Deputy Program Manager, Vulcan Launch Operations

Organization

Organization:
The United States Space Force (USSF) is a military service that organizes, trains, and equips military members and civilians to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and provide space capabilities to the joint force. USSF responsibilities include developing Guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands (CCMDs).

The strategic importance of space can’t be overstated. Political and humanitarian interests as well as commercial concerns vital to the world economy all rely on space-based systems. Launched in 2019 as the nation’s sixth and newest military branch, the USSF was created to protect the interests and assets of America and its allies in this heavily contested realm. The Department of War relies on satellites and advanced space-based technology for secure communications, navigation, real-time reconnaissance, precision targeting on the battlefield, early warning of potential missile launches, and even weather forecasting.

Guardians and civilians of the USSF are challenged every day to reach new heights in protecting and amplifying these space-based capabilities and defending our way of life by maintaining our edge in space. The Space Force wants to attract talent with the character and potential to excel, empower them with information and choices, and develop them in line with their desires and the Space Force’s needs to create a high-performing organization necessary to secure and defend space.

Please review the new Guardian Ideal to learn more about the new talent culture within the new U.S. Space Force, as we have a chance to make history and rewrite some of the rules—we hope you are excited about the opportunities this will present! https://www.space force.mil/News/Article/2782534/cso-unveils-guardian-ideal-space-force-values-at-afa/

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is searching for an Deputy Program Manager, Vulcan Launch Operations (NH-1101-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:

Welcome to the exciting world of rockets!!! This job will provide you an opportunity to acquire a service vs a weapon system or hardware, but not just any kind of service, but the unique one of acquiring a space launch capability from United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space, and Security. In this position you’ll be responsible for acquiring from ULA a booster/first stage, a second stage, a payload fairing to encapsulate the satellite, mission unique hardware for integrating the Satellite with the launch vehicle and an engineering design as to how ULA will carry the satellite to space and how it will deploy the space vehicle to achieve the desired orbit.

Launches will be conducted out of either Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL or Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA. You may also be involved with swapping missions (after their initial assignment) between ULA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. You’ll also become a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), receiving, disseminating, and reviewing inputs on Contract Data Receivable Lists (CDRLs) and then issuing a Contract Document Action to ULA when the Government accepts the CDRL input(s).

You will also work regularly with a Procurement Contracting Officer, their buyer(s), Financial Managers, and Engineers as well as be expected to travel to the Cape, Vandenberg, Denver, CO (ULA’s Headquarters) and Decatur, AL (ULA’s manufacturing facility). Space is a vital National asset and in this position, you will be at the forefront of acquiring a $100M+ space launch capability for…