Journeyman Program Manager

About the role

Provide program-level acquisition support to the Program Manager (PM) and Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leads to ensure disciplined execution, acquisition battle rhythm, and delivery of warfighter capability.

Responsibilities

• Advise program leadership on overall program health and options to maintain cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Interpret, coordinate, and execute acquisition project assignments; identify and resolve issues with significant impact to acquisition and sustainment efforts.
• Compare program direction and plans for alignment and consistency across stakeholders.
• Monitor and assess program integration plans and interface control between systems.
• Plan, evaluate, and implement acquisition strategies across traditional acquisition, Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA), and Urgent Capability pathways.
• Provide non-technical acquisition expertise and guidance in accordance with DoD and Air Force acquisition policies, directives, and instructions; identify and resolve policy disconnects; provide policy interpretation and recommendations to program leadership; track acquisition reform initiatives and recommend updates to programs impacted by policy changes.
• Provide program management inputs to RFPs, including system requirements, SOWs, SRDs, CDRLs, and evaluation criteria; develop source selection strategies and provide administrative and evaluation support; review and track prime contractor deliverables, schedules, and contractual performance; draft contractual correspondence related to program management issues.
• Develop, prepare, and review acquisition reports and statutory documentation in support of milestone decisions and program oversight; support preparation of senior-level briefings, graphics, schedules, and program status updates; maintain recurring program documentation such as MARs, APBs, DAES inputs, SARs, and supplemental acquisition reports; utilize DoD-mandated and specialized systems to support reporting, documentation, and execution.
• Develop, maintain, and execute program risk management plans; facilitate risk identification, analysis, handling, and monitoring; support risk management boards and working groups; document outcomes and action items; analyze contractor and subcontractor risk management processes; coordinate with program scheduling personnel and correlate EVM cost performance data with Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) CDRLs.
• Provide direct support for preparation and submission of funding documents, including purchase requests, MIPRs, and obligation/spend plans; support cost and schedule reduction initiatives across acquisition and development efforts; evaluate funding realism and cost impacts in support of acquisition strategies and execution decisions.
• Provide expert acquisition and program management guidance to division chiefs and program/project managers; advise PMs on best-practice program management principles to improve processes, increase efficiency, and achieve cost avoidance; support life-cycle logistics considerations and operational supportability planning.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of general experience.
• 3+ years working in the DoD sector.
• Must be a U.S.