Senior Program Manager and Budget Analyst

Senior Program Manager and Budget Analyst (TS/SCI) Clearance: Active TS/SCI Travel: Up to 25% Location: Fort Belvoir, VA (on-site) Employment Type: Full-time Salary Range: $140,000 – $175,000 Position Overview Indigo is looking for a Senior Program Manager and Budget Analyst to provide acquisition, program management, budget, and integration support for a high-visibility Department of War capability portfolio. You will work onsite as part of the government team in a fast-paced joint acquisition environment. The work covers planning, coordinating, executing, and assessing defense programs across all phases of the acquisition lifecycle. You will assess cost, schedule, performance, risk, and budget execution, and you will develop integrated assessments and recommendations for government leadership. You will also lead coordination across military services, defense agencies, operational organizations, and other mission partners. What You’ll Do -Support planning, coordination, execution, and assessment of defense programs throughout the acquisition lifecycle. -Monitor milestones, decision points, dependencies, and required deliverables, and coordinate the actions needed to keep work aligned with program objectives. -Assess cost, schedule, performance, acquisition progress, and overall program health, and analyze the data for trends, risks, issues, and potential impacts. -Develop integrated assessments, recommendations, executive summaries, decision-support materials, briefings, and status reports for government leadership. -Support development, review, staffing, and coordination of acquisition strategies, program plans, milestone documentation, and other acquisition products. -Support POM planning by identifying and documenting resource requirements and developing funding profiles, program briefs, R-docs/P-docs, and other resource-planning products. -Monitor funding status, commitments, obligations, and expenditures against approved spend plans, identify variances, and provide findings to government leadership. -Integrate programmatic and financial data into assessments of cost, schedule, performance, affordability, and execution. -Develop and maintain trackers, schedule dashboards, and management tools for milestones, actions, risks, decisions, resources, and performance. -Plan and support program reviews, working groups, planning sessions, acquisition forums, congressional staffer briefings, and leadership engagements, and document decisions and follow-through. -Facilitate communication across government leadership, military services, defense agencies, program offices, operational organizations, and industry partners. -Identify, assess, document, track, and help mitigate program risks and issues. -Identify and recommend improvements to program management processes, data quality, reporting, and decision support. -Perform special studies and analyses that support government priorities. Required Qualifications -Active DoD TS/SCI clearance. -U.S. citizenship. -Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Program Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field. -10+ years of experience in defense acquisition, program management, budget or financial management, or a related field. -Experience supporting Department of War acquisition programs involving multiple services, agencies, or operational organizations. -Demonstrated experience supporting complex programs through multiple phases of the acquisition lifecycle. -Demonstrated experience tracking and assessing cost, schedule, performance, milestones, risks, and dependencies. -Experience analyzing programmatic, budgetary, financial, and performance data. -Working knowledge of DoW acquisition policy, lifecycle processes, program management principles, and acquisition documentation. -PPBE experience, such as POM development, budget development or execution, spend-plan reviews, or resource planning. -Demonstrated ability to present clear findings and recommendations to senior leaders. -Demonstrated ability to plan and facilitate program reviews, working groups, and planning sessions. -Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written, and oral communication skills. -Ability to manage multiple priorities, work with limited supervision, and deliver accurate products in a fast-paced environment. -Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and Microsoft 365. Preferred Qualifications -Experience supporting major defense acquisition programs or joint capability portfolios. -Experience developing executive-level briefings, program reviews, decision papers, and acquisition decision-support products. -Experience with program management, scheduling, data-visualization, or BI tools. -PMP, DAWIA certification or credential, comparable acquisition training, or a relevant master’s degree. Why Work for Indigo? -Paid time off: All federal holidays plus three weeks of paid vacation, accrued over time. -Health insurance: Employer-paid health insurance for eligible employees after a 30-day waiting period. Indigo currently pays the full individual premium. Plan details, including dental and vision options, are provided at hire. -Retirement: SIMPLE IRA with up to a 3% employer match after a 30-day waiting period.