Our team is growing, and we're seeking a motivated individual to join us as a Program Operations Associate! You will play a crucial role in supporting the day-to-day operations of our contract in support of NGA. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, organized, and proactive in improving processes to ensure efficient program delivery.  

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree, or an additional 4 years related experience
• Experience in program planning, program control, program operations, program management, contracts management, or related field
• Ability to interpret contracted labor categories and map them to a candidate’s experience, level and education
• Strong team-working skills, with the ability to liaise across team members and leadership
• Strong organization/project management skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments/projects, timelines and to identify project inter-dependencies, resource needs, potential risks/pitfalls and mitigation plans
• Demonstrated success for early/on-time completion of assignments/projects with the outcome resulting in the delivery and execution of a quality product/analysis
• Flexible, innovative with the ability to excel in a fast paced, growth-oriented and time-critical environment
• Ability to scale and quickly adapt as business needs change
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Microsoft skills, specifically Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint

• Must have a minimum of a Top Secret clearance and willing to upgrade clearance to TS/SCI and sit for and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request. Contract requires TS/SCI with poly.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Active TS/SCI
• 1+ years’ experience with NGA
• Demonstrated experience in business analytics
• Strong quantitative skills through the use of Excel
• Ability to take vague concepts and translate into a specific course of action
• Ability to think and act strategically and to provide recommendations that add client/organizational value
• Ability to work independently (self-managing) and within a team environment
• Strong business perspective and understanding of company financials, long range strategies, and core organizational capabilities
• Experience working all aspects of proposals (to include coordination, financial and technical portions)