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DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HBD), Theater Battle Control Division. The Theater Battle Control Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), Tactical Air Control, Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities.
Job Responsibility:
Support cost and schedule reduction activities for acquisition and development efforts
Provide program level acquisition support to the Program Manager and Integrated Product Team Leads by helping guide successful program execution to maintain the acquisition battle rhythm and deliver warfighter capability
Provide support and solutions to program leadership to facilitate successful contract execution for the program and analyzes overall program health and advises program leadership on options to maintain cost, schedule and performance objectives
Support and develop various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management
Provide expert Program Management inputs to Request for Proposal (RFPs) including systems specs, Electronic Warfare Systems (SRDs), Statement of Work (SOWs), and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), and other RFP products
Review acquisition documents and provides comments with programmatic perspective to ensure consistency and accuracy
Support, prepare, review and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory acquisition report and milestone review documentations identified in DoDI 5000.02
Support implementation and execution of acquisition and development effort processes in concert with Government and weapon system prime contractors
Provide non-technical acquisition program management to include guidance and expertise necessary to apply principles, criteria, and procedures of DoD Directive 5000.1, DoDI 5000.02, NSSAP 03-02, and other DoD, AF, AFMC, and AFLCMC Instructions, Directives, Regulations, and guidance documents as applicable
Outline policy disconnects, policy interpretation, and management of all acquisition efforts
Advise the PM on best practice PM principles to achieve substantial process improvements, efficiencies, and potential cost avoidance
Assist with planning, evaluating and implementing program acquisition strategies
Support and coordinate with program level scheduling personnel
Develop, maintain, and update program risk management plans IAW the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, AFPAM 63-128, and the Air Force RI3 Guidebook
facilitate program risk identification, risk analysis, risk handling and risk monitoring
assist with execution of program risk management boards, risk management working groups (or equivalent), and document meeting minutes
includes analyzing prime and sub-contractor risk management processes
Assist with development, maintenance, and update of acquisition reports such as the Monthly Activity Reports (MAR), Source Approval Request (SAR), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), and supplemental reports as required by DoD policy for ACAT I, ACAT II, and ACAT III programs and IAW DoDI 5000.02, AFI 63-101_20-101, and AFPAM 63-128
Assist with preparation of briefings, graphics and reports in direct support of the acquisition program management functions
Provide services critical to Life Cycle Logistics and operational supportability
Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate acquisition project assignments and make recommendations to Government Program Manager regarding problems with unique or controversial items that may have a major effect on the overall performance and execution of acquisition & sustainment projects
Assist with mission execution to include but not limited to operational planning, operational analysis, capability development, event integration, event execution, analysis and reporting
Ensure Mission Planning Environment systems are planned, managed and developed to support requirement and capability demonstrations testing at developer evaluations, user evaluations, FQT, Developmental Test and Operational Test and MPE fielding requirements meets Operational Flight Program (OFP) schedule requirements
Provide guidance and advice to division branch chiefs and individual program/project managers regarding DoD Directives
Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship is required
Must have and be able to maintain an active Secret level clearance
BA/BS degree and 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline, of which 3 years must be in the DoD
OR 15 years of directly related experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD
Familiar with cloud-based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance
Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps and DevOps principals
Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force
Possess knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs
Possesses the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation including but not limited to briefings, documents, and plan