[Remote] Senior Program Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kundlas Consulting Group LLC is a professional consulting firm specializing in construction inspection, compliance, project management, and grants management for public infrastructure and federally funded programs. The Senior Program Analyst will provide high-level program evaluation, management analysis, strategic planning, performance management, and organizational improvement support for federal programs while advising leadership and guiding complex analytical and governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive program evaluations, management studies, organizational assessments, and operational reviews involving complex or cross-functional programs
• Evaluate program effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and alignment with strategic and organizational priorities
• Assess complex management processes, organizational structures, business systems, governance mechanisms, policies, and operating procedures
• Develop strategic recommendations for improving program effectiveness, operational performance, resource utilization, accountability, and mission delivery
• Serve as a senior advisor to leadership regarding major program initiatives, policies, organizational changes, and management issues
• Develop and evaluate policies, procedures, guidance, management frameworks, and implementation plans
• Lead the development of proposals for significant business-process changes, organizational improvements, modernization initiatives, and management reforms
• Evaluate proposed program and policy changes for potential impacts on resources, operations, stakeholders, performance, risk, and organizational capacity
• Develop performance-management frameworks linking strategic objectives with program goals, performance measures, performance targets, milestones, outputs, and outcomes
• Analyze performance information to identify trends, program challenges, risks to achieving strategic objectives, and opportunities for corrective action
• Support Quarterly Status Reviews, Strategic Objective Reviews, organizational assessments, annual performance planning, and performance reporting when applicable
• Lead development of executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, analytical reports, dashboards, management recommendations, and strategic assessments
• Integrate budgetary, financial, operational, and performance information to provide comprehensive leadership decision support
• Assess program portfolios for performance gaps, emerging risks, organizational dependencies, resource constraints, and competing priorities
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple program offices, functional areas, government organizations, and external stakeholders
• Facilitate senior-level working groups, governance meetings, program reviews, and strategic-planning sessions
• Develop or review legislative recommendations, policy analyses, implementation strategies, and responses to senior-level inquiries when required
• Establish methods to improve data collection, information management, automated reporting, performance monitoring, and management visibility
• Review program-analysis products prepared by junior and mid-level personnel and provide technical direction, quality control, and analytical guidance
• Ensure recommendations are supported by defensible quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, documented evidence, performance information, risk assessment, and sound reasoning
• Prepare executive summaries, issue papers, strategic recommendations, action-item trackers, meeting materials, and leadership updates related to program performance and organizational priorities
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen program accountability, operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, governance, stakeholder coordination, and mission outcomes

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, management, project management, data analytics, finance, political science, organizational leadership, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Seven or more years of experience supporting program analysis, management analysis, strategic planning, performance management, organizational assessments, business-process improvement, or related federal program support functions
• Experience leading program evaluations, management studies, operational reviews, organizational assessments, or cross-functional analytical projects
• Strong understanding of federal program management, performance measurement, strategic planning, governance processes, risk analysis, and evidence-based decision making
• Ability to evaluate complex management processes, organizational structures, policies, procedures, business systems, and operating frameworks
• Experience developing executive-level reports, dashboards, decision memoranda, strategic assessments, analytical summaries, and leadership briefings
• Ability to integrate budgetary, financial, operational, and performance information to support leadership decision making
• Experience reviewing analytical work products and providing technical guidance, quality control, and recommendations to junior or mid-level personnel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present findings, risks, recommendations, and strategic options to senior leadership
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
• Prior experience supporting federal program offices, executive leadership, strategic planning initiatives, organizational assessments, governance bodies, or enterprise-level management reviews
• Familiarity with federal performance-management requirements, annual performance planning, performance reporting, Strategic Objective Reviews, Quarterly Status Reviews, and organizational assessment processes
• Experience supporting requirements related to the Government Performance and Results Act, GPRA Modernization Act, OMB Circular A-11, or other federal performance and accountability frameworks
• Experience developing or evaluating policies, procedures, guidance, management frameworks, implementation plans, and business-process improvement strategies
• Experience leading cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple program offices, functional areas, government organizations, contractors, and external stakeholders
• Experience facilitating senior-level working groups, governance meetings, program reviews, strategic-planning sessions, and leadership decision forums
• Experience developing dashboards, performance-management frameworks, data-collection methods, automated reporting tools, management visibility products, and executive decision-support materials
• Experience assessing program portfolios for performance gaps, emerging risks, organizational dependencies, resource constraints, competing priorities, and mission impacts
• Active or previously held security clearance preferred
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, if required
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, Certified Business Analysis Professional, Certified Government Financial Manager, or related program-management credentials are a plus
• Experience supporting Department of the Interior, FEMA, USACE, DHS, or other federal agency program operations is a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, databases, reporting platforms, and comparable analytical tools is preferred

Company Overview