Senior Acquisition Specialist

About the role

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. The Director’s Action Group (DAG) / Business Operations Senior-Level position serves as a key acquisition and business operations advisor supporting Space Force programs at Los Angeles Operations in El Segundo, CA. In this role, you will help manage the cost, schedule, and performance of Department of Defense acquisitions while coordinating high-visibility taskers, consolidating stakeholder responses, and supporting leadership with planning, briefing, and execution activities. You will play an essential role in ensuring timely and effective support to directorate, SSC, and Space Force Command priorities. Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Responsibilities

• Support Director’s Action Group and Business Operations functions for Space Force acquisition activities.
• Manage the cost, schedule, and performance of Department of Defense acquisitions from the commercial, industrial, and/or military perspective.
• Assess, develop, evaluate, and consolidate technical and programmatic responses from internal and external program stakeholders.
• Frequently interact with Space Force/Air Force and DoD tools such as TMT and MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) to initiate, track, and close out various directorate, SSC, and Space Force Command taskers.
• Apply effective communication, planning, budgeting, and programming skills to support ongoing and future Space Force acquisitions.
• Conducting daily review, analysis, and dissemination of tasks.
• Using NIPR and SIPR Task Management Tool (TMT) and email to retrieve and assign tasks.
• Updating the tasker database and providing it to leadership at the end of each day.
• Assembling and providing instruction on the completion of electronic Staff Summary Sheet (eSSS) packages.
• Communicating effectively with offices at each leadership level, including Directorate, Center, MAJCOM, Space Force, and DoD.
• Preparing briefing slides for weekly leadership council meetings.
• Advising leadership on the status of assigned deliverables.
• Maintaining appointment calendars and conference room schedules.
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