Principal Program Manager (Program Execution Group)

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.•Dayton, OH

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Odyssey is recruiting for a Principal Program Manager (Program Execution Group) to support the Attack Systems Division, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. This role is within the ISR/SOF Directorate (AFLCMC/WI), which is responsible for equipping warfighters. The Directorate manages a $22 billion acquisition portfolio for Air Force ISR and SOF platforms. Applicants will benefit from competitive salaries, career growth, and the opportunity to positively impact national security.

Requirements

Must be a US citizen
Secret clearance required
Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and 20 years of related experience, 12 years of which must be in the DoD.
OR Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 25 years of related experience, 15 of which must be in the DoD.
OR, 30 years of directly related experience, 20 of which must be in the DoD.

Responsibilities

Possess knowledge and experience in acquisition program management policies and procedures for USAF systems, subsystems, and equipment procurement activities, post-award project/program management tasks, and acquisition programs throughout their life cycles.
Assist in providing FMS expertise for various FMS programs in all DoD acquisition stages, including planning, execution, delivery, sustainment, and program closure, in accordance with DoD policies and guidelines.
Apply a full range of acquisition program management policies/procedures to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities in support of existing and future F/B Directorate aircraft programs and platforms.
Assist in coordinating documentation between functional resources, including financial management, program management, contracting, CM, engineering, and logistics management.
Provide assistance in risk management, project management, process improvement support, and logistics support.
Participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs).
Assist in collecting programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout their life cycles, including research, development, production, testing, acquisition, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of existing and advanced war-winning capabilities, on-time and on-cost for the F/B Directorate portfolio for the US.
Assist in determining program progress and effectively communicating recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
Demonstrate knowledge of development and test activities required to support warfighter Urgent Operational Needs (UON) and Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON).
Assist in supporting UON execution teams by providing special knowledge to assist in recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum levels of integration required to satisfy operational need, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost.
Produce or review products for program offices use, including business case analyses, trade-off studies, estimates for program office acquisition and logistics requirements, written requirement documents for planned acquisitions, and acquisition strategies and plans.
Assist in supporting the program office during Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA), Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support (O&S) phases, including all milestone activities and supporting tasks as requested by Program Office leadership.
Assist with monitoring, reviewing, analyzing, and coordinating security assistance issues concerning DoD and non-DoD agencies to ensure compliance with established policies, Letter of Request (LOR), and Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA), the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and other relevant legislation.
Assist with the implementation and execution of assigned LOAs IAW the AECA, Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM), Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Manual and complete assigned projects with no or minimal assistance.
Assist with pre-LOA development, SOOs, SOWs, and reviewing of weapon system contractor proposals as assigned by the customer.
Assist in providing acquisition expertise and advice to Security Assistance Program Managers (SAPMs), line managers, and functional team members across all phases of the acquisition process and insight into areas relating to acquisition policy, streamlining, management, and lessons learned.
Assist with the development of documents, including, but not limited to, Memorandum of Agreement (MOAs)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), Statement of Objectives (SOOs), PWSs, SOWs, RFPs, ASPs, Service Bulletins (SBs), Engineering Technical Documents (ETDs), Mission Needs Statements (MNSs), Operational Requirements Documents (ORDs), ICDs, CDDs/CPDs, and Analysis of Alternatives (AOAs).
Assist in collecting programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout the entirety of their life cycles for existing and advanced war-winning capabilities, on-time, and on-cost, of the F/B Directorate portfolio for the US and coalition allies.
Assist with ad hoc requests, as required.