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Acquisition Program Management Specialist

Department of the Air Force

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Arlington, VA
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Job Description

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The United States Space Force (USSF) at the Pentagon is searching for a TMM Program Manager to support SYD 81 (NH-0343-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).

Description:
This position is an Acquisition Program Manager working in the Space Force Personnel Data Management office responsible for developing two Space Force Wide programs - a new Human Resources IT program and Continuous Fitness Assessment Wearables (CFAW) program to utilize fitness devices for PT testing. This office develops and maintains the acquisition baselines and program strategies for enterprise business capabilities in support of the Space Force and mission partners. This includes driving cost, schedule, and performance for HR IT and CFAW. This position leads cross-functional IPTs, which ensures acquisition integration across SYD 81, defines and enforces all program management processes in support of HR IT, CFA, and SYD 81, provides statutory compliance guidance (e.g., Clinger-Cohen Act), and manages contract execution and direction for A&AS/SETA personnel in SYD 81. This office is also responsible for creating, coordinating, and synchronizing acquisition strategies, spend plans, and other official programmatic documentation through SYD 81 staff functions for current and future HR IT and CFAW operations and activities. Will lead a mixed team of approximately 5 to 10 Government civilian, military, and support contractors.

Ideal Candidate:
Ideal candidate would possess at least 5 years of experience in defense acquisition and program management. Possessing a background in leading enterprise capability acquisitions, navigating Defense Business Systems (DBS), and executing agile software methodologies is highly desired. Knowledge of the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC - DoDI 5000.75), Software Acquisition Pathway (DoDI 5000.87), Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties, and APDP Practitioner Certification in Program Management is also highly desired. Must be able to lead a team of Government civilian, military, and support contractors. Must be an effective communicator, able to receive, interpret, and communicate programmatic information from senior leadership to the rest of the organization.

Knowledge, Skill & Abilities:
1. Knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.
2. Knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.
3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.
4. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate the activities of a multi-disciplinary program team; analyze project requirements to set priorities, make sound technical and business decisions, and integrate work operations to achieve organizational acquisition goals.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.
6. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.
7. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
  • Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, "confidential Financial Disclosure Report." Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.
  • May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
  • Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
  • This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
  • Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
  • This is a Centrally Managed position, PCS / relocation/ recruitment funding may be authorized.
  • Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 21 days per year.
  • This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
Qualifications

The 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements . Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

Additional information

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is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click .
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