ABOUT THE TEAM:
Anduril’s Manufacturing Digital Tools & Procedures is seeking a Digital Tools Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. The Manufacturing Digital Tools and Procedures team plays a pivotal role in optimizing manufacturing operations through the implementation and management of procedures and advanced digital solutions. The team ensures that manufacturing processes are efficient, scalable, and integrated with the latest industry standards.

ABOUT THE JOB:
As a Digital Tools Manufacturing Engineer (Business Analyst) you will be involved in the internal deployment and adoption of Anduril’s ProductionOS manufacturing software solutions. The right person for this role has strong technical and analytical skills that can be applied and implemented in a real world environment to drive outcomes for the business.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Work with manufacturing and software leadership to develop and implement novel manufacturing software strategies that enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of manufacturing software roadmap with overall business objectives.
• Monitor industry trends and best practices to keep our manufacturing processes at the cutting edge.
• Drive adoption of manufacturing software solutions across the company, and own the feedback loop between the users and the developers.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of manufacturing software standard instructions and best practices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Software Engineering, User Experience Design, or related field.
• Proven experience in a digital manufacturing environment, including familiarity with MES, ERP, PLM systems and how they interface with each other and with operations.
• High sense of user empathy and the ability to manage and communicate with stakeholders.
• Ability to quickly understand current operations and potential issues on the product line and can speak the language.
• Strength working with manufacturing leadership to conceptualize solutions and gain / understand requirements
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying complex information in an understandable manner.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and lead cross-functional projects.
• Adept at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian NV2 Security Clearance.

Position Summary:

ANSER is seeking an Industrial Workforce Policy and Strategy Analyst to support the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP). The IBAS program is dedicated to ensuring that the Department of Defense is positioned to effectively address industrial base issues and support the National Security Innovation Base.

In this role, you will join a high-performing team that conducts analysis of global defense industrial base capabilities and vulnerabilities. Responsibilities include supporting the evaluation and development of industrial base initiatives, contributing to acquisition documentation, monitoring program execution, and supporting outreach and strategic communications efforts.

Only candidates who live within a commutable distance (100 miles) from Alexandria, VA will be considered.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key advisor to the government by creating and executing industrial base workforce development strategies, drafting workforce development policies, and de-conflicting WFD efforts with mission partners/stakeholders providing consistent and detailed oversight at the federal or state level.
• Actively analyze project proposals, providing data-driven recommendations on the best course of action for implementation.
• Evaluate project feasibility, technical capabilities, funding sources, and implementation strategies to inform leadership decisions.
• Support project execution by managing schedules, tracking data, and ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
• Coordinate and deconflict efforts with mission partners to maintain progress and minimize risk.
• Monitor and report on performer progress, providing consistent oversight and actionable insights.
• Act as a central communication hub, representing government interests in virtual and in-person meetings.
• Document meeting minutes, track action items, and ensure follow-through across a distributed team.
• Develop high-quality briefings, correspondence, and analytical products in response to internal and external taskings.
• Facilitate clear, timely information flow across stakeholders while maintaining strong collaboration.
• Operate as a trusted team member while ensuring all final decisions and commitments remain with government personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• Active SECRET security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Political Science, Labor Studies, Workforce Development, Industrial Relations, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in workforce development at the national or state level with a focus on analyzing the defense industrial base workforce requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with direct engagement with military hardware/software development or sustainment from a U.S. Military Service, Major Command, OSD-level staff, or a defense industrial firm.
• Experience working within the DoD acquisition lifecycle and the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to translate complex data into clear written reports, briefings, and presentations for senior leadership.
• Proficiency with modern data collection, analysis, and visualization tools and the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience operating within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) or a similar senior, strategic-level staff environment
• Proven ability to effectively brief, interact with, and provide counsel to senior military leaders, including Flag and General Officers
• Expertise in applying systems engineering concepts and methodologies to solve complex technical and programmatic challenges
• Experience leading the on-site implementation of relevant project plans and ensuring cost, schedule, and performance objectives are met
• Professional certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or a recognized equivalent
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher) with a track record of driving successful process improvement initiatives"

Position Overview

ANSER is seeking a Domestic Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Case Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). You will monitor, research, and analyze domestic mergers and acquisitions involving major U.S. defense suppliers to assess potential impacts to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). You will conduct due diligence, prepare analytic products and briefings, identify risks and benefits to the Department of Defense (DoD), and supporting interagency coordination related to M&A reviews.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Review and assess domestic M&A transactions subject to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and DoD Directive 5000.62, including processing non-HSR transactions through the DoD M&A due diligence process.
• Analyze transaction documentation including premerger filings, corporate ownership structures, financial statements, purchase agreements, product and competition data, market share information, technology data, and U.S. Government contracting information.
• Conduct due diligence and fact-finding research to assess potential national security implications, competition impacts, supply chain access risks, and effects on existing or future DoD programs and contracts.
• Prepare case summaries, risk assessments, analytic reports, and briefings describing methodologies, datasets, analysis, findings, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with DoD stakeholders to collect and consolidate comments, conduct interviews, and develop DoD positions on pending M&A transactions.
• Support collaboration and information exchanges with antitrust agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during merger investigations and reviews.
• Manage multiple concurrent cases and analytic decision points while evaluating companies across multiple investment tiers and proposing courses of action.
• Monitor transactions following HSR review to identify emerging risks to the Department and recommend additional actions when necessary.
• Support oversight and monitoring of Consent Orders or similar agreements affecting the Defense Industrial Base.
• Conduct compliance monitoring activities, including stakeholder meetings and site visits to evaluate transaction implementation and mitigation measures.
• Collaborate with investment analysts, legal counsel, transaction parties, and other government stakeholders to support the M&A review process.
• Produce leadership materials including case summaries, action memoranda, and talking points for senior DoD officials.
• Support the development or update of DoD directives, instructions, or policy guidance related to merger review or outbound investment processes.
• Contribute analytic support to emerging policy issues involving mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic alliances affecting the DIB.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI eligible clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree. Will consider an additional 6 years of relevant experience with an associate’s degree or 3 years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree.
• 4+ years of relevant experience including analysis or research related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, investment activity, industrial base or national security analysis, financial or economic analysis, regulatory or policy analysis, or research into complex corporate structures, ownership relationships, market competition, or government contracting environments
• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following focus areas:
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • National Security
  • Business Administration
• Experience researching and analyzing complex corporate structures and investment/acquisition transactions.
• Superior analytic and writing skills with demonstrated ability to prepare reports, assessments, and briefings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with senior U.S. Government and DoD leadership.
• Experience monitoring, auditing, or enforcing government regulatory requirements.
• Experience preparing forecasts, analyzing economic or industry trends, assessing regulatory environments, and identifying potential risks.
• Experience developing and analyzing metrics, performance measures, requirements, reports, and recommendations related to organizational management, policy/procedures, and business systems.

Position Overview: 

ANSER is seeking a Economic Security and Strategic Engagement Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP) Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will work with allies, partners, industry, and congress to address economic security and foreign investment risks. 

Day to Day Responsibilities: 

• Provide interdisciplinary qualitative and quantitative analyses of international issues and a range of key microeconomic and macroeconomic elements of the industrial base. Specific research and analyses will focus on critical new and emerging technologies of interest to DoD and its near-peer competitors /adversaries.
• Provide scoped microeconomic and macroeconomic research and analysis utilizing both open source and classified databases.
• Prepare fully informed reports/briefings that describe the methodology utilized, datasets included, and results of each analysis effort conducted; along with specific recommendations identified throughout the effort.
• Support the development of economic security policies and economic security studies relating to the DIB.
• Provide program support to newly established working group/task force related to supply chain resilience and limiting risk to national security and economic security.
• Develop and provide program support to realistic and relevant scenarios (e.g. wargaming) based on Government-provided guidance, intelligence, and operational requirements.
• Plan, Develop, Execute and Participate in wargames.
• Develop and draft DoD Directives and Instructions concerning new or amended processes by which DoD can further refine its examination of proposed foreign investment transactions, anticipatory supply chain resilience, and monitoring and evaluation of current and future risk review methodologies.

Required Qualifications: 

• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility/adjudication  
• Bachelor’s degree 
• 5 years’ relevant economic security and strategic engagement experience 
• Significant experience in one of the following focus areas: International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration. 
• Demonstrated analytics skills and ability to communicate (oral or written) with senior DoD and USG leaders and experience preparing executive-level briefings and reports 
• Experience preparing and conducting strategic analyses and studies, needs assessments, requirements analysis/definition and cost/benefit analyses to align business systems, solutions and initiatives.   
• Ability to prepare forecasts, analyze trends, reporting regulations, and business conditions, and identify potential business risks 
• Experience developing and analyzing metrics, performance measurements, requirements, reports and recommendations related to management, organizational structure, policy/procedures and business systems. 
• Experience identifying potential business risks including, but not limited to, business performance, business and economic case analysis, internal control, and enterprise risk assessment. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in relevant area 
• Experience in International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration 
• Experience operating within the Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES) or a similar senior, strategic-level staff environment 
• Ability to work independently and manage projects from concept through completion 

Position Overview

ANSER is seeking an Associate Domestic Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Case Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). You will assist with monitoring, researching, and analyzing domestic mergers and acquisitions involving major U.S. defense suppliers to assess potential impacts to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Assist with conducting due diligence, preparing analytic products and briefings, identifying risks and benefits to the Department of Defense (DoD), and supporting interagency coordination related to M&A reviews.
• Support the review and assessment of domestic M&A transactions subject to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and DoD Directive 5000.62, including assisting with processing non-HSR transactions through the DoD M&A due diligence process.
• Review and summarize transaction documentation including premerger filings, corporate ownership structures, financial statements, purchase agreements, product and competition data, market share information, technology data, and U.S. Government contracting information.
• Conduct research and fact-finding activities to support due diligence assessments related to national security implications, competition impacts, supply chain access risks, and effects on existing or future DoD programs and contracts.
• Assist in preparing case summaries, risk assessments, analytic reports, and briefings describing methodologies, datasets, analysis, findings, and potential recommendations.
• Support coordination with DoD stakeholders to collect and consolidate comments, gather relevant information, and assist in developing DoD perspectives on pending M&A transactions.
• Assist with collaboration and information exchanges with antitrust agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during merger investigations and reviews.
• Track and organize multiple concurrent cases and analytic inputs while supporting senior analysts in evaluating companies across multiple investment tiers.
• Assist in monitoring transactions following HSR review to identify potential emerging risks to the Department.
• Support oversight and monitoring activities related to Consent Orders or similar agreements affecting the Defense Industrial Base.
• Assist with compliance monitoring activities, including preparing materials for stakeholder meetings and supporting site visits to evaluate transaction implementation and mitigation measures.
• Collaborate with investment analysts, legal counsel, transaction parties, and other government stakeholders to support the M&A review process.
• Assist in preparing leadership materials including case summaries, action memoranda, and talking points for senior DoD officials.
• Provide research and analytical support for the development or update of DoD directives, instructions, or policy guidance related to merger review or outbound investment processes.
• Contribute research and analytic support to emerging policy issues involving mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic alliances affecting the DIB.
• Contribute analytic support to emerging policy issues involving mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic alliances affecting the DIB.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI eligible clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 2+ years of relevant experience including analysis or research related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, investment activity, industrial base or national security analysis, financial or economic analysis, regulatory or policy analysis, or research into complex corporate structures, ownership relationships, market competition, or government contracting environments
• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following focus areas:
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • National Security
  • Business Administration
• Experience researching and analyzing complex corporate structures and investment/acquisition transactions.
• Superior analytic and writing skills with demonstrated ability to prepare reports, assessments, and briefings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with senior U.S. Government and DoD leadership.
• Experience monitoring, auditing, or enforcing government regulatory requirements.
• Experience preparing forecasts, analyzing economic or industry trends, assessing regulatory environments, and identifying potential risks.
• Experience developing and analyzing metrics, performance measures, requirements, reports, and recommendations related to organizational management, policy/procedures, and business systems.

Position Overview: 

ANSER is seeking a Strategic Engagement Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP) Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will work with allies, partners, industry, and congress to address economic security and foreign investment risks. 

Day to Day Responsibilities: 

• Track and support engagements with allies, partners, industry, and congress to assess and develop engagement strategies. 
• Deliver recommendations to the U.S., allies, and partners’ governments on how to address economic security and foreign investment risks, to include war gaming activities. 
• Provide analytic support, talking points, read ahead material, whitepapers, and other documents to support engagements with and outreach to inter-agency groups, industry, and congress. 
• Support increase partner capability and capacity for economic security and identification and mitigation of foreign investment risk in the DIB, including classified and unclassified information. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 5 years’ relevant strategic engagement experience 
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility/adjudication  
• Significant experience in one of the following focus areas: International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration. 
• Demonstrated analytics skills and ability to communicate (oral or written) with senior DoD and USG leaders and experience preparing executive-level briefings and reports 
• Experience preparing and conducting strategic analyses and studies, needs assessments, requirements analysis/definition and cost/benefit analyses to align business systems, solutions and initiatives.   
• Ability to prepare forecasts, analyze trends, reporting regulations, and business conditions, and identify potential business risks 
• Experience developing and analyzing metrics, performance measurements, requirements, reports and recommendations related to management, organizational structure, policy/procedures and business systems. 
• Experience identifying potential business risks including, but not limited to, business performance, business and economic case analysis, internal control, and enterprise risk assessment. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in relevant area 
• Experience in International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration 
• Experience operating within the Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES) or a similar senior, strategic-level staff environment 
• Ability to work independently and manage projects from concept through completion 

Position Summary

ANSER is seeking an Associate China Corporate & Investment Risk Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Inves Next tment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will support the development, research, and coordination of the Department of Defense Section 1260H program identifying Chinese military companies.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Support open-source and classified research on companies for potential inclusion on the 1260H list, including collecting data on ownership structures, affiliations, and business activities.
• Assist with coordination of the annual Section 1260H requirement and related list development with DoD and interagency stakeholders.
• Support drafting of company due diligence summaries, analytic notes, and supporting documentation for 1260H list consideration.
• Assist with maintaining and updating processes and documentation related to 1260H list publication and review procedures.
• Support the development and tracking of notice and appeals processes for the 1260H program.
• Assist in coordinating correspondence related to the 1260H program from listed companies, Congress, and interagency stakeholders.
• Help compile and consolidate inputs across GIES organizations and relevant DoD stakeholders for program responses and reporting.
• Support the preparation of responses to congressional inquiries, reporting requirements, and stakeholder requests.
• Assist with analyzing statutes, congressional actions, and legislative developments for potential impacts on GIES programs and the 1260H effort.
• Contribute to drafting policy documents, guidance, and supporting materials related to foreign investment risk and industrial base security.
• Support the preparation of briefing materials, reports, and analytic products for senior DoD leadership.
• Assist in maintaining records, databases, and documentation supporting the 1260H research and review process.
• Support research and analysis related to foreign investment review, supply chain resilience, and risk monitoring activities.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI eligible clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• 2 + years of experience in one of the following focus areas: International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration
• Demonstrated analytic and writing skills with demonstrated ability to prepare reports, assessments, and written products.
• Experience conducting business analysis, research studies, or requirements analysis to support policy, regulatory, or organizational initiatives.
• Experience analyzing trends, regulatory developments, and business conditions and identify potential business or policy risks.
• Experience developing or analyzing metrics, performance measures, reports, and recommendations related to management, organizational structure, policy, or business systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in international affairs or China-related economic or security analysis.
• Chinese (Mandarin) language proficiency.
• Experience researching corporate ownership structures, international investment activity, or foreign company affiliations.
• Experience developing analytic reports, metrics, and assessments supporting policy or risk analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with senior U.S. Government and DoD leadership.
• Ability to identify potential risks related to business performance, economic conditions, internal controls, or enterprise risk factors.

Position Overview

ANSER is seeking an Economic Security Policy Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will work with allies, partners, industry, and Congress to address economic security and foreign investment risks. You will support partner capability and capacity building for economic security and help identify and mitigate foreign investment risks within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of international and industrial base issues, focusing on critical new and emerging technologies relevant to DoD and near-peer competitors.
• Perform microeconomic and macroeconomic research using open-source and classified databases.
• Prepare reports and briefings that document methodology, data sources, analysis results, and specific recommendations.
• Support development of economic security policies, studies, and initiatives related to the DIB.
• Provide program support to working groups or task forces focused on supply chain resilience and risk mitigation.
• Assist in designing and executing realistic scenario exercises (e.g., wargaming) based on government guidance, intelligence, and operational requirements.
• Support planning, execution, and participation in wargames and related simulation exercises.
• Contribute to drafting DoD Directives and Instructions for processes addressing foreign investment review, supply chain resilience, and risk monitoring methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI eligible clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years’ relevant economic security experience
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in one of the following areas: International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration
• Experience communicating effectively (written and oral) with senior DoD and USG leaders
• Experience distilling complex industrial base, global investment, and economic security issues into clear written reports and oral presentations for senior leadership
• Experience preparing and conducting business analyses, needs assessments, requirements analysis/definition, and cost/benefit analyses to align business systems and initiatives
• Experience with forecasts, trend analysis, regulatory reporting, and identifying potential business risks
• Experience developing and analyzing metrics, performance measurements, requirements, reports, and recommendations related to management, organizational structure, policy/procedures, and business systems
• Experience identifying potential business risks, including business performance, economic case analysis, internal controls, and enterprise risk assessment
• Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Experience in International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration
• Experience supporting GIES or similar senior DoD-level organizations
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage projects from concept through completion

Position Overview: 

ANSER is seeking a Mitigation Manager to provide Mitigation/Compliance and Enforcement Analysis within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP) Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will be part of a team that reviews transactional documents, regulations, government contracts, and real estate contracts; provides legal reviews of mergers and acquisitions, business/corporate law, regulations, finance, international trade, national security, litigation, and technology; and collaborates with Investment Analysts to draft complex agreements such as National Security Agreements and written briefing packages for senior government officials.  

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Review transactional documents, regulations, government contracts, and real estate contracts under supervision, identifying key issues and summarizing findings for senior team members.
• Support legal and regulatory reviews related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, finance, international trade, national security, litigation, and technology.
• Assist Investment Analysts in drafting and editing agreements such as National Security Agreements and preparing briefing materials for senior government officials.
• Collaborate with Investment Analysts, Team Telecom Analysts, and other stakeholders to gather information, track action items, and support ongoing casework.
• Support compliance monitoring activities for CFIUS agreements and orders to help ensure identified risks are mitigated. Activities may include:
• Assisting with coordination and communication with agreement parties
• Supporting the review of compliance documentation and submissions
• Conducting preliminary analysis of compliance data and escalating issues as needed
• Contributing to compliance reports and enforcement documentation
• Participating in meetings with DoD and interagency stakeholders
• Assist in the drafting and review of CFIUS-related documents, including waivers, amendments, and other supporting materials.
• Support compliance monitoring efforts through preparation for site visits, stakeholder meetings, and related activities; may include limited travel.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of policies, standard procedures, and internal documentation with guidance from senior staff.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including business operations and cybersecurity professionals, to support compliance and risk assessment efforts.
• Prepare draft case summaries, talking points, and action memos for internal review.
• Track and summarize developments in investment security and technology policy, including CFIUS-related updates.
• Support Case Managers and senior team members in completing risk assessments and developing mitigation recommendations.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 3 years’ relevant mitigation/compliance and enforcement analysis 
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility/adjudication 
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience to apply analytic methodologies and principles to address client needs, evaluate project objectives, and contribute to the implementation of strategic direction  
• Ability to perform and assist with analyst functions including data collection, interviewing, data modeling, project testing, and creation of performance measurements to support project objectives  
• Experience conducting activities in support of project team’s objectives  
• Ability to manage junior staff and work closely with team members including Analysts, Task Leads, or Project Manager 
• Competent with modern office tools, including the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills 
• Experience assisting with preparation of executive-level briefings and reports 
• Demonstrated experience operating within the Department of Defense (DoD), the Industrial Base Policy or a similar, strategic-level staff environment 
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively to support project completion 

Position Summary

ANSER is seeking a China Corporate & Investment Risk Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). In this role you will support the development, research, and coordination of the Department of Defense Section 1260H program identifying Chinese military companies.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Conduct open-source and classified research, coordinate with DoD and interagency stakeholders, and produce analytic and policy products supporting the development and maintenance of the 1260H list and related policy activities.
• Support coordination of the annual FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act Section 1260H requirement and associated list development with DoD and interagency stakeholders.
• Conduct open-source research on companies for potential inclusion on the 1260H list, including analysis of ownership structures, affiliations, and business activities.
• Conduct classified research to support due diligence and analytic assessments of companies under review.
• Assist with drafting company due diligence memoranda, analytic summaries, and supporting documentation for 1260H list consideration.
• Support development and documentation of processes related to 1260H list publication, updates, and related review procedures.
• Assist with the development and coordination of processes supporting 1260H notice and appeals activities.
• Coordinate and track correspondence related to the 1260H program involving inquiries from listed companies, Congress, and interagency stakeholders.
• Support preparation of responses to congressional inquiries, reporting requirements, and stakeholder requests related to the 1260H program.
• Coordinate inputs across GIES organizations and relevant DoD stakeholders to support program responses and reporting requirements.
• Analyze statutes, congressional actions, and legislative developments for potential impacts to GIES programs and the 1260H effort.
• Support development of policy documents, guidance, and supporting materials related to foreign investment risk analysis and industrial base security.
• Assist in drafting policy recommendations, briefing materials, and analytic reports for senior DoD leadership.
• Contribute research and analysis supporting DoD initiatives related to foreign investment review, supply chain resilience, and risk monitoring methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI eligible clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years of experience in one of the following focus areas: International Affairs, Diplomacy, Economics, Finance, National Security, or Business Administration
• Superior analytic and writing skills with demonstrated ability to prepare reports, assessments, and written products.
• Experience conducting business analysis, research studies, or requirements analysis to support policy, regulatory, or organizational initiatives.
• Experience analyzing trends, regulatory developments, and business conditions and identify potential business or policy risks.
• Experience developing or analyzing metrics, performance measures, reports, and recommendations related to management, organizational structure, policy, or business systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in international affairs or China-related economic or security analysis.
• Chinese (Mandarin) language proficiency.
• Experience researching corporate ownership structures, international investment activity, or foreign company affiliations.
• Experience developing analytic reports, metrics, and assessments supporting policy or risk analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with senior U.S. Government and DoD leadership.
• Ability to identify potential risks related to business performance, economic conditions, internal controls, or enterprise risk factors.