Project Manager (GEOINT Acquisition)

Assertive Professionals•Springfield, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Assertive Professionals is seeking a Project Manager (GEOINT Acquisition) to support a National Security Customer in Springfield, Virginia. This is an open and funded position with regular onsite work at a government/customer facility. The role supports GEOINT acquisition and standards conformance activities, including developing and improving program processes, reviewing acquisition and requirements documentation, supporting governance processes, and reporting on GEOINT standards conformance. The salary is $130,000–$135,000, based on the candidate meeting or exceeding the position requirements. Employees are also eligible for a $1,200 annual corporate compliance bonus for time and attendance compliance, and candidates may receive either a $2,000 sign-on bonus or up to $2,000 in relocation cost reimbursement. The position includes 140 hours of paid leave annually, accrued throughout the year, plus 11 federal holidays. Paid-leave accruals vary by contract and are established based on customer requirements and contractual level of effort; the salary range incorporates this annual leave allocation. Assertive Professionals describes itself as an employee-centric, fast-growing small business and offers health and other benefits. The employee must be able to access and work from the designated customer facility for the required schedule; perform essential duties using government/customer-furnished computers, systems, equipment, and approved peripherals; access and communicate information through required customer systems and applications; and comply with customer security, technology, facility-access, and equipment-use requirements. Accommodations involving customer facilities, systems, equipment, software, or technology may be limited to what is authorized and available in that environment. Reasonable accommodations are considered in accordance with applicable law.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI eligibility.
Current CI Poly, or willingness to submit to one.
Eight years of total work experience, with stated academic-degree substitutions: 7 years with an associate degree, 6 with a bachelor's, 5 with a master's, or 4 with a doctorate.
Six years of specialized experience, with stated academic-degree substitutions: 5 years with an associate degree, 4 with a bachelor's, 3 with a master's, or 2 with a doctorate. Any academic degree substitution must match the career field of the required experience.
Six years of demonstrated expert-level specialized experience with DoD or IC requirements and acquisition processes.
Six years of demonstrated specialized experience using GEOINT in the DoD and IC.
Ability to work onsite regularly at the government/customer facility and meet the stated facility-access, customer-system, security, technology, and equipment-use requirements.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated knowledge of the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and its role in GEOINT standards conformance and data performance across the NSG enterprise.
Demonstrated knowledge of the U.S. military, including expertise in future warfare systems.
Demonstrated specialized experience with DoDAF artifacts.
Demonstrated knowledge of NGA organization and mission, products, and support.
Demonstrated knowledge of the GEOINT Standards Division, its mission, services, and outreach activities.
Demonstrated specialized experience in GEOINT standards conformance, implementation, and testing.
Demonstrated specialized experience in GEOINT standards organizations and the DoD IT Services Registry (DISR) and Intelligence Community Services Registry (ICSR) governance processes.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing new processes or making technical recommendations to mitigate impediments to success.
Review, comment on, and advise on concurrence or non-concurrence with program-level requirements, acquisition, and test documents.
Assist in reviewing and responding to NGA, DoD, Intelligence Community, NSG, and ASG planning, guidance, policy, and strategy documents to ensure consistency with GEOINT standards, architectures, strategies, methodologies, and policies.
Engage in existing governance processes within NGA, the IC, DoD, NSG, and ASG to institutionalize GFMSA processes and methods.
Expand and mature GFMSA Program execution processes within the Compliance Team.
Review submitted GEOINT Standards conformance self-assessments for accuracy, engage program managers to clarify responses as needed, and record evaluation results.
Work with program managers to ensure remediation plans are developed and submitted to the GEOINT FM.
Assist in developing periodic reports for the GEOINT FM on GEOINT standards conformance and brief senior leadership as required.
Assist in creating GEOINT Standards conformance strategies when sufficient information does not exist.
Identify where automated GEOINT standards conformance tools would be useful, advocate for their development, and make them available in an enterprise environment.
Develop and deliver appropriate papers, analytical studies, reports, and oral or written communications as requested.
Identify process gaps, develop solutions, and recommend implementation approaches leveraging existing Agency or NSG/ASG governance processes with little to no guidance.