Organizational Development and UMD SME

Job Summary

Galapagos Federal Systems LLC is seeking an experienced Organizational Development and UMD SME Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support Space Systems Command (SSC) acquisition reform initiatives focused on accelerating capability delivery and improving organizational effectiveness.

In this role, you will assess Government acquisition organizations, policies, processes, and workforce requirements to identify barriers and recommend improvements. You will collaborate with key stakeholders and translate findings into actionable reform recommendations, implementation guidance, senior-leader briefings, and unit manning documentation.

The ideal candidate brings senior-level DoD acquisition, human capital, workforce planning, and manning documentation experience, along with strong strategic analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.

Key Responsibilities

The Organizational Development and UMD SME will:

• Advise Government leadership on organizational design, manpower policy, force structure, and workforce alignment
• Assess mission requirements, functions, workload, and operational priorities to determine organizational and staffing requirements
• Develop, review, validate, and maintain Unit Manning Documents (UMDs) to accurately reflect approved manpower authorizations
• Ensure UMD positions accurately identify grades, occupational specialties, skill levels, duty titles, position numbers, workforce categories, and organizational assignments
• Reconcile UMD data with organizational charts, manpower authorizations, personnel records, and authoritative manpower and human resources systems
• Identify manpower shortages, excess authorizations, grade or skill mismatches, unfunded requirements, and organizational gaps that may impact mission execution
• Develop recommendations to add, eliminate, realign, redesignate, or modify military, civilian, and contractor positions
• Prepare manpower change requests, organizational change packages, position crosswalks, and supporting justification documentation
• Design and refine organizational structures based on mission requirements, functions, workload, and span-of-control considerations
• Evaluate proposed organizational changes for impacts to readiness, command relationships, personnel, funding, facilities, resources, and mission performance
• Conduct organizational and manpower studies using mission analysis, workload data, staffing standards, process reviews, and stakeholder input
• Develop defensible manpower requirements, staffing models, and business-case analyses for Government leadership
• Facilitate manpower working groups, organizational design sessions, staffing reviews, and senior-leader decision forums
• Analyze workforce composition and recommend the appropriate mix of military, civilian, and contractor personnel
• Develop organizational charts, mission and function statements, implementation plans, decision briefings, executive summaries, and status reports
• Establish business rules, standard operating procedures, templates, and data-quality controls for organizational and manpower information
• Develop manpower metrics, dashboards, risk assessments, and decision-support products for command-level governance
• Train and advise manpower representatives and staff on UMD interpretation, organizational change procedures, documentation requirements, and manpower processes

Skills and Experience

The Organizational Development and UMD SME must have:

• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility and the ability to maintain access to classified DoD information
• 10+ years of relevant DoD experience in manpower, personnel, force management, organizational development, or force structure
• Ability to travel as required
• Senior-level experience supporting a headquarters, major command, field command, service component, or comparable DoD organization
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, validating, and maintaining UMDs or equivalent manpower authorization documents
• Expert knowledge of military and civilian manpower policies, organizational structure standards, position authorization processes, and force-management principles
• Experience analyzing manpower requirements, mission functions, workload, staffing standards, grades, occupational specialties, skill levels, and workforce categories
• Experience preparing and coordinating manpower and organizational change requests, position realignments, and supporting justification packages
• Demonstrated ability to reconcile UMD data…