Acquisition Program Manager SME

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. • Bedford, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for an Acquisition Program Manager SME acquisition support to provide the government program manager with the Acquisition specialist to provide the government program manager with comprehensive skills and acquisition support to achieve program cost, schedule, performance, and quality objectives.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen
• Top Secret (with a current investigation within the past 5 years) or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation and SCI/SAP/SAR eligible
• Master's Degree or equivalent required
• Minimum of 15 years of DoD and/or DoD contractor acquisition support experience
• Prime contract management experience
• Knowledge of DOD 5000 Series Defense Acquisition System Documentation
• Software and/or Information Technology program-related cost/schedule/technical management experience required
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a leadership-type role, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and ability to proactively engage with and advise government and contractor support
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word required
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a leadership-type role, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and ability to proactively engage with and advise government and contractor support

Nice To Haves

• SAP/SAR experience highly desired
• 18+ years experience of DoD and/or DoD contractor acquisition support experience
• Working knowledge of the military structure and system acquisition
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to organize, multi-task, and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment

Responsibilities

• Serves as deputy backfill when required
• Applies subject matter expertise to various project/ program initiatives
• Identifies programmatic issues and develops recommendations to facilitate issues resolution
• Advises on all resource management issues pertaining to the evaluation of effective resource performance across the portfolio
• Serves as a branch integrator ensuring all program's briefings & charts meet proper format
• Advises on responses to senior leadership
• Advises the government program manager on best practices
• Outlines policy disconnects, interpretation, and management of all acquisition efforts
• Assist the Program Manager in management of day-to-day program activities, to include: integrated master scheduling, contract actions (including proposal technical evaluations and materials/ labor hours estimating), action item resolution, execution of requirements and plans, management of technical/program related issues, development of comprehensive risk assessment and mitigation plans, and test support to include operational assessment of advanced technologies
• Creates and assists in developing acquisition program documentation required by DoD 5000 series supporting program efforts and acquisition milestones/reviews applying knowledge of streamlined acquisition policies/procedures and program management skills
• Assist with the definition, development, documentation and management of user requirements; building on existing requirements management processes to identify, review and approve inherent and new capability needs to support a larger user community and enterprise objectives (to include assisting in conducting Industry Days, user/requirement working groups, developing implementation strategies, etc.)
• Prepares Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation consisting of Statements of Objectives, Statements of Work, Program Specifications, Contract Data Requirements Lists, etc. per DoD 5000 series
• Supports the development of strategies and associated budgets to efficiently and effectively execute programs, planning, facilitation, coordination of agendas, action items, and technical/program issues related to management, technical and test reviews to include requirements and design reviews, audits, and requirements meetings, etc.
• Assists in the development and execution of strategies and budgets to efficiently execute programs
• Monitors effectiveness of achieving program/enterprise goats and objectives; to include monitoring cost, schedule and technical performance and associated risks
• Prepare/update briefings and reports as required

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• Tricare supplement
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts
• employee assistance program
• learning and development benefit
• paid time off
• holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior