Principal Analytics Manager
General Information
Requisition # 681
Locations USA-VA-Arlington
Posting Date 03/20/2026
Security Clearance Required - ACTIVE IRS MBI
Remote Type Hybrid
Time Type Full time
Description & Requirements
Elder Research Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated career and customer-oriented Principal Analytics Manager to join our team in Arlington VA. This is a hybrid position with several days onsite over the course of a month.
We are seeking a Principal Analytics Lead to provide strategic and operational leadership for a mission-critical analytics program focused on fraud detection and identity theft prevention. This role oversees complex analytical initiatives operating under filing-season timelines and ensures the delivery of high-impact analytical insights that inform operational decision-making.
The ideal candidate combines strong program leadership experience with advanced analytics expertise and the ability to coordinate across technical teams and government stakeholders in a fast-paced mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide overall program leadership coordination and accountability for the execution of analytical initiatives.
- Lead and manage multi-workstream analytics efforts supporting fraud detection and identity theft detection.
- Coordinate closely with senior government stakeholders to align priorities reporting and program outcomes.
- Ensure timely delivery of analytical products within operational and filing-season timelines.
- Translate complex analytical outputs into clear operationally actionable recommendations.
- Guide collaboration across data scientists engineers and fraud subject matter experts.
- Support program reporting leadership briefings and analytical strategy discussions.
- Ensure analytical outputs align with operational processes treatment workflows and program objectives.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field such as statistics computer science economics mathematics analytics data science data engineering business or social sciences
- 8 years of experience leading complex analytics compliance or risk detection programs.
- Demonstrated success managing multi-disciplinary analytical teams across multiple workstreams.
- 3 years supporting fraud analytics compliance analytics or risk detection programs within a federal agency or similarly complex regulatory environment.
- Experience coordinating with senior government stakeholders and operational leadership paired with demonstrated expertise in advanced analytics and modeling (statistical analysis predictive modeling machine learning and AI) applied to large-scale financial or tax datasets.
- Experience working with large-scale data environments and distributed analytics platforms such as Databricks PostgreSQL or comparable enterprise analytics ecosystems.
- Proficiency in SQL Python or related analytical languages to support model development monitoring and end-to-end analytical workflows.
- Experience applying analytics to fraud detection identity theft analytics anomaly detection and risk scoring frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree (MS) in analytics computer science data science mathematics statistics engineering management information systems decision science or related fields
- Working knowledge of federal tax administration processes including filing workflows refund issuance identity theft treatment processes and compliance programs.
- Experience translating analytics into operationally actionable insights within complex system and policy constraints.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to produce clear documentation dashboards and executive briefings using tools such as PowerPoint Word and Excel.
Clearance Requirements:
- Must currently possess an IRS Public Trust clearance with Full Background Investigation
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
- Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets office machinery etc.
- Frequently communicates with co-workers management and customers which may involve delivering presentations.
- Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
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