Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 26 hours ago

Program Manager

Systems Planning and Analysis441 open roles

Pay
$165,000 – $195,000 a year
Where
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowProgram ManagerSystems Planning and Analysis · Alexandria, Virginia, United States

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Systems Planning and Analysis's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

14.0% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Systems Planning and Analysis postings stay open a median of 8 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.3%1 day
  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 14.0%7 days
  4. 22.5%14 days
  5. 38.3%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 26 hours ago

Systems Planning and Analysis median: 8 days open

The posting

Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Joint, Office of the Secretary of War, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of War (DoW), Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

The Acquisition and Technology Analysis Group within JOID specializes in the application of multi-disciplinary analytic skills to support multiple clients within the DoW. These clients include the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)), Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S)), DARPA, Joint Staff, and USINDOPACOM. SPA provides critical decision support to enabling and executing a strategy of technological superiority and enabling the delivery and sustainment of secure, resilient, and preeminent capabilities to the warfighter quickly and cost effectively. Our team of experienced military, technical, and operations research analysts is skilled in evaluating military problems, identifying the driving factors, devising innovative approaches, collecting applicable data, developing necessary software tools, and performing thorough and timely assessments to inform technology and acquisition governance decisions to ensure U.S. military forces retain military superiority in the future.

We have an immediate need for a Program Manager to provide onsite support in Alexandria, VA.

Responsibilities

The Program Manager (PM) will lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary team supporting the Office of the Secretary of War (R&E) Joint Munitions Program Office (JMPO). The PM ensures high‑quality analytical, technical, and programmatic support; maintains strong relationships with senior government customers; and provides continuity and direction as the work transitions from short‑term surge activities to a long‑term contract environment. This role requires effective leadership, communication, resource management, and responsibility for overall team performance and delivery. Manage cost, schedule, and performance, including tracking labor execution against funded hours and ensuring compliance with incremental funding constraints. Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team delivering analysis, modeling, engineering, and programmatic support to JMPO stakeholders. Maintain proactive coordination and communication with senior OSW(R&E) leadership to align priorities, address risks, and ensure timely, high‑quality outputs. Oversee planning and execution of customer‑directed collaboration events, technical engagements, and information exchanges. Support long‑term portfolio planning, capability development, and transition to enduring SBIR Phase III contract structures.

Qualifications

Required:

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in defense‑focused analysis, engineering, program management, or related technical domains.
  • 5+ years managing execution of complex service contracts or technical programs for DoW or other Federal agencies.
  • Demonstrated experience leading diverse teams that perform operations research, mission analysis, modeling & simulation, systems engineering, data management, or technical program support.
  • Proven effectiveness engaging with senior military and civilian leadership and coordinating across multiple government organizations.
  • Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and executive‑level briefing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule, and performance in a resource‑constrained or incrementally funded environment.
  • Experience growing teams, capabilities, tools, or lines of business.
  • Business development, capture, or proposal experience.
  • Master’s degree in a relevant field.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance.
  • Able to work fully onsite.

Desired:

  • Familiarity with defense acquisition processes, requirements development, milestone documentation, and contracting fundamentals.
  • Experience with mission‑level analysis, modeling, digital engineering, or MBSE in domains such as munitions, sensors, seekers, energetics, propulsion, air‑to‑ground systems, or multi‑domain operations.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  • DAWIA Level III in Program Management or equivalent acquisition credential.

Pay Range Information

At SPA, we strive to deliver a robust total compensation package that will attract and retain top talent. Elements of the compensation package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. SPA provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, etc. Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only. Salaries are commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Virginia, Pay Transparency Salary range: USD $165,000.00/Yr. - USD $195,000.00/Yr.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Systems Planning and Analysis's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Systems Planning and Analysis's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Systems Planning and Analysis's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.