Program Management , Level II Acquisition Support (SZK)

Position Overview

The Program Manager will provide comprehensive support for space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice across all stages of the acquisition life cycle. This role involves advising and assisting the Government on cost, schedule, and performance matters, supporting program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice and assistance for all projects and programs, as required, to support any stage of the acquisition life cycle.
• Support program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities.
• Advise and assist the Government on cost, schedule, and performance matters.
• Rewire or provide draft JCIDS and acquisition documentation to the applicable Government program manager and support the presentation of products to internal and external customers.
• (e.g., Initial Capability Documents, Interface Control Documents, Capability Development/Production/Requirements Documents, Milestone documentation, Acquisition Strategies, Analysis of Alternatives, Concept of Operations, Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding, Technical/Systems Requirement Documents, Defense Acquisition Board documentation, Technical Evaluations, System Specifications, enabling concepts, training material, briefings, white papers, reports, and analysis results).
• Provide a draft SME-level technical and/or programmatic status report of any individual program or of the portfolio.
• Identify areas of improvement, including acquisition process improvements and guide actionable, feasible recommendations and execute tasks for reducing risk where appropriate.
• Support the Government program manager on commitments, obligations, and expenditures of funds and perform earned value management and schedule analysis in support of program office defense contracts.
• Subject to classified funding and PPBE support, to include congressional reporting, fiscal year planning, continuing resolution management, unfunded requirement development and submittal, end-of-year funding actions, and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development.
• Assist the Government with reviewing and analyzing packages delivered in support of DoD programs.
• Analyze, reconcile, identify discrepancies, recommend corrective action, track findings, and advise the government on resolution.
• Participate in DCMA surveillance reviews and provide evaluations of surveillance reports and assessments performed by the Agency on Program Contractors’ earned value management and/or alternate management system, processes and procedures, and performance.
• Maintain awareness of current program schedule, monitor acquisition implementation, report requirement shortfalls, and provide a program assessment based on the identified risks. Combine and correlate program execution data with the program baselines to accurately maintain and update acquisition reports.
• Advise the Government program manager on technical engagements, to include but not limited to, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, video teleconferences, telecons, working groups, and informational meetings.
• Maintain a broad awareness and understanding of all programs and technology development efforts in execution across the applicable portfolio, as required. Assist integrated product teams and working groups and establish customer and Contractor interfaces.
• Affiliate with the Government to execute source selections subject to FAR 9.505-4.

Minimum Qualifications

• TS Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 5+ Years Experience in DoD acquisition life cycle planning, including acquisition pathway analysis, milestone documentation analysis, and acquisition documentation coordination
• 5 Years Expertise in leading, managing, and contributing to major defense programs
• 3-10 Years Experience with U.S. Space Force systems and organizations, particularly within Space Systems Command