Strategic Cell Senior Acquisition Management Specialist

Position Overview

Join us in our fast-paced support to develop, advance, and sustain weapon systems for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and its mission partners. You will be joining a team of personnel with experience and an in-depth understanding of the environments that include ground, near-space, space, and any system that operates in those environments to meet current and projected strategic, operational, and tactical needs for the Department of Defense (DoW). QinetiQ is a mission-led innovation company that works with the USSF and DoW to design, develop, field, and maintain requirements essential to national security and the survivability of the warfighter.

We are seeking a Strategic Cell Senior Acquisition Management Specialist, which is highly knowledgeable in acquiring highly classified ACAT-like space control systems as well as developing and coordinating all activities and documentation required to support ACAT-like Defense Acquisition Boards. The ideal candidate will be highly knowledgeable in the PPBE process and Air Force financial management as well as demonstrated ability to lead a team of acquisition and system engineering professionals to support ongoing and emerging program acquisitions. This position requires an individual who can work closely with technical teams, stakeholders, and partners to ensure program success.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and technical advice for projects and programs as well as support program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities.
• Review and coordinate performance reports to ensure documents are incompliance with Space Systems Command, Space Force, Air Force, and DoW policy, laws, and regulations.
• Facilitate interfacing with critical internal/external acquisition organizations, ensuring completeness and quality of acquisition and requirements-related documents as well as monitoring front office tasks.
• Provide information, advice, and recommendations for the effective alignment of portfolio acquisitions, manpower, and funding.
• Analyze, reconcile, identify discrepancies, recommend corrective action, track findings, and advise the government on resolution.
• Maintain, update, and analyze the acquisition forecast to ensure current and consistent content and identify any discrepancies.
• Incorporate inputs from the force design, operational imperatives, combatant command integrated priority lists, and future force shaping products to deliver recommendations that enhance Government planning and capability.
• Maintain a broad awareness and understanding of all programs and technology development efforts in execution across the applicable portfolio as well as assist integrated product teams and working groups.
• Advise the Government program manager on high visibility engagements, commitments, and taskers (e.g., technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, etc.) as well as establish customer and contractor interfaces.
• Draft, review, coordinate, and process program acquisition information suitable for public release to industry, media, trade publications, and other program stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Masters Degree
• TS/SCI Eligibility; #qinetiqclearedjob
• 20+ years of extensive, relevant experience including duties/assignments specifically in support of space programs.
• Deep understanding of mission critical aspects of acquisition and DoW space launch, ground and sustainmetn, and associated projects.
• Expert in acquiring highly classified ACAT-like space control systems.
• Highly knowledgeable in developing and coordinating all activities and documentation required to support ACAT-like Defense Acquisition Boards.
• Highly knowledgeable in the PPBE process and headquarters staffing process.
• Deep knowledge of Higher Headquarters, Air Force, Space Command, processes and procedures as it relates to their funcational responsibility and speak/write Air Force and Space Acquisition terminology appropirately.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of acquisition and systems engineering professionals to support ongoing and emerging program acquisitions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• PMT 4010 Certificate (or predecessor course)