Program Manager B-2, 01.06.03/08/10/13

About the role

Credence supports the B-2 Division, a high-demand, low-density fleet of 20+ year-old aircraft undergoing numerous concurrent acquisitions to address obsolescence issues. The Program Manager will play a crucial role in modernizing, testing, producing, fielding, and sustaining these critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge and experience in acquisition program management policies and procedures to USAF systems, subsystems, and equipment procurement activities, post-award project/program management tasks, and acquisition programs throughout their life cycles.
• Support proposal reviews as assigned by the customer and assist in coordinating documentation across various functions.
• Provide assistance in risk management, project management, process improvement, and logistics support, including participation in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs).
• Collect programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout their life cycles, including research, development, production, test, acquisition, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of existing and advanced capabilities.
• Develop and coordinate responses to taskers related to internal and external program inquiries.
• Support warfighter Urgent Operational Needs (UON) and Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON) execution teams by recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum integration levels, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost.
• Support development of contract strategies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), program risk assessments, market survey requirements, executive briefings, stakeholder coordination, briefing updates, and meeting minutes.
• Support strategic scheduling and planning documentation, including Integrated Master Plans (IMPs), Integrated Master Schedules (IMSs), and reporting frameworks for event-based activities.
• Support requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews, including SRRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, TCMs, FCAs, PCAs, PRRs, TIMs, and other applicable reviews.
• Support commercial practices and acquisition approaches such as Performance Based Business Environment (PBBE), Evolutionary Acquisition (EA), Agile Acquisition (AA), JCIDS, CONOPS, partnering, architectural views, and Capabilities Review and Risk Assessment (CRRA).
• Support Automated Business Services System (ABSS), System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS).
• Support DAG processes, including Monthly Acquisition Reports (MARs), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs), and the Task Management Tool (TMT).
• Support program briefings and reports by gathering information, preparing charts, presenting briefings, and providing other program support as needed.
• Logistics and support Modification Proposal AF Form 1067 activities, including logging, assigning review responsibilities, tracking completions, providing responses to using commands, and archiving results.
• Support R&PCs or similar requirements review processes.
• Support capability planning and development actions, including implementation of policies, processes, and tools, High Powered Team (HPT) support, and capability-based planning processes for AFMC.
• Support AFMC Capabilities Integration Panel resources, including financial and manpower resources, and review capability requirements and option sets to ensure interoperability and linkages to other capabilities.
• Support establishment of a capability architect function to develop integrated architectures for cross-enterprise comparison, analysis, and integration.
• Support command leadership and policy for modeling, simulation, and analysis to enable capability-based planning and acquisition; access modeling databases and perform specific analysis.
• Plan, organize, and manage critical aspects of the development, production, and/or deployment of capabilities, including systems of systems, families of systems, systems, subsystems, and equipment.
• Prepare, maintain, update, and review test and test-related documentation, including the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), Integrated System Test Plan, Integrated Test Team (ITT) Charter, Program Introduction Document (PID), Statement of Capabilities (SOC), and other required test plans and reports.
• Review test documentation for adequacy, specification/performance requirement compliance, and conformity with mandatory guidance, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Recommend, assess, and analyze requirements and objectives, test and evaluation concepts, strategies, and plans.
• Coordinate acceptance test procedures and associated plans, including testing requirements with program office customers, contractors, and other agencies with standardization requirements for test programs.

Requirements

• Must have a Top-Secret clearance.
• Must have a Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD; OR a Bachelor's Degree in a related field and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD; OR must have fifteen (15) years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight (8) years of which must be in the DoD.
• Must understand current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD; OR a Bachelor's Degree in a related field and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD; OR must have fifteen (15) years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight (8) years of which must be in the DoD.
• Must understand current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.

Skills

• Knowledge of acquisition program management policies and procedures.
• Experience in proposal reviews and program management.
• Ability to support risk management and process improvement.
• Understanding of DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retail Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development