Acquisition Program Manager Journeyman

Location

Fort Washington, MD (Onsite)

TS/SCI

BA/BS (or an AA/AS plus an additional 8 years of work experience, 4 of which must be work-related)

The successful candidate is expected to accomplish the following outcomes during the first year in the position:

• Formally track all tasks, to include: assigned by, suspense, status, and comments on all assigned tasks through completion and be prepared to brief upon request.
• Develop digital continuity folders and files that include standard operating procedures, workflows and POC lists to accomplish all tasks.
• Create 2-3 products beyond the client’s requirements that positively impact the client to either increase efficiency, effectiveness, or innovation.
• Master position tasks within 60 days and exceed requirements within 90 days.

The Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Competition (SAF/OC) Concepts, Development and Management Office (SAF/CDM) Concept Portfolio Office (CPO) is a research and development (R&D) driven technology and development and operational support activity under the cognizance of the United States Air Force (USAF). The CPO mission is to provide the Air Force and Department of War (DoW) organizations with program management, financial management, contracting, and other support needed to rapidly explore concepts, assess technologies, and advance innovative concepts and projects to acquisition and war fighting partners.

The CPO’s Vision is to be DoW's premier agile partner for concept development and mission acceleration, providing innovative solutions to increase lethality and deliver technological advantage needed to win the Nation’s wars.

The Acquisition Program Management Journeyman supports the SAF/OC/CDM/CDMS/CPO capabilities’ portfolio with a full range of project management tasks, in coordination with government program managers and contracting professionals, to include procurement, financial management and planning, administration, security, contracting, and logistics for existing and future programs. The Acquisition Program Management Journeyman assists with the development and maintenance of all project documentation, and coordination of documentation between functional organizations inside and outside SAF/OC/CDM/CDMS/CPO.

Per PWS section 1.3.1.1 Project Management/Acquisition Support, and section, and 1.3.2, Acquisition Project Support, specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Performs DoD systems and non-systems full life cycle program management support, to include but not limited to: acquisition strategy development, requirement documentation development, project management documentation and reports, stakeholder management, monitoring of cost, performance and schedule, and DoD risk management techniques.
• Supports risk management and process improvement by developing risk mitigation strategies, supports development of courses of action, and documentation.
• Participates in internal and external SAF/OC/CDM meeting with little supervision.
• Develops and coordinates responses to internal and external program inquiries.
• Drafts documentation (e.g., acquisition plans, requirements approval documents, justification and approvals, statement of objectives/statement of work/performance work statements, quality contract data requirements list, assurance plans, etc.); presentation materials (e.g., early strategy and issues sessions, acquisition strategy panel briefings, etc.); and assists in preparation of staff summary packages to support acquisition milestone coordination and decisions.
• Supports development of recommendations regarding acquisition strategies, assist with leading multi-functional teams (MFT) through services acquisition processes, documents results from stakeholder engagements pertaining to acquisitions, assists with development of acquisition integrated master schedules from requirement inception through award, and monitor/report progress.
• Works with other functional areas including contracting, financial management, security, IT, legal, etc. as needed to ensure progress of acquisition documentation and packages.
• Supports development and coordination…