Program Manager B-2, 01.06.11/12

About the role

Credence supports the B-2 Division, a high-demand, low-density fleet of aircraft that is 20+ years old and undergoing numerous concurrent acquisitions to address obsolescence issues. The Program Manager will be responsible for the modernization, test, production, fielding, and sustainment of these aircraft and related 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 financial management, program management, contracting, configuration management, engineering, and logistics management functions.
• Assist in consolidating functional inputs into common documents and planning for the accomplishment of program milestones.
• 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.
• Aid in performing non-voting advisory support for program source selections, determining program progress, and communicating recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
• 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.
• Develop and coordinate responses to taskers related to internal and external program inquiries.
• Support development of contract strategies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), program risk assessments, market survey requirements, executive briefings, stakeholder coordination, briefing updates, and meeting minutes.
• Perform analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action and provide program assessments to ensure milestone documentation aligns with program strategy.
• Support requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing.
• Translate user requirements documents, including Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), and CONOPs, into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the F/B Directorate.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews, including SRRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, TCMs, FCAs, PCAs, PRRs, TIMs, and other applicable reviews.
• Apply program management initiatives involving commercial items, including Non-Developmental Items (NDI), Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified items.
• 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).
• Afford support to Automated Business Services System (ABSS), System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS), including producing documents using IDECS.
• Support DAG processes, including Monthly Acquisition Reports (MARs), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs), and the Task Management Tool (TMT).
• Plan, coordinate, and participate in integrated program reviews and conferences, including executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirements working group, supportability, and management reviews.
• Review and analyze weapon system prime and subcontractor Earned Value Management (EVM) systems and support management of the action item process following program reviews.
• 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.
• Afford support to 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.
• Identify and advocate AF Operational Support (OS) capability requirements and support OS transformation through capability-based planning, modernization initiatives, process engineering, and integration of intelligence from concept development through sustainment.
• Promote the use of Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) throughout the acquisition life cycle and support development and maintenance of common-use MS&A tools.
• 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 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 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 coordinating documentation across various functions.
• Ability to assist in risk management, project management, process improvement, and logistics support.
• Understanding of current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.
• Ability to handle all official records in accordance with AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 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