Management Solutions PEO

At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future. We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success. Credence has an immediate opening for a Program Manager- PEO Execution Group at the Senior level supporting AFLCMC/WAX at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The Plans and Programs Division supports the modernization and sustainment of Fighter and Advanced Aircraft (F&AA) capabilities for the U.S. Air Force and coalition partners. The division manages capability planning, technology integration, program oversight, and cross-functional processes-including airworthiness, configuration management, system safety, and cybersecurity-from concept through fielding. It also develops future capability roadmaps in collaboration with Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOMs) and other key stakeholders. * The Program Manager- PEO Execution Group shall assist in independently applying/demonstrating proficiency in various project/program initiatives. The Contractor shall assist in investigating, analyzing, planning, designing, developing, implementing, or evaluating solutions for project/program efforts. The Contractor shall assist in providing expert-level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes and have specialized expertise to include the following functional areas: program management, logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management, test, security management, information management, and contracting.
* Assist in building and maintaining business relationships between the program office, supporting Government offices, other contractors, USAF AFMC, AFLCMC, AFRL, Air Combat Command (ACC), AFGSC, and higher headquarters' mid-to upper-level staff, to support the F/B Capability Plans and Programs for the various platforms.
* Participate in and represent the interests of the F/B portfolio of programs in the Service Core Function process. The Contractor shall assist in building business relationships and perform activities necessary to influence science and technology investment decisions favorable to the F/B portfolio of programs. The Contractor shall assist in performing other related duties associated with F/B capability planning.
* Possess USAF MAJCOM expertise, ideally at the HQ USAF, HQ ACC, or HQ AFGSC level, as a background for understanding broad user war fighter requirements. The Contractor shall assist with the analysis of war fighter requirements with ACC and AFGSC and serve as key advisor to Capability Planning leadership on mission critical capability needs.
* Assist in preparing and reviewing pertinent data, coordinating with applicable managers, and finalizing related documentation/information for verbal and visual presentation of the plan status at meetings as required. These meetings shall include, but are not limited to, IPT meetings, Program Management Reviews (PMRs), TIMs, working groups, and conferences in support of the F/B portfolio.
* Support analytic identification of needs and development of requirements for potential materiel solutions. The Contractor shall assist with the initiation of high confidence acquisition programs via early systems engineering, early test and evaluation strategy development, technology and manufacturing maturity, assessments of life-cycle analyses, lifecycle cost estimates, and early acquisition intelligence engagement.
* Assist in identifying and solving problems and aid in the influence of science and technology investment decisions. The Contractor shall assist in developing and executing a collaborative process bridging warfighter-identified capability needs to plan for acquisition of materiel solutions. The Contractor shall support the trade-space evaluation of emerging capability needs, including system-of-systems assessments. The Contractor shall assist in identifying and assessing technology maturity and risk drivers and incorporate comprehensive life-cycle planning to include pre-concept through disposal in support of future program technical needs.
* Assist in applying expertise of the acquisition process and all areas relating to acquisition policy matters, including acquisition streamlining, integrated weapon systems management, manning, best practices and lessons learned, to assigned projects.
* Support and conduct studies and analysis of tradeoffs for incorporation of potential capabilities in future platform capabilities.
* Act as the F/B Directorate Unit Control Center Chief for emergency response, exercises, and other surge activities. The Contractor shall assist in ensuring that PEG and directorate leadership is kept apprised of workload assignments, resolutions and other time sensitive communications/events. The Contractor shall assist in receiving, preparing, submitting and maintaining official records of documentation and communications. These activities may be performed as part of an exercise for training purposes or in the event of a real world contingency.
* Assist in developing and maintaining the F/B Directorate Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and shall assist in leading the F/B Directorate participation in the AFLCMC COOP and execution.
* Assist in managing the F/B Directorate SIP. The Contractor shall assist in identifying and tracking deficiencies during the annual SIP cycle and keep leadership informed as items are closed-out and in preparation for the SIP out-brief meeting. The Contractor shall assist in utilizing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT) and assist in identifying new and/or recently updated SIP checklists for division use as required. The Contractor shall assist divisions with checklist completion, deficiency tracking, training, and other SIP-related issues. The Contractor shall hold meetings as required with unit SIP monitors and conduct F/B Directorate SIP training.
* Support the PEG and DAG processes for the entire F/B Directorate at all locations including but not limited to: MARs, DAES, SARs and and TMTs. * Apply knowledge and experience in acquisition program management policies and procedures to USAF systems, subsystems, and equipment procurement activities, post award project/program management tasks, and acquisition programs throughout their life cycles.
* Apply a full range of acquisition program management policies/procedures to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities in support of the existing and future F/B Directorate aircraft programs and platforms. * Have an understanding of current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines and processes.
* Support the review of proposals as assigned by the customer. The Contractor shall assist in the coordination of documentation between functional resources to include: financial management, program management, contracting, CM, engineering, and logistics management. The Contractor shall assist in consolidating functional inputs into common documents. The Contractor shall assist in planning for the accomplishment of various program milestones.
* Provide assistance in risk management, project management, process improvement support, and logistics support. The Contractor shall participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs). * Assist in the collection of programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout their life cycles to include: research, develop, produce, test, acquire, field, sustain and modernize existing and advanced war-winning capabilities, on-time and on-cost of the F/B Directorate portfolio for the US.
* Assist in performing a non-voting, advisory role for program source selections on all acquisition related requirements, as required. The Contractor shall assist in determining program progress and effectively communicating recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management. The Contractor shall apply program knowledge for developing and coordinating responses to taskers in response to internal and external program inquiries. * Knowledge of development and test activities required to support warfighter Urgent Operational Needs (UON) and Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON). The Contractor shall assist in supporting UON execution teams by providing special knowledge to assist in recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum levels of integration required to satisfy operational need, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost.
* Assist in producing or reviewing products for program offices use that include business case analyses, trade-off studies, estimates for program office acquisition and logistics requirements, written requirements documents for planned acquisitions, and acquisition strategies and plans.
* Assist in supporting the program office during Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA), Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support (O&S) phases, to include all milestone activities. When requested, the Contractor shall assist in supporting the program office in the specific areas as follows.
* Assist in performing MSAs leading up to design reviews. The Contractor shall assist in producing or supporting the development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule and performance.
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