FMS Program Manager

McBride•Lincoln, MA

23h

About The Position

The FMS Program Manager supports Foreign Military Sales program management, specifically the E-3 Saudi AWACS Weapon System modernization effort. The role supports program planning and execution, acquisition activities, schedules, status reporting, and coordination across complex defense acquisition environments. It requires working knowledge of FMS-specific acquisition requirements and the ability to represent the program office to customer-country and U.S. security cooperation representatives without decisional authority. The position supports senior-management briefings and acquisition reviews, program and case meetings, design reviews, interface working groups, technical interchange meetings, and case reviews. It also requires working-level knowledge of relevant security, compliance, manpower, logistics, transportation, and customer-country processes. Overseas travel to potentially hazardous locations may be required.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold an active Secret clearance.
Must have experience with Microsoft Project for scheduling, including IMS work.
Extensive experience supporting sound acquisition planning and FMS-specific acquisition requirements.
Working-level knowledge of preparing LOA data, including manpower requirements, using SAMRS and DSAMS.
Experience executing programs with prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers from foreign countries.
Ability to independently represent the program office to customer-country and U.S. security cooperation representatives, without decisional authority, and answer complex questions in real time.
Experience preparing and supporting program-office activities and meetings, including internal U.S. Government meetings, case meetings, design reviews, PARs, ICWGs, Technical Interchange Meetings, and case reviews.
Working-level understanding of RMF requirements in the FMS realm.
Working-level understanding of the CENTCOM Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) process.
Working-level understanding of customer-country customs, etiquette, and business practices.
Working-level understanding of the DoD Transportation System as it relates to shipping equipment overseas to an FMS customer's final destination.
Experience monitoring and managing cost, schedule, and performance metrics to support program execution and decision-making.
Skills in program planning, progress tracking, milestone management, and performance reporting.
Ability to identify, assess, and track program risks and support mitigation strategies and issue resolution.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
Experience supporting cross-functional coordination and execution within complex defense acquisition environments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3 years of experience in the respective technical or professional discipline, including 3 years in the DoD; or 7 years of directly related experience, including 5 years in the DoD.

Responsibilities

Use Microsoft Project for scheduling, including IMS work.
Support and develop program-status and acquisition-task briefings and schedules for senior management.
Support Program Acquisition Reviews (PAR), senior-level meetings and reviews, and IMP/IMS reviews.
Support acquisition planning, including industry days, market research, source-selection planning, ASP planning, SOO/SOW/PWS writing, RFP planning and document preparation, and contract-negotiation preparation, with attention to FMS-specific requirements.
Support FMS acquisition activities involving Anti-Tamper requirements, ITAR regulations, Manpower Resource Plan preparation, LORs for Technical Assistance, Price and Availability (P&A) responses and LOA responses, freight forwarding, customs import processes, and MASL codes.
Prepare LOA data, including manpower requirements, using mandated systems such as SAMRS and DSAMS.
Travel overseas, potentially to hazardous locations, as needed.
Support program execution involving prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers from foreign countries.
Represent the program office, without decisional authority, to customer-country MOD, ODC, Air Force, and U.S. SCO representatives in country; answer complex questions from customer-country representatives in real time.
Prepare for and support program-office activities and meetings, including U.S. Government internal meetings, case meetings, design reviews, PARs, ICWGs, Technical Interchange Meetings, and case reviews.
Support FMS program execution and decision-making by monitoring and managing cost, schedule, and performance metrics.
Support program planning, progress tracking, milestone management, and performance reporting.
Identify, assess, and track program risks while supporting mitigation strategies and issue resolution.
Support cross-functional coordination and execution within complex defense acquisition environments.