Acquisition Manager, Senior

COLSA•Dayton, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

COLSA is seeking a Senior Acquisition Manager to support the C-130J program office in Dayton, Ohio. The role requires understanding DoD acquisition processes and using analytical methods to gather, analyze, and evaluate information for the USG. The employee assists in developing solutions to improve acquisition effectiveness and compliance, drafting and quality-checking acquisition documentation, conducting work measurement and efficiency studies, cost studies, and workload-impact analyses, and using automated management information systems for fact-finding, analysis, and advisory work. The position supports CAG/DAG efforts with higher headquarters and a broad range of program activities, including acquisition reviews, requirements development, capability planning, cost/schedule/performance management, program metrics, schedule analysis, and coordination with USG and external organizations. It also contributes to program documentation and presentations, milestone approval packages, integrated reviews, and conferences throughout the acquisition lifecycle.

Requirements

Understanding of DoD acquisition processes.
Ability to use analytical methods or techniques to gather, analyze, and evaluate information required by the USG.
Ability to assist in drawing conclusions and devising solutions to improve acquisition effectiveness and compliance.
Ability to assist with acquisition documentation development and quality control.
Ability to assist with work measurement studies, program or operations efficiency reviews, cost studies, or workload change impact analyses.
Ability to use automated management information systems for fact-finding, analytical, and advisory functions.

Responsibilities

Support CAG/DAG efforts with higher headquarters and support acquisition events and reviews, including SRRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, TCMs, FCAs, PCAs, and PRRs.
Assist with establishing and maintaining databases and developing and analyzing key program metrics.
Assist with tracking technical metrics and reporting status.
Apply DoD and Air Force program/project analysis to assess program activity management concepts, analyses, studies, and procedures for the USG.
Assist with analyses supporting program strategy decisions and courses of action; evaluate proposed or existing projects, programs, processes, and policies or laws and recommend improvements to the USG.
Support development, review, and approval of requirements documents and the JCIDS process and staffing.
Assist in translating user requirements documents, including CDDs, CPDs, and CONOPS, into RFP documentation.
Support USG implementation of capability-planning and development policies, processes, and tools.
Assist capabilities managers with arranging and supporting HPTs for capability development, developing capability-based planning processes for AFMC, and supporting CRRA and I-SUMMIT activities.
Promote MS&A throughout the acquisition lifecycle and foster development and maintenance of common-use MS&A tools.
Assist with integrating intelligence information and infrastructure for cross-enterprise capability planning and system acquisition.
Support program cost, schedule, and performance; assist with DIDs, CDRLs, data calls, and reviews; and support planning, organizing, and managing system development, production, deployment, and lifecycle acquisition program management.
Develop and collect technical data and inputs for staff summary packages supporting coordination and signature of milestone approval documents.
Assist in producing or supporting draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or required by programmatic limits involving cost, schedule, and performance.
Assist with developing, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining schedules and metrics to track program status.
Assist with schedule analysis of the overarching program IMS using OEM-specific scheduling tools, other USG-mandated tools, and integration techniques.
Coordinate with lateral USG organizations, including headquarters, major commands, aircraft wings and squadrons, test agencies, USAF Centers, and external agencies.
Assist in resolving programmatic issues, including by interfacing with or querying Air Staff, Air Force Major Command, and DoD personnel.
Assist with technical support, planning, coordination, and participation in integrated program reviews and conferences, including executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirements working group, supportability, and management reviews.