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Responsibilities: * Provide advice, expertise and consultation in acquisition program management (PM) lifecycle activities, in concert with sustainment engineering, logistics and test and evaluation members to the SSC government integrated planning team
* Provide expert advice to the Materiel Leader (ML) / Program Manager (PM) and Senior USSF and Air Force Leadership regarding acquisition strategies, product support, logistics, contracting, budgeting and execution
* Provide oversight and facilitation of program management activities between operational stakeholders, as well as other developmental program activities supporting MD3.
* Ability to clearly and concisely advise and present information in person to stakeholders and Senior Military Leadership on program milestone decision and processes ensuring continued program success.
* Provide a wide variety of acquisition/sustainment technical analyses including Agile, Scrum, and DevOps to the Government Program Manager
* Facilitate Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) efforts necessary to obtain and execute funding necessary to deliver required capabilities across the program portfolio, including: Fiscal Year planning, execution, execution monitoring, unfunded requirements management, and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development and coordination
* Participate and contribute to the development and coordination of strategic acquisition planning and pre-award activities and documentation, including: Early Strategy and Issues Sessions (ESIS), Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASP), Statements of Objective, Statements of Work, Performance Work Statements, Requests for Information (RFI), Justifications and Approvals (J&A), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE), and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASPs)
* Lead development and coordination of solicitation planning and execution activities and documentation, including: Requests for Proposal (RFP), Source Selection Plans/Strategies, and all associated documentation
* Manage and assist in the development and coordination of overarching program planning and execution documents as prescribed by/tailored from DoDI 5000.02, and relevant Department of Defense, Air Force, USSF, and SSC policies
* Draft technical evaluations and function as an advisor in source selections
* Successful candidate may be tasked by Air Force/Space Force to support one or more acquisition programs with responsibility for performance and schedule execution
* Leads integrated scheduling and active risk management activities for Operations Integration, Logistics, and Product Support
* Prepare program scheduling activities, meetings, briefings, reports, and analyze information in support of MD3 developmental and sustainment programs.
* Supports operations training and technical documentation development, including Technical Orders (TOs), coordination and operations integration.
* Coordinate with operations and development stakeholders to facilitate identifying and designating SMEs who will assist in obtaining information critical for development, to include rapid integration requests
* Frequently coordinate with multiple military organizations (including Joint, Space Force, Air Force, and Navy organizations)
* Review and provide input to enabling concepts, concept of operations, and multi-agency agreements supporting program development and integration
* Adept at a variety of acquisition concepts, phases, and procedures; participate in technical studies, and performance reviews; ability to function in a multi-contractor/customer environment, performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected; demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills; and effective written and oral communication skills required
* Experience working on classified government systems and networks Qualifications Required: * Bachelor’s degree
* At least 5 years experience in Program Management (Government PM time preferred) but preferably 10 or more years of DoD and related Space operations combined experience, specifically acquisition program management and/or operational experience
* In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience, a Master’s plus 2.5 years of related experience or PhD plus 1 year of related experience is acceptable.
* Experience with Air Force and/or Space Force operations, command and control (C2), theater operations, space tasking cycle, and operator training, preferably with experience in the Electronic Warfare and/or Satellite Communications (SATCOM) mission areas.
* Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
* Demonstrated competency in technical writing
* Familiarity operating under agile conditions as a member of a Scrum team
* Superior written and oral communication skills, including interpersonal and negotiation skills
* Familiar with MS Office products
* Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams of Military and technical managers
Desired: * Master’s degree (STEM)
* 10+ years’ experience in Program Management (Government PM time preferred) of DoD and related Space operations combined experience, specifically acquisition program management and/or operational experience development of requirements, specifications and proposals; familiar with a variety of acquisition concepts, phases, and procedures.
* Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises (SAFe), Project Management Institute- Agile Certified Professional (PMI- ACP), Certified Scrum Master, PMP, USAF Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) or similar certification
* Experience in the Electronic Warfare and/or Satellite Communications (SATCOM) mission areas or other USSF mission domains.
* Experience participating in technical studies and project performance reviews; ability to function in a multi-contractor/customer environment
* Ability to perform a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected; demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills; and effective written and oral communication skills required
* Familiarity working with or at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), US Space Command (USSPACECOM), and/or Space Force Field Commands
* Experience/knowledge navigating the Air Force’s cloud-based DevSecOps Platform One enterprise service
* Experience/familiarity working as a Product Repository technician or lead.
* A successful candidate will coordinate the delivery of services among different program activities to increase effectiveness and efficiency leadership – proven success in leading high-performance teams in an integrated product development team environment, achieving results through others, and being a strong team player
* Objectivity – Must maintain objectivity to determine proper standards, processes, and procedures that benefits the entire organization
* Creativity – Develop innovative solutions to modernize and improve system proficiencies (i.e. processes, procedures, techniques, tools, etc.)
* Flexibility – Receptive to change/new information and rapidly adapts to new technology, information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles
* Analytical Thinking - Exceptional ability to analyze data and utilize it to make sound business decisions
* Conflict management and resolution skills
* Passionate - Possess a passion for researching, defining and enforcing standards, processes and procedures
* Results focused – Ability to organize and manage multiple, and at time competing priorities
* Communication Skills – Demonstrate communication skills necessary to interpret policies in situations requiring persuasion and prepare and present presentations
* Relationship building skills – Ability to work within a dynamic team setting and provide role-model leadership
* Customer service – Superior customer service skills to both internal and external customers
Clearance: * Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required