Director, Logistics and Deputy Director, Enterprise Product Support (EPS)

Department of the Air Force Headquarters • Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

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About The Position

The Director, Logistics and Deputy Director, Enterprise Product Support (EPS) serves as the principal advisor to the Center Commander, PAEs, and senior defense officials on logistics, rapid sustainment, and weapon systems life cycle management. The Director leads a multidisciplinary logistics workforce and oversees enterprise logistics and product support capabilities to support operational success and mission-ready warfighter capabilities.

The position provides executive direction across AFLCMC, geographically separated units, and multiple Air Force bases. It establishes policy and professional and technical standards, guides workforce planning and development, manages the Directorate’s budget and equipment, ensures compliance with DoW, HAF, and AFMC policies, and implements standardized, data-driven sustainment methods. The Director assesses acquisition-program performance, resolves complex management issues, leads boards and senior forums, and negotiates with defense contractors and partner nations. The role also drives continuous improvement and uses enterprise performance metrics and advanced data analytics to align sustainment activities with strategic defense objectives.

This is a Senior Executive Service position. Mobility is a condition of employment, and the appointee must sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligations Agreement. The position is Special-Sensitive and requires a Top Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one. Travel, including short-notice travel, is required; availability outside normal duty hours, including weekends, may be needed for exercises and crisis planning. An initial SES career appointment includes a one-year probationary period.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Must sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligations Agreement; mobility is a condition of employment.
• Must file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278).
• Must have or be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
• Must sign a drug-testing letter and pass urinalysis testing before appointment; subject to random drug testing.
• Must travel under the DoW Joint Travel Regulations, including short-notice travel; may need to work outside normal duty hours, including weekends.
• An initial SES career appointee must successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
• Resume must be no more than two pages and demonstrate the relevant Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications.
• Demonstrate experience leading large and diverse organizations, including workforce recruiting, hiring, retention, and performance oversight.
• Demonstrate experience leading DAF or DoW high-level logistics and enterprise product support actions, including planning, coordination, control, direction, and relevant exchanges with international customers, private industry, and government agencies.
• Demonstrate the five SES Executive Core Qualifications: commitment to the rule of law and principles of the American founding; driving efficiency; merit and competence; leading people; and achieving results.
• Advanced certification in Life Cycle Logistics, or ability to obtain it within 24 months.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, acquisition, business administration, or a related field.
• Advanced degree in a business-related field.
• Attendance at the Air Force Senior Leader Orientation Course (SLOC), generally required within 12 months of appointment, subject to course availability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal advisor to the Center Commander, PAEs, and senior defense officials on logistics, rapid sustainment, and weapon systems life cycle management.
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, training, career development, selection support, readiness, retention, and professional growth for the Center’s logistics management workforce.
• Establish workforce priorities and professional and technical standards, and guide intern and developmental activities through subordinate supervisors.
• Lead workshops, action groups, and senior-level forums addressing workforce accession, development, health, safety, and retention.
• Develop and implement integrated logistics workforce solutions that accelerate delivery of warfighting capabilities across mission areas.
• Serve as the primary touchpoint for strategic logistics issues and negotiate with senior defense contractors and partner nations.
• Resolve complex systemic management issues, conduct independent performance assessments of high-cost acquisition programs, and lead boards to optimize product support at the lowest life-cycle cost.
• Provide executive-level direction across AFLCMC, geographically separated units, and multiple Air Force bases.
• Ensure compliance with DoW, HAF, and AFMC policies; manage the Directorate’s budget and equipment; and implement standardized, data-driven sustainment methods.
• Drive continuous process improvement across sustainment and product support activities.
• Define functional interfaces and use advanced data analytics to monitor enterprise performance metrics and align activity with strategic defense objectives.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits for the employee and family; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• SES members are eligible for bonuses and/or ranks and stipends, as well as performance-based salary increases and/or bonuses.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are authorized in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed