule Analyst (Expert) Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI Locations: Washington Metropolitan Area, St. Louis, MO, Huntsville, AL Position Description The Lead Enterprise Schedule Analyst will work with systems engineers and program, project, and segment managers to provide leadership of schedule development and management activities to include overseeing the development of integrated schedules, collecting and reviewing program, project and segment data for updating and maintaining integrated schedules, conducting critical path analysis, identifying schedule dependencies, conducting 'What-if?' analyses, and providing comprehensive visualization/reporting. The Expert Enterprise Schedule Analyst will lead and oversee regular reporting of schedule information to designated review activities and for leadership awareness. Key Duties: • Create, manage, maintain and operate automated enterprise schedule(s) using government approved schedule tool (e.g. Microsoft Project/Project Server), to allow for the integration and assessment of schedule data across NGA and Mission Partners. • Create and update defined processes to develop schedules, collect and review interagency, program, project, and segment data to update and maintain integrated schedules, conduct critical path analysis, identify dependencies, and conduct 'What-if?' analyses. • Ensure critical path analysis and "what-if" scenarios are conducted to identify schedule achievability, schedule change impacts and schedule risk, and develop mitigation plans. • Lead overall response for NGA/NSG meetings reviewing and presenting schedule data for programs, projects and segments by providing reports, Gantt charts, and other visualization products, clearly communicating schedule expectations and status, to include deviations and areas of concern. • Lead the coordination with programs to obtain suitable data for creating and maintaining proper schedules (e.g. linkages, dependencies, level of detail). • Lead the schedule interaction with mission partner(s) to understand key dependencies NGA has with mission partners. • Identify system development milestones that drive phasing of capabilities to meet enterprise epics or equivalent planning timeframes. • Develop, manage, and maintain connection of strategic-level guidance and enterprise-level effectivities with lower-level program, project, and segment effectivities and milestones. • Develop enterprise, cross-program, and cross-project schedule and technical roadmap development, incremental reviews of schedule milestones and activities, and maintenance of schedule baselines, as directed, to ensure informed, up-to-date, and executable enterprise-level schedules. • Collaborate with the GPOC lead for Enterprise Release Management to facilitate coordinated capability releases. Required Qualifications: * Have expert-level scheduling experience (10 years or more). * Have a Bachelor's degree in technical or scientific fields such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program. * Demonstrated proficiency in management and operation of Microsoft Project, Primavera, or similar scheduling tool/service for definition, maintenance and reporting of program, project and enterprise level schedule information. * Have at least five (5) years of work experience in government or industry establishing, managing, and/or leading a tool-based schedule management and reporting processes for traditional and Agile based efforts. Desired Qualifications: * NGA experience Work Level: * Leadership * Management * Key member of team * Oversees or monitors task(s) * Approves issue resolution Guidance Required: * Provides Subject Matter Expertise (as the SME) * Directs multiple Senior personnel/contractors through entire project life cycle Skills and Tasks: * Able to develop & use exceptionally complex concepts & processes that span multiple organizations and disciplines * Performs multiple tasks at the expert level * Leads Senior/Mid-level personnel * Recommends new technology to senior leadership Education: * Master's degree plus 10 years of experience, or * Bachelor's degree plus 12 years' experience, or * Associate's degree plus 14 years' experience, or * Minimum of 15 years' experience in a related field Details: Target Salary Ranges: $146,500 - $207,200 WMA $130,000 - $183,800 St. Louis, MO $130,300 - $184,300 Huntsville, AL These represent the typical salary ranges for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, clearance, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. EEO: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law. Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.