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Posted: January 29, 2026 (2 days ago)

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Director Industrial Analysis Group

Defense Contract Management Agency

Department of Defense

Fresh

Salary

$139,704 - $197,200

per year

Closes

February 9, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job is about leading a team that studies and improves the U.S. manufacturing industry to ensure it can produce weapons and equipment for the military quickly and affordably.

It involves analyzing industry strengths, advising on smart buying strategies, and planning for future defense needs.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills and experience in industrial or defense analysis who enjoys working on big-picture strategies for national security.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at NH-03/GS-13 level or equivalent in federal, military, or private sector
  • Experience developing processes to evaluate industry capabilities for designing, producing, and supporting weapons systems
  • Skill in providing industrial and contractor information to support acquisition strategies and decision-making
  • Ability to analyze manufacturing industrial base and technologies for current and projected defense programs
  • Leadership experience guiding subordinates and providing technical advice to military services and government agencies
  • Knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, econometric, financial, and industrial planning for defense programs

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

To qualify for a Director, Industrial Analysis Group , your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position.

To qualify for the NH-04 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-03 or GS-13 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: Developing and implementing processes to evaluate industry capabilities to design, develop, produce and support weapons systems and components required to supply and equip the existing and planned force structure of the Armed Forces.

Providing acquisition decision makers with essential industrial/contractor information in order to develop/implement optimum acquisition strategies and support other decisions for equipping war fighters with maximum combat capabilities, in minimal time and costs.

Evaluating and analyzing the capability of the manufacturing industrial base and the technologies associated with this base to support current and projected weapon systems programs under varying requirement scenarios.

Major Duties:

  • Support Defense Department corporate level industrial capability analyses for major acquisition, logistics, readiness, surge, and homeland defense programs.
  • Assure accomplishment of the technical phases of the mission to ensure the continuing ability of U.S. industry to support current and projected weapon systems programs, from a manufacturing perspective.
  • Develop capabilities toward long range continuous improvement plans for manufacturing, engineering, econometric, financial and industrial capability planning and analysis.
  • Provides leadership to subordinates and technical guidance to executive/management level representatives from the Military Services, DCMA, and other Government Agencies.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/29/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/30/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DCMA-PH-26-12872517-IMP