Acquisition Manager Journeyman

COLSA Corporation is seeking candidates for Acquisition Managers (Journeyman)positions in support of a USAF contract.

Position openings may be available at Wright Patterson AFB OH; Warner Robins GA; Hill AFB Utah; and/or Tinker AFB OK.

This position will provide support to the program in areas such as:

Government Acquisition

• Demonstrates an understanding of DoD acquisition processes and analytical methods or techniques to gather analyze and evaluate information required by the USG; assist in drawing conclusions and devising solutions to problems relating to improvement of acquisition effectiveness and compliance; assist with developing and drafting acquisition documentation and assisting with quality control; assist with performing work measurement studies program or operations efficiency reviews cost studies or workload change impact analyses; and rely upon and use automated management information systems in performing fact finding analytical and advisory functions.
• Supportskey acquisition events and reviews as needed such as: System Requirements Reviews (SRR) Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) Critical Design Reviews (CDR) Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) Technical Coordination Meetings (TCM) Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) Production Readiness Reviews (PRR) and others as applicable.
• Applies an understanding of contracting policies and processes for the purpose of analyzing requirements and assisting with the development of solutions to include preaward and postaward situations.

Status Reporting

• Assist with establishing and maintaining databases and assist in the development and analysis of key program metrics.
• Assist in developing and integrating risk management plans and strategies and support program briefings.
• Assist in determining program progress and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
• Assist in organizing and managing critical aspects of the development production deployment and sustainment of programs/projects.

Program Analysis

• Applies an understanding of DoD and AF program/project analysis to assist with planning organizing completing and presenting assessments of program/project activity management concepts analyses studies and procedures to the USG.
• Assists with performing analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action.
• Evaluates implications of existing or proposed projects programs processes and policies/laws and recommend improvements to the USG.
• Assists the USG in the planning and organizing of program management activities and/or analyses efforts of a group of specialists and/or advising on and performing work related to program management.
• Performs a wide range of activities including gathering a variety of program information conducting analyses acquisition strategy planning preaward and postaward document preparation and milestone planning tracking scheduling briefing preparation staff coordination and decision documentation preparation.

Requirements Development

• The Contractor shall support the development review and approval processes for requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing.
• Assists in translating user requirements documents such as the Capability Development Document (CDD) Capability Production Document (CPD) and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the directorate.

Capability Planning

• Supports USG implementation of policies processes and tools for capability planning and development.
• Assists in developing and implementing capability based planning processes for AFMC.
• Assists in reviewing capability requirements and option sets to ensure the necessary interoperability and appropriate linkages to other capabilities. The Contractor shall assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews.

Program Integration

• Assists in intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure crossenterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition.
• Assists in establishing a capability architect function to ensure integrated architectures are developed and used as a standard vehicle for crossenterprise comparison analysis and integration.
• Identifies and advocates to various levels of management improvements to existing and proposed Air Force Operational Supportcapability requirements.
• Supportstransformational improvements to operational support via capabilitybased planning modernization initiatives and process engineering.

Document Preparation

• Provide support for all aspects of program cost schedule and performance.
• Assist with theData Item Descriptions (DIDs) Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) data calls and reviews.
• Supports and assists inplanning organizing and managing of general and critical aspects of the development production and/or deployment of the systems subsystems and equipment as well as the acquisition program management of the full life cycle requirements.
• Supports the development and sustainment of program requirements documents assist with producing and/or reviewing products for USG useto include acquisition strategies and plans integrated schedules all required program documentation to include but not limited to documentation between functional resources program risk management plans and tracking logistic support and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) proposal evaluation.
• Assists with logging assigning review responsibilities tracking completions providing responses to the using command and archiving results.

Program Coordination

• Develops and collect technical data and inputs for staff summary packages to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approval.
• Provides technical support plan for coordinate and participate in integrated program reviews and conferences including but not limited to: executive readiness technical budget design weapon system requirement working groups supportability and management reviews.
• Participates in system developer or OEM technical and programmatic reviews assisting in identifying risks and developing mitigation plans.
• Assists with the management of the action item process following each review briefings and reports by gathering information preparing charts presenting briefings and providing other support as needed.

Program

• Produces or supports development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost schedule and performance.
• Supports program per established strategies and plans during all program phases support all program milestones and provide support as well as expertise for briefings and meetings as required.
• Assists with tracking appropriation and allocation of funds to ensure the efficient obligation and of funds to certify costs and scheduled activities are aligned and tracked to meet program goals.

Schedule Project Management

• Assists with developing analyzing reporting and maintaining schedules and metrics that are needed to track program status.
• Provides schedule analysis of overarching program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with knowledge of OEMspecific scheduling tools or other tools mandated by the USG and integration techniques.
• Assists with applying EVM principles and program control best practices in order to evaluate and report program health and status.
• Uses Microsoft Project or other scheduling tools as required.

External Mission Partner Coordination

• Interfaces and coordinates with lateral USG organizations including but not limited to headquarters major commands aircraft wings/squadrons test agencies and USAF Centers or other external agencies to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Assists with the resolution of programmatic issues including but not be limited to interfacing/querying Air Staff Air Force Major Command and DoD personnel.

Program Reviews

• Provides technical support planning for coordinating and participating in integrated program reviews and conferences including but not limited to the following: executive readiness technical budget design weapon system requirement working groups supportability and management reviews.
• Assists with program briefings and reports by gathering information preparing charts presenting briefings and providing other support as needed.

Directors Action Group/Program Group Support

• Support DAG and PEG processes including but not limited to Reviews Monthly Acquisition Report (MAR) Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) other acquisition reports and the Senior Officer Communication and Coordination Electronic Resource (SOCCER).

Working Group/Integrated Product Team Participation

• Participates in process improvement activities as members of or advisors to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs).
• Performs as required a nonvoting advisory role for program source selections on all acquisition related requirements.
• Assists in determining program progress and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
• Applies program knowledge for developing and coordinating responses to taskers in response to internal and external program inquiries.

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