Program Manager, Senior PR - Security Clearance

Position: Program Manager, Senior PR - 1399 with Security Clearance
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB

General Function:
* Ensure program management personnel possess comprehensive knowledge of DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75 principles, policies, and practices of systems acquisition and program management.

* Apply qualitative and quantitative techniques to gather, analyze, and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition programs.

* Monitor program cost and schedule performance, identify variances, and recommend alternative solutions or corrective actions.

* Communicate clearly and professionally in writing and orally to produce high-quality briefings, reports, and acquisition documentation.

* Plan, research, analyze, and assess system acquisition activities across development, production, deployment, and sustainment phases.

* Formulate acquisition strategies that meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

* Prepare and maintain statutory and regulatory acquisition reports such as Defense Acquisition Executive Summaries (DAES) and Monthly Activity Reports (MARs).

* Support program management reviews, Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reviews, and other senior-level decision meetings.

* Conduct programmatic assessments and present findings and recommendations to senior leadership based on DoD and Air Force program analysis methods.

* Assist program managers and acquisition teams in organizing and executing management activities, coordinating specialists, and ensuring project alignment.

* Develop and maintain acquisition schedules, milestones, and deliverables using project management tools and processes.

* Establish and maintain databases; collect, track, and analyze key program metrics to evaluate progress and performance.

* Apply risk management principles by developing, integrating, and updating risk mitigation plans and strategies.

* Use Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to assess and report program cost, schedule, and performance health.

* Coordinate and collaborate with U.S. Government organizations (e.g., Headquarters, MAJCOMs, Test Agencies, USAF Centers) and external partners to accomplish program goals.

* Resolve programmatic issues by interfacing with Air Staff, MAJCOMs, and DoD stakeholders; document decisions, open actions, and outcomes for executive reporting.

* Demonstrate understanding of DoD acquisition processes, analytical methods, and contracting policies for pre- and post-award actions.

* Conduct studies and analyses on acquisition efficiency, workload impact, and cost, ensuring the use of automated management information systems for data integrity.

* Execute acquisition planning initiatives including NDI/COTS purchases, Performance-Based Business Environments, Agile and Evolutionary Acquisition, EVMS, and Acquisition Streamlining.

* Integrate technical and acquisition disciplines such as engineering, program control, configuration management, test, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics, and foreign disclosure.

* Provide life-cycle support for systems, subsystems, and equipment, including training system requirements, site planning, test and integration, and sustainment activities.

* Manage Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and Training Systems Analysis (TSA) processes, ensuring alignment with evolving training requirements.

* Support acquisition documentation development including RFPs, SOOs, PWSs, SOWs, milestone packages (MDD, ASP, A/B/C), and Should-Cost/Will-Cost analyses, under appropriate NDAs.

* Review, interpret, and apply new statutory and regulatory requirements, recommending integration or updates for Government adoption.

* Support the PABI function by developing and refining Directorate-level portfolio metrics and preparing executive-quality analytic products.

* Prepare, edit, and publish official documentation—plans, directives, reports, correspondence, and presentations—using standardized software tools and formats.

* Support Directorate suspense and package tracking systems to ensure timely, accurate assignment and completion of higher-headquarters actions.

* Coordinate and execute programmatic meetings and events, including agenda development, material preparation, and post-event follow-up actions.

* Assist…