Senior Program Manager - ACS

Applied Research Solutions•Dayton, OH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support the Training PEO Directorate at Wright-Patterson, AFB. The Program Manager will assist the Branch Chief by applying their expertise in acquisition program management, including statutory requirements, philosophy, policies, practices, and procedures. ARS is recognized as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions, delivering premier talent and technology across its focused markets. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS values its employees and provides a challenging yet balanced work environment with competitive benefits, an awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from senior management.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen
Must have an active Secret Clearance
Bachelor’s Degree in related field and 12 years relevant experience OR Master’s Degree in related field and 5 years relevant experience OR 15 years of direct related experience
Knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience in acquisition program management statutory requirements, philosophy, policies, practices, and procedures.
Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition programs.
Knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines and be able to recommend viable solutions to problems as well as the pursuit of alternative courses of action.
Working knowledge of, and ability to effectively apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles in order to evaluate and report program health and status.
Understanding in the application of acquisition management initiatives such as buying commercial items (i.e., acquisition of Non-developmental Items (NDI), Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items, and FAA certified items), Commercial Practices (such as Performance Based Business Environment), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Evolutionary Acquisition and Agile Acquisition of the Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Life Cycle Management System and Acquisition Streamlining.

Responsibilities

Ensure program management resources have comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and DoDI 5000.75.
Utilize knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition programs.
Apply knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing program schedule and cost baselines and recommend viable solutions to problems.
Support and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory reports, e.g., Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) or Monthly Activity Reports (MARs).
Support program management reviews, senior level meetings/reviews and Integrated Master Plan (IMP)/Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reviews.
Develop, report, and maintain schedules and metrics needed to track program status, applying Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to evaluate and report program health and status.
Provide product support to the PM and Product Support Manager (PSM) for the execution of the PSM’s duties as the Total Life Cycle Systems Manager.
Assist in planning, organizing, and managing critical aspects of the development, production, and/or deployment of capabilities utilizing DoD, US Air Force, and local logistics policies, procedures, and functionalities, and financial data requirements of acquisition logistics disciplines.
Provide understanding in the application of acquisition management initiatives such as buying commercial items (i.e., acquisition of Non-developmental Items (NDI), Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items, and FAA certified items), Commercial Practices (such as Performance Based Business Environment), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Evolutionary Acquisition and Agile Acquisition of the Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Life Cycle Management System and Acquisition Streamlining.
Arrange and support various program actions such as meeting attendance; meeting minutes; milestone planning, tracking, and scheduling; briefing preparation; staff coordination; risk management plan and strategy development and integration; and decision documentation preparation.
Assist with the review, interpretation and application of new statutory and regulatory requirements, and provide recommendations for Government integration.
Function as the Portfolio Analysis and Business Integration (PABI), who are directorate-level staff and physically reside in or near the ACS PEO/Director Front Office Group (FOG).
Assist the government team in the development and refinement of Directorate-level portfolio metrics.
Assist the USG in supporting the planning, formulating, editing, developing, publishing and storing finished programmatic products to include, but not be limited to, program documentation, plans, directives, reports, briefings and other presentations as required (classified and unclassified) in the media and format requested.
Perform other duties as assigned.