Senior Acquisition Program Manager

The Senior Acquisition Program Manager will support an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center customer at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. The customer Program Office is responsible for planning, developing, and acquiring cost-effective, long-term critical U.S. Air Force capabilities within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure. The selected candidate will serve as a senior acquisition professional supporting program planning, execution, and oversight across the acquisition lifecycle.

The candidate will work side by side with Government personnel and support contractors in the Program Office and will regularly interface with major defense contractors supporting critical defense capabilities. This position requires a highly experienced program manager with strong defense acquisition expertise, the ability to lead and coordinate across functional teams, and the communication skills to support decisions at senior levels.

Most work will be performed in the customer workspace. Travel up to 20% may be required.

• Provide senior program management and acquisition support for Government development and execution efforts.
• Lead or support planning, coordination, and execution of acquisition activities across the program lifecycle.
• Work closely with program managers, engineers, contracting, financial management, logistics, test, and other functional teams to ensure integrated program execution.
• Maintain situational awareness of day-to-day program issues and proactively plan for major program events, reviews, and decision points.
• Support development, coordination, and staffing of acquisition documentation required by statute, regulation, and policy in support of program milestones and decision events.
• Develop, review, and coordinate acquisition strategies, acquisition planning documents, milestone documentation, briefing materials, decision packages, and related program artifacts.
• Support contract award and contract modification activities, including pre-award documentation, source selection support, and post-award execution support.
• Review contractor deliverables, integrated master schedules, technical status reports, and cost performance reports, and provide assessments and recommendations to the Government team.
• Monitor and assess contractor performance, including prime and subcontractor execution, and identify impacts to program cost, schedule, and performance.
• Lead and facilitate IPT activities to synchronize cross-functional stakeholder efforts, resolve issues, and support timely decision‑making.
• Develop and communicate program roadmaps for capabilities, technologies, and product lines.
• Develop integration and transition plans, procedures, and resource coordination necessary to support program execution and transition activities.
• Support milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, staff coordination, and preparation of decision‑quality documentation for senior leaders.
• Identify program risks, issues, and opportunities; develop mitigation strategies; and communicate impacts and recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare and present clear, accurate, and concise written and oral communications for senior Department of the Air Force, Department of War, and industry stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain trusted working relationships with Government customers, contractors, and other stakeholders.

• Experience supporting Department of War acquisition programs, including contracting and program management activities across the acquisition lifecycle.
• Experience developing and staffing acquisition and contracting documentation, such as Justification and Approval/Authority documents, acquisition strategy documentation, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Statements of Objectives (SOOs),…