Risk Program Manager
About The Position
2Circle Inc. is seeking a Program Manager with risk management depth to support AFLCMC weapons programs across development, test, and production. The selected candidate serves as a trusted advisor to the Government program office and owns the program’s risk and opportunity management process end to end. The role also carries broader program management responsibilities, including schedule and acquisition baseline support, milestone and program management reviews, readiness assessments, and analysis of technical issues and their cost, schedule, and capability impacts. The position requires direct engagement with prime contractors, test organizations, and production stakeholders, as well as sound judgment in distinguishing programmatic threats from noise. The position is on-site at Eglin AFB, Florida. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 12 or more years of professional experience in DoD weapons or munitions acquisition are required. An active TS/SCI clearance and prior Special Access Program (SAP) experience are desired; candidates with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain TS/SCI will be considered.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- 12 or more years of professional experience in DoD weapons or munitions acquisition.
- Technical fluency across the weapons life cycle, including development, developmental and operational test, production, and fielding.
- Demonstrated experience executing a formal risk and opportunity management process in a program office environment.
- Working knowledge of integrated master schedules, earned value management, production and manufacturing readiness assessment, and the DoD acquisition milestone framework.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to routinely brief Government leadership and present risk and program status clearly and without hedging.
- Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI for candidates considered under this alternative clearance pathway.
Nice To Haves
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Prior Special Access Program (SAP) experience.
Responsibilities
- Identify and frame candidate risks with engineering, test, contracting, and production teams.
- Develop likelihood and consequence assessments that hold up to scrutiny.
- Maintain the risk register and risk cube.
- Build mitigation plans with resourced handling actions and measurable burn-down criteria.
- Brief risk posture to program leadership and at Government reviews.
- Support integrated master schedule development and schedule risk analysis.
- Track execution against the acquisition program baseline.
- Support milestone and program management reviews.
- Assess technology and manufacturing readiness as programs transition from development through test into production.
- Translate technical issues raised by engineering and test teams into cost, schedule, and capability impacts the Government can act on.
- Engage directly with prime contractors, test organizations, and production stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
