Principal Acq Assoc

Job Title

Principal Acq Assoc

Principal Acquisition Associate

Colorado Springs - CO - Colorado Springs, CO US (Primary)

Bachelor's Level Degree

Full-time

Duties: Provide senior-level program management support to United States Space Force. Support spans program planning and execution, space systems sustainment, lifecycle acquisition, portfolio integration, financial management, and senior-leader decision support.

• Integrate cost, schedule, technical performance, and programmatic information to assess program execution and acquisition requirements.
• Support Government program managers in the planning and execution of acquisition, modification, modernization, and sustainment activities throughout the program lifecycle.
• Develop and coordinate acquisition strategies, decision papers, executive briefings, program reviews, and other acquisition documentation.
• Prepare, review, compile, and staff acquisition documentation supporting contract actions, program reviews, milestone activities, and senior acquisition decisions.
• Assess program health and executability, identify cost, schedule, technical, and acquisition risks, and provide recommendations to the Government project officers.
• Support contracting actions by preparing and reviewing statements of work, performance work statements, and supporting documentation for Government review and approval.
• Provide analytical support to independent Government cost estimate development, market research, and source selection activities as requested by the Government.
• Support Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) activities, including surveillance documentation, deliverable review, and contractor performance reporting.

• Consolidate acquisition and sustainment activities across multiple programs and projects to provide Government leadership visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements.
• Maintain acquisition forecasts covering current and future contract actions, milestones, and key decision points; identify disconnects, deficiencies, and emerging execution risks.
• Support space weapon-system sustainment and modernization, including coordination among acquisition, logistics, engineering, contracting, finance, and operational stakeholders.
• Support program and portfolio reviews and other cross-functional activities.
• Support diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) and obsolescence management for satellite control and space ground systems.
• Support product support and integrated logistics activities, including product support strategy development, sparing and supply chain analysis.

• Provide senior Government leaders with integrated program and portfolio information, executive-level analysis, and decision-quality recommendations addressing cost, schedule, performance, risk, and mission impact.
• Develop executive summaries, courses of action, trade-space analyses, risk assessments, program reviews, and senior-leader briefings with clearly articulated recommendations.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions and responses involving higher headquarters, program offices, functional organizations, and external stakeholders.
• Support the Director's Action Group, including tracking and coordinating higher headquarters taskings through the Task Management Tool (TMT), and support special projects, executive taskings, Program Management Reviews, and financial reviews.

Experience: 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in program and acquisition management.

Direct experience supporting U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force…