Senior Action Officer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Action Officer to support the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in Critical Technologies (PDASD(CT) within the Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)).  The Senior Action Officer will support developing and maintaining work products that enable management decision making, strategy development, initiative definition, action tracking and monitoring, meeting and workshop planning and execution.  This position is hybrid remote with some onsite work located at the Pentagon.

Job Duties Include:

• Develop and document frameworks for distilling complex issues and work functions into clear courses of action to support decision making.
• Develop roadmap for process and systems modifications, upgrade and implementation that may be warranted to integrate audit requirements with effective and efficient administrative and operation processes of the office.
• Track actions and tasks to timely closure; assist and escalate as needed when task owners fail to achieve timely closure.
• Facilitate integrated project and initiative teams including meeting preparation, scheduling, execution and follow up.
• Coordinate action and task assignment to responsible parties and establish completion dates.
• Develop executive level status and summary briefings.
• Develop planning artifacts including, but not limited to statements of work, charters, schedules, and Gantt charts.
• Provide decision supporting documents including business case analysis.
• Provide internal control, budget, and finance advise.
• Gather information; articulate, analyze, and solve problems; visualize and present information; and provide decision support to achieve mission outcomes.
• Create and manage communications for the enterprise, group, and individuals including meeting agendas, briefings, and meeting minutes.
• Develop weekly reports on significant activities, report on the effectiveness of events and processes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• A bachelor’s degree with fifteen (15) years of relevant experience
• Strong leadership, problem identification/resolution skills, flexibility, initiative, and a proven ability to work with Senior Executives efficiently and effectively
• Excellent communication skills; experience writing white papers, briefings, correspondence, and reports
• Exceptional organizational and teambuilding skills and interpersonal skills
• Extensive experience in the Pentagon at OSD, Joint Staff, or other high-level organization

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Understanding of JCIDS, PPBE process, POM cycle, CATMS/TMT or other tasking system, and Adaptive Acquisition Framework
• Strong knowledge of OSD-level organizational structure and understanding of the National Defense Strategy and DoD Modernization areas

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.