Program Manager, Senior

About the Role

Torch Technologies is a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. The team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services directly support the men and women who serve our country. The corporate mission is “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom,” and as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, the company is committed to grow and sustain for the next 100 years.

This Program Manager position is located in Kettering, OH (Dayton/WPAFB) supporting the EPASS GB contract. As part of the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, the Reliability and Maintainability Information System (REMIS) is the primary Air Force enterprise maintenance data system used for collecting, validating, editing, standardizing, and reporting equipment maintenance information on a global basis. REMIS consists of a fully integrated relational database providing a single source of all reportable AF weapon system data to over 1,100 authorized AF users. It is a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) financial feeder system that provides accounting/accountability of all AF aerospace vehicles (F-35, F-22, F-15, F-16, A-10, C-130, C-17, C-5, etc.), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and ICBMs. It provides real-time status on aircraft and weapon systems combat readiness, availability, reliability, maintainability, trend analysis, failure prediction, utilization, and configuration status. The REMIS supplement RDT&E efforts focus on modernizing and improving this Air Force capability.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoWI 5000.02 and 5000.75, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoW and the Air Force.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs.
• Knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines and be able to recommend viable solutions to problems as well as the pursuit of alternative courses of action.
• Abilities to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation, e.g., briefings, documents, and plans.
• Abilities to plan, research, analyze and assess system acquisition in terms of development, production and deployment of weapons systems and associated equipment.
• Abilities to formulate plans and recommend effective strategies in meeting cost, schedule and performance objectives.
• Abilities to support and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory reports, e.g., Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) or Monthly Activity Report (MAR).
• Abilities to support program management reviews, senior level meeting/reviews and Integrated Master Plan (IMP)/Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reviews.
• Abilities to support and develop various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management.
• Possesses advanced knowledge, experience and recognized ability to be considered highly skilled in the technical/professional field.
• Ability to perform tasks independently and oversee the efforts of junior and journeyman contractor personnel within the technical/professional discipline.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the technical/professional discipline as well as a comprehensive understanding and ability to apply associated standards, procedures, and practices in the area of expertise (Program Office, Enterprise and Staff Level Support interface).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Advanced Degree (MA/MS) in Business Administration, Management Information Systems or other relevant discipline and 10 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoW; OR BA/BS Degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems or other relevant discipline and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoW; OR 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications, 8 of which must be in the DoW.
• Candidate must possess and maintain a T1/NACI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient with MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Familiar with using MS Teams and MS SharePoint for project collaboration.
• Experience with managing Air Force Risk Management process in support of the acquisition process.
• Working understanding of Agile Development.
• Familiarity with Atlassian Tools; Jira