Acquisition Program Management Specialist

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Patrick SFB, FL

About The Position

The Acquisition Program Management Specialist serves as a Program Manager leading or supporting pre-award and post-award activities for assigned portfolios and programs. The role supports the organizational mission of delivering responsive, mission-focused acquisition solutions to optimize warfighter operations. It also serves as a first-level supervisory position directing major projects and studies related to methods and systems that affect Space Force-wide weapon systems testing. The position manages contractual, financial, and technical aspects of acquisition projects and programs through designated phases, often where unusual factors, uncertainty, and risk require new approaches and alternative courses of action. It plans and manages acquisition strategies within cost, schedule, and performance baselines, and coordinates specialists and contractors to meet program objectives. The role represents the organization to government and industry stakeholders, advises the Program Director, and briefs management on progress, problems, and recommendations. The position supports the U.S. Space Force (USSF), whose mission is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and provide space capabilities to the joint force. The incumbent must comply with security requirements and may travel or work overtime as required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI security clearance.
Ability to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations.
Subject to pre-employment and random drug testing as a drug testing designated position.
Must meet Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
Must meet Continuing Acquisition Education requirements.
Required to file an OGE Form 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon appointment and annually.
Knowledge of laws, principles, policies, and practices of systems acquisition and program management.
Knowledge of business and industrial management, contracting procedures, technical concepts, and production practices sufficient to evaluate contractor proposals and activities.
Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operations of the Department of Defense, Space Force, and other entities that influence the systems acquisition process.
Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with individuals and groups inside and outside the immediate work unit.
Ability to plan, organize, lead, and manage critical aspects of research, development, production, and support of subsystems or equipment, and to integrate, analyze, and manage acquisition functions and personnel.
May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty assignments.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and control contractual, financial, and technical aspects of assigned projects and programs throughout designated acquisition phases.
Plan management and acquisition strategies within cost, schedule, and performance baselines as directed by the Program Director.
Generate plans, goals, and objectives consistent with applicable policies and requirements.
Provide input to source selection and monitor contractors through development, production, and deployment.
Advise the Program Director of significant actions or problems and recommend solutions.
Analyze issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity; develop recommendations; and apply program management principles across the acquisition cycle.
Adjust schedules, funding, and participant activities as program requirements change.
Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate functional specialists, including contracting, engineering, manufacturing, program control, configuration and data management, test, and logistics personnel.
Review and evaluate program progress, formalize system requirements into specifications, and establish management controls and reviews to track status and detect problems.
Review programming documents and assess external actions for effects on development, production, logistical support, baselines, and budgets.
Organize teamwork and lead specialists in resolving technical, schedule, cost, and supportability issues.
Provide feedback to customers and monitor changing environments and potential program changes.
Review and direct contractor progress toward program objectives; take appropriate actions regarding negotiations, contracting plans and budgets, subcontractor participation, and changes to contractor work.
Coordinate program changes and engineering compromises and assess their effects across the program.
Visit contractor facilities to observe progress, resolve major problems, and verify compliance with contractual provisions.
Advise and assist contractors on requirements and policy matters.
Represent the organization at executive levels within government and with contractor and industry representatives.
Present program status, accomplishments, challenges, support requirements, and program objectives at conferences and meetings.
Negotiate and resolve controversial issues, advocate proposals and recommendations, and report progress on critical issues.
Consult acquisition managers and executives on future policies and initiatives from a program management perspective.
Prepare, present, defend, and interpret staff studies for the Program Director and other management officials.
Conduct meetings and working groups to address problems, technical developments, and program changes.
Brief higher-level management on program progress, problems, and other matters of interest.