Policy Analyst at ManTech in USA-MO-St. Louis

Job description

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• ***This is for a future opportunity***
• MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Policy Analyst to join our team in St. Louis, MO. This role is 100% on-site.
• The Policy Analyst advises, assists, leads, manages, and works all policy development, review, coordination, adjudication, promulgation, communication, and compliance in accordance with NGA’s Policy Life Cycle Management (PLCM) process. This role supports Subject Matter Expert (SME) development, coordination, and maintenance of all assigned policies, self-inspection checklists, and gap analyses.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, review, and coordination of corporate, IT service, and cybersecurity/information assurance policies to ensure enterprise-wide alignment.
• Direct the creation of SME self-inspection checklists to facilitate rigorous monitoring, implementation tracking, and regulatory adherence.
• Lead specialized SME analysis to identify policy gaps, conducting deep-dive assessments to drive data-informed revisions and updates.
• Execute IV&V protocols to ensure all policy issuances are fact-based, accurate, and consistent with strategic planning and external mandates.
• Support the design and implementation of optimized policy workflows to enhance administrative efficiency and organizational agility.
• Manage the tracking and reporting of policy-related metrics and business analytics to measure the effectiveness of governance initiatives.
• Align internal policy frameworks with the organization’s overarching Cybersecurity Strategy to fortify information assurance.
• Analyze internal documentation and external issuances—including Executive Orders and IC/DoD policies—to proactively mitigate conflicts and address emerging impacts.

Requirements

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience leading, managing, and working policies in accordance with a Policy Life Cycle Management (PLCM) process
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, International Affairs, Policy, or a related field. In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience is required.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience tracking and managing formal taskers.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in coordinating and collaborating on agency-level support agreements.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience reviewing and analyzing high-level governance documents (e.g., agency directives, statutes, Executive Orders).
• Demonstrated understanding of NIST 800-53 controls, cybersecurity frameworks, and high-level cybersecurity policy.
• Proven expertise in policy lifecycle management, including the orchestration of strategic agendas, the maintenance of policy compendiums, and the resolution of regulatory gaps and rescissions
• Must have a current/active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a polygraph.

Skills

Required

• Motivated
• Career-oriented
• Customer-oriented
• NIST 800-53 controls
• Cybersecurity frameworks
• Policy lifecycle management