Strategic Executive Analyst, Principal

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Strategic Executive Analyst to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Electronic Systems PEO (AFLCMC/ES) at Hanscom AFB, MA. The Electronic Systems System (ESS) Division aka Force Protection Division's mission responsibility is to manage and execute the modernization, design, development, testing, fielding, and sustainment of the various software and hardware within the ESS Portfolio.

As a Principal Strategic Executive Analyst your duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist government personnel in the preparation, review, and oversight of acquisition documentation.

• Provide recommendations to streamline and improve all phases of the acquisition process for programs.

• Prepare and review reports, papers, briefings, and staff packages for Program Executive Officer (PEO) leadership through appropriate coordination channels.

• Deliver detailed analysis, supporting documentation, and justification for research efforts, including corrective action plans and recommendations.

• Support the PEO in assessing and closing architectural gaps through management and integration of portfolio programs and relevant external initiatives.

• Provide information, analysis, and recommendations to align research, development, demonstrations, exercises, acquisitions, manpower, and funding.

• Maintain, update, and analyze the acquisition forecast to ensure accuracy and consistency and identify gaps or deficiencies.

• Leverage portfolio integration activities to support out-year budget planning.

• Draft and review acquisition documentation for initiatives addressing gaps.

• Ensure documentation aligns with policy, guidance, acquisition strategy, technical approach, milestones, schedules, risk assessments, and performance objectives.

• Recommend acquisition strategies and support market research activities.

• Collect, analyze, store, and disseminate acquisition lessons learned.

• Analyze program baselines and schedules.

• Recommend executable options to address changes affecting performance, schedule, or funding, subject to government approval.

• Provide advice and recommendations on acquisition efforts and report program status to the government.

• Support the review, compilation, and staffing of documentation for milestone and major program reviews by senior acquisition officials.

• Conduct independent assessments of portfolio and program risks, planning, and execution.

• Provide engineering, technical, architectural, and acquisition expertise to support strategic decision-making.

• Assist with the development, publication, approval, and maintenance of the PEO Strategic Plan.

• Assess future system architecture alternatives and recommend improvements to planning methodologies.

• Evaluate and report current and projected manpower requirements aligned with strategic objectives.

• Track and report progress on Strategic Plan goals, commitments, and initiatives.

• Integrate Human Capital Investment planning into the Strategic Plan.

• Facilitate strategic planning meetings, steering committees, and off-site sessions.

• Ensure planning documents align with strategic objectives and support leadership decision-making.

• Provide analysis to support situational awareness and issue resolution.

• Conduct and support research assignments to ensure consistency in interpretation and analysis.

• Coordinate research and analytical efforts with government stakeholders and external or foreign partners.

• Support long-range strategic planning and recommend administrative policies and procedures, subject to government approval.

• Research, draft, and edit articles, speeches, and testimony supporting PEO missions, operations, and initiatives.

• Ensure communications a