Policy Analyst

M9 Solutions is seeking a Policy Analyst to work hybrid remote/on-siteon a government contract for a client located inWashington, DC. An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Interpret business needs and project requirements as they pertain to policy, governance, and data management.
• Work with Privacy and Civil Rights/Civil Liberties offices to ensure compliance with oversight responsibilities.
• Analyze and select appropriate responses to data and information sharing challenges.
• Work with key business stakeholders, IT experts, and subject matter experts to plan and deliver optimal data governance and policy solutions for specific use cases.
• Perform non-technical analyses on project issues and help to ensure technical implementations follow data management expectations.
• Occasionally (as needed) support off-hours deployment such as evening or weekends.
• Create and manage product roadmaps that reflect both innovation and growth strategies.
• Partner with a government product owner and a product team of 7-8.
• Develop and maintain artifacts.
• Coordinate and document dataflows, capabilities, etc.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC on a hybrid schedule.
• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, international relations, or related discipline from an accredited university/college with 4+ years of demonstrated policy and requirements management experience, or 2+ years of experience with a master's degree.
• Solid understanding of the policy development, analytical tradecraft, and change management process.
• Experience working with technical POCs to translate operations concepts, system and product designs, and requirements into developing policy documents.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate with all levels of management and individual contributors on the program team.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and coordinating policy requirements across various stakeholders.
• Proficient organization and communication skills.
• Comfortable with daily client engagement.
• Stakeholder management, product management, data governance, policy writing, data management, Agile, information sharing, policy evaluation and development, requirements management.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Experience in policy development and providing technical direction and clarification of requirements to data science, data analysis, data engineering, integration, and test teams in a predominantly Agile environment.
• Experience working with systems engineering functions including operations concept development, system and product design, requirements management, technical risk management, interface definition and control.
• Knowledge of and experience working in requirements management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Agile Manager, etc.).
• Policy and Governance experience on a large government software or data analytic development contract.