Principal Logistics Manager

McBride•Hanscom Afb, MA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Logistics Manager is a full-time hybrid position located at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, contingent upon position award. The role provides logistics and sustainment management support for complex Department of Defense acquisition and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs, including the E-3 Saudi AWACS Weapon System. The position supports acquisition planning, program reviews, schedules, briefings, and coordination with U.S. government, contractor, supplier, and international stakeholders. The successful candidate will provide subject-matter expertise in logistics and sustainment, integrate requirements for manpower, materiel, funding, facilities, and support services, and develop and maintain life-cycle logistics and sustainment strategies. The role also supports FMS-specific acquisition and security-assistance activities, including international customer coordination, logistics planning, and shipping equipment to customer-country destinations. Travel is approximately 20%, including to Oklahoma and Saudi Arabia, and the candidate must be capable and willing to travel overseas, potentially to hazardous locations.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have an active Secret clearance and be willing to obtain TS/SCI.
Must have experience using Microsoft Project for scheduling and IMS work.
Must meet one of the stated experience and education pathways: a bachelor's degree in a related field and 20 years of experience in the relevant technical/professional discipline, including 10 years in DoD; or 30 or more years of directly related experience, including 12 years in DoD.
SME-level logistics and sustainment management expertise supporting complex DoD acquisition and FMS programs.
Extensive experience identifying and integrating manpower, materiel, funding, facilities, and support-services requirements.
Experience developing, executing, and maintaining life-cycle logistics and sustainment strategies aligned with program objectives and DoD 5000.2 acquisition guidance.
Experience with Material Support Managers, Product Support Managers, coalition partners, product-support plans, and sustainment plans.
Experience analyzing and reporting supply performance, reliability, maintainability, and readiness metrics.
Expertise in logistics planning, maintenance planning, product-transition activities, and coordination with Air Logistics Complex centers.
Experience identifying sustainment risks, developing mitigation strategies, and coordinating corrective actions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
Extensive background in acquisition planning, including industry days, market research, source-selection planning, ASP planning, SOO/SOW/PWS writing, RFP planning and preparation, and contract negotiation preparation.
FMS acquisition experience and working knowledge of Anti-Tamper requirements, ITAR regulations, Manpower Resource Plan preparation, LORs for Technical Assistance, Price and Availability responses, and LOA responses, freight forwarding, customs imports, and MASL codes.
Working-level knowledge of LOA data preparation, including manpower requirements, using SAMRS and DSAMS.
Ability and willingness to travel overseas, potentially to hazardous locations.
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 stakeholders, without decisional authority, and answer complex questions in real time.
Working-level understanding of RMF requirements in the FMS environment.
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 knowledge of the DoD Transportation System as it relates to overseas shipments to FMS customer destinations.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for engaging government, contractor, and international stakeholders.
Demonstrated leadership through influence, collaboration, and cross-functional coordination.
Strong relationship-building, problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and detail-oriented skills.
Ability to proactively identify challenges, develop solutions, complete actions with minimal supervision, and balance multiple priorities in dynamic environments.

Nice To Haves

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Experience supporting the E-3 Saudi AWACS Weapon System.

Responsibilities

Use Microsoft Project to support scheduling and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) work.
Develop and support briefings and schedules covering program status and acquisition tasks 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 development, RFP planning and document preparation, and contract negotiation preparation.
Support FMS-specific acquisition activities and coordinate with organizations and representatives including SAF/IA, AFSAC, DSCA, AFLCMC/WFNFM, FDO, and TSC.
Support preparation of LOA data, including manpower requirements, using mandated systems such as SAMRS and DSAMS.
Identify and integrate requirements for manpower, materiel, funding, facilities, and support services to support mission readiness and program success.
Develop, execute, and maintain life-cycle logistics and sustainment strategies aligned with program objectives and DoD 5000.2 acquisition guidance.
Collaborate with Material Support Managers, Product Support Managers, and coalition partners to develop product-support and sustainment plans.
Analyze and report logistics metrics, including supply performance, reliability, maintainability, and readiness indicators, for logistics reviews and leadership decisions.
Plan logistics, maintenance, and product-transition activities, and coordinate with Air Logistics Complex centers throughout the system lifecycle.
Identify sustainment risks and problem areas, develop mitigation strategies, and coordinate corrective actions with stakeholders.
Prepare for and support program-office activities and meetings, including U.S. Government internal meetings, case meetings and reviews, design reviews, PARs, Interface Control Working Groups, and Technical Interchange Meetings.
Represent the program office, without decisional authority, to customer-country Ministries of Defense, Offices of Defense Cooperation, Air Forces, and U.S. Security Cooperation Office representatives in country; respond to complex questions from customer-country representatives in real time.
Coordinate with prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers from foreign countries.
Support freight forwarding, customs import processes, and overseas shipment of equipment to FMS customer destinations.