Acquisition Program Management Support - Senior
About The Position
Supports the DoD Anti-Tamper Executive Agent (ATEA) Field Program Office (FPO) with program and project management expertise, particularly financial management, including planning, budgeting, and execution analysis. The role assists with initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing organizational projects, and develops acquisition documents to support government program managers’ decisions. It identifies risks and issues and recommends solutions. The position supports acquisition program analysis across the acquisition process, including technology development and integration, financial management and program control, foreign disclosure, test and deployment, configuration management, production and manufacturing, quality assurance, and logistics support. It organizes and facilitates technical interchanges, planning sessions, and progress reviews; prepares agendas and briefing materials; conducts and documents meetings; and follows up on actions, decisions, and directives. The role also provides training support for Anti-Tamper courses, including teaching modules to industry and Government participants and assisting with curriculum development and updates. It applies DoD acquisition knowledge and analytical methods to support program managers and customers, improve acquisition effectiveness and compliance, and assist the ATEA FPO with warfighting capabilities. The position requires facilitation, strategic planning, public speaking, and presentation skills, including the ability to guide discussions toward constructive outcomes.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of relevant DoD work experience; this may be waivable with customer approval.
- At least three years of experience in a SAP and/or SCI environment within the last five years; this may be waivable with customer approval.
- Master’s degree (MA/MS/ME); this may be waivable with customer approval.
- Active Top Secret security clearance based upon a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) or SBPR.
- Eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Programs (SAP) access.
- Experience applying DoD acquisition processes and analytical methods.
- Experience in facilitation, training, public speaking, and presenting to large groups and senior personnel.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in financial management, especially planning, budgeting, and execution analysis.
- Experience with training, course instruction, and course development.
Responsibilities
- Support the ATEA FPO with program and project management expertise, with a focus on financial management, planning, budgeting, and execution analysis.
- Support the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing of organizational projects.
- Develop acquisition documents supporting government program managers’ programmatic decisions and ensure their quality.
- Identify project risks and issues and recommend solutions to government program managers.
- Organize, plan, schedule, coordinate, set up, and facilitate technical interchanges, planning sessions, progress reviews, and other activities.
- Develop agendas, briefing materials, and attendance rosters; conduct, brief, and moderate meetings; document results and follow up on action items, decisions, and directives.
- Apply DoD acquisition processes and analytical methods to gather, analyze, and evaluate information for program managers and customers.
- Apply integration, communication, coordination, organizational, and planning expertise across technical and acquisition functional disciplines.
- Draw conclusions and devise solutions to improve acquisition effectiveness and compliance.
- Provide training, facilitation, and decision-support services for group training sessions, collaboration efforts, working groups, and integrated product, process, or self-directed teams.
- Consult on subject matter and assist in strategic planning events; guide discussion of controversial topics and differing opinions toward constructive exchanges and satisfactory solutions.
- Document agendas, attendee lists, minutes, and resulting action items for the record.
- Speak publicly and host or brief large gatherings, including presentations to personnel with high levels of responsibility.
- Teach learning modules in Anti-Tamper courses for industry and Government participants and assist with curriculum development and updates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
