Project Manager (GEOINT Acquisition)

Assertive Professionals•Springfield, VA

9d•$130,000 - $135,000•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 work. The Project Manager assists with developing processes and technical recommendations, reviews and advises on program requirements, acquisition, and test documents, and helps ensure planning and policy documents align with NGA and GEOINT standards, architectures, strategies, methodologies, and policies. The position engages with governance processes across NGA, the Intelligence Community, DoD, NSG, and ASG; supports GFMSA Program execution; reviews GEOINT standards conformance assessments; coordinates remediation plans; and helps prepare reporting and briefings for GEOINT leadership. It also identifies process gaps and develops solutions, including advocating for automated GEOINT standards-conformance tools. The position requires current TS/SCI eligibility and a current CI Poly or willingness to submit to one. Regular onsite work involves access to a customer facility and use of government/customer-furnished computers, systems, equipment, and approved peripherals, while complying with customer security, technology, facility-access, and equipment-use requirements.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI eligibility.
Current CI Poly or willingness to submit to one.
Eight years of total work experience, with stated degree-based 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 degree-based 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 be in the career field of the required experience.
Six years of demonstrated specialized experience at the expert level with DoD or IC requirements and acquisition processes.
Six years of demonstrated specialized experience with the use of GEOINT in the DoD and IC.
Ability to access and work from the designated customer facility for the required work schedule.
Ability to perform essential duties using government/customer-furnished computers, systems, equipment, and approved peripherals.
Ability to access, review, enter, and communicate information through required customer systems and applications.
Ability to comply with customer security, technology, facility-access, 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 US 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, IC, NSG, and ASG planning, guidance, policy, and strategy documents to ensure consistency with GEOINT standards, architectures, strategies, methodologies, and policies.
Engage in 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 and provide accuracy inputs.
Engage Project Managers as necessary to clarify responses and record evaluation results.
Work with Project 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 support their availability in an enterprise environment.
Assist in developing and delivering papers, analytical studies, reports, and other oral or written communications as requested.
Identify process gaps, develop solutions, and recommend implementation solutions using existing Agency or NSG/ASG governance processes with little to no guidance.