Executive Acquisition Associate

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Master's Degree

Full-time

• Assist the customer in the execution of routine business operations by extracting program specific information, assessments, analysis, and reviews enabling program and technical acquisition artifacts to be integrated at the enterprise level; assist in the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of enterprise portfolio.
• Assist the customer with management and integration of the portfolio by providing information, advice, and recommendations for the effective alignment of portfolio acquisitions, manpower, and funding
• Maintain, update, and analyze the acquisition forecast to ensure current and consistent content and identify any disconnects or deficiencies
• Support Kill Chain development providing advice and recommendations on acquisition investments that support closing capability gaps
• Maintain, update, and analyze the acquisition forecast to ensure current and consistent content and identify any disconnects or deficiencies.
• Develop and coordinate plans, products, and processes for requisite Space Force, SSC PEOs, Directors, Deltas and program offices
• Identify, collect, organize, compile, and assimilate cost, schedule, performance, and programmatic acquisition information to document program planning and execution
• Create, maintain, and update program acquisition information databases for purposes of consistency, accuracy, and availability of program documentation throughout the acquisition lifecycle
• Draft, assemble, and prepare program acquisition information point papers, briefings, articles, media releases, and other written material for Government review and approval
• Apply critical thinking and analysis to integrate and correlate current knowledge of program data with program baselines to accurately and expertly develop, maintain, update and review acquisition reports prior to PEO approval, such as the Monthly Acquisition Report, Selected Acquisition Report, Defense Acquisition Executive Summary, Acquisition Program Baseline, and supplemental reports as required for acquisition category I, II, and III programs
• Assist the Government in ensuring programs of record comply with all statutes, policy, and guidance
• Apply innovative and broad interpretation in recommending the appropriate Acquisition Master List designation suitable for the program objectives and acquisition strategy. Knowledge of the laws, principles, policies, and practices of systems acquisition and program management is required for thorough and detailed analysis as these reports are submitted to senior Space Force leaders, OSD, and Congress
• Effectively communicate both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, and with technical and administrative accuracy in a professional manner
• Validate that data in the acquisition reporting system agrees with data in the appropriate Government systems and report differences to the Government. Acquisition programs develop these reports for consistency, synchronicity, and integration with portfolio plans and objectives
• Draft program overviews and executive summaries, encapsulate major program issues, gather program contract information, track program milestones/status and review program health and executability, and assess program cost, schedule, and technical risks
• Consolidate program manager’s identified cost, schedule, and technical efficiency initiatives, accurately interpret acquisition program baseline thresholds and compliance, verify program costs against the approved President’s Budget, track program baseline changes, accurately capture high level program logistic,…