Program Manager-PEG/DAG Public Affairs, Journeyman- WAX 1.4.06

About the role

The Plans and Programs Division supports the modernization and sustainment of Fighter and Advanced Aircraft (F&AA) capabilities for the U.S. Air Force and coalition partners. The division manages capability planning, technology integration, program oversight, and cross-functional processes—from concept through fielding. It also develops future capability roadmaps in collaboration with Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOMs) and other key stakeholders.

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.
• Understand current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.
• Support the review of proposals as assigned by the customer.
• Aid in the coordination of documentation between functional resources, including: financial management, program management, contracting, CM, engineering, and logistics management.
• Aid in consolidating functional inputs into common documents.
• Provide assistance in risk management, project management, process improvement support, and logistics support.
• Participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs).
• Assist in the collection of programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout their life cycles to include: research, develop, produce, test, acquire, field, sustain and modernize existing and advanced war-winning capabilities, on-time and on-cost of the F/B Directorate portfolio for the US.
• Assist in performing a non-voting, advisory role for program source selections on all acquisition related requirements, as required.
• Apply program knowledge for developing and coordinating responses to taskers in response to internal and external program inquiries.
• Knowledge of development and test activities required to support warfighter Urgent Operational Needs (UON) and Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON).
• Assist in supporting UON execution teams by providing special knowledge to assist in recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum levels of integration required to satisfy operational need, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost.
• Assist in producing or reviewing products for program offices use that include business case analyses, trade-off studies, estimates for program office acquisition and logistics requirements, written requirements documents for planned acquisitions, and acquisition strategies and plans.
• Assist in supporting the program office during Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA), Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support (O&S) phases, to include all milestone activities.
• Assist in performing MSAs leading up to design reviews. Assist in producing or supporting the development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule and performance.
• Provide support for strategic scheduling and planning documentation such as the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and develop and coordinate a reporting framework for event-based activities during the work efforts.
• Assist in developing program management strategies to include recommending, initiating, reviewing, developing and implementing activities to accomplish Business Case Analysis (BCA), Cost of Ownership analysis (COO), aging aircraft analysis, process documentation, PWSs, Statement of Work (SOWs), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), test plans, acquisition plans, Life Cycle Management Plans (LCMPs), Life Cycle Sustainment Plans (LCSPs), Engine Life Management Plans (ELMPs), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASPs), Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASPs), IMPs, IMSs, Aircraft Information Programs (AIPs), and Aircraft Information Management Plans (AIMPs).
• Support the development of contract strategies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs) and the completion of program risk assessments to document issues impinging on milestone execution.
• Support the development of executive briefings, scheduling and coordinating through appropriate USAF and Government stakeholders.
• Aid in performing analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action.
• Assist in providing program assessments for integration of documentation to ensure consistency with program strategy and consistency across all milestone documentation.
• Aid in providing inputs, drafting, coordinating (with the appropriate F/B Directorate divisions and other Government agencies), adjudicating comments, and producing final versions of coordinated milestone documents and assessments.
• Aid in developing and collecting technical data and inputs for staff summary packages to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approval.
• Support the development, review, and approval process for requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing.
• Aid in translating user requirements documents such as the Capability Development Document (CDD)/Capability Production Document (CPD) and CONOPs into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the F/B Directorate.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews as needed, such as: System Requirements Reviews (SRRs), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Technical Coordination Meetings (TCMs), Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs), Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs), Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), and others as applicable.
• Aid in the application of program management initiatives to include purchasing commercial items such as Non-Developmental Items (NDI), Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified items.
• Aid with commercial practices 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).
• Aid with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS).
• Aid in producing documents utilizing IDECS.
• Aid in supporting DAG processes including but not limited to: Monthly Acquisition Reports (MARs), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) and the Task Management Tool (TMT).
• Aid in providing technical support through planning, coordinating, and participating in integrated program reviews and conferences, including, but not limited to, the following: executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirement working groups, supportability, and management reviews.
• Aid in the review and analysis of weapon system prime and subcontractor's Earned Value Management (EVM) systems.
• Aid in supporting the management of the action item process following each review.
• Aid in supporting program briefings and reports by gathering information, preparing charts, presenting briefings, and providing other support as needed.
• Aid in providing support to process and complete Modification Proposal AF Form 1067 activities. This effort includes assisting with logging, assigning review responsibilities, tracking completions, providing responses to the using command, and archiving results.
• Aid in providing programmatic support for the using commands' Requirements and Planning Councils (R&PC) or similar requirements review processes.
• Aid in supporting various program actions to include implementation of policies, processes, and tools for Capability Planning and Development.
• Aid in reviewing capability requirements and option sets (architecture-based) to ensure the necessary interoperability and appropriate linkages to other capabilities.
• Aid in communicating with multiple platforms, programs, and phases as well as across multiple enterprises while assisting in integration of intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure cross-enterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition.
• Advise in establishing a capability architect function to ensure integrated architectures are developed and used as a standard vehicle for cross-enterprise comparison, analysis, and in

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., engineering, business, or related discipline)
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in acquisition program management, preferably in the defense industry
• Experience in managing complex projects and programs
• Strong understanding of DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Desired:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Experience with Agile and/or evolutionary acquisition methodologies
• Experience with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and/or non-development items (NDI) procurement
• Experience with automated business services systems (ABSS) and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business Services System (ABSS), the System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS)
• Experience with the Automated Business