McBride has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Program Manager providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Electronic Systems (AFLCMC/HB). The Air Force Program Office for PEO Digital (AFPEO/HB) has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization development testing production fielding and sustainment of the PEO Electronic Systems portfolio which includes over 130 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO Electronic Systems is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base MA with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS.
This is a fulltime position located at Eglin AFB FL.
Responsibilities:
Duties include but not limited to:
- Acquisition and Program Support: Provide programlevel acquisition support to Program Managers and Integrated Product Team Leads guiding program to meet cost schedule and performance objectives. Ensure adherence to DoD directives and policies including DoDI 5000.02 DoDI 5000.80 and DoDI 5000.81.
- Contract and Oversight: Support contract through expert analysis and solutions including reviewing acquisition documents milestone decision briefings and risk management plans. Prepare inputs for RFPs such as system specifications SOWs and CDRLs.
- Program Health Analysis: Evaluate program health advise leadership on options to maintain objectives and assist in planning acquisition strategies that align with DoD and Air Force policies.
- Documentation and Reporting: Develop and maintain acquisition reports (e.g. MAR DAES APB) prepare briefings and ensure consistency across program deliverables. Utilize tools such as CCaR IDECS and EDA.
- Risk Management: Develop maintain and execute program risk management plans facilitating risk identification analysis and mitigation while coordinating program risk boards and working groups.
- Source Selection and Contract Administration: Assist in developing source selection strategies evaluation criteria and RFP documentation. Provide recommendations for incentive clauses and evaluate contractor proposals.
- Mission Planning and Operational Support: Oversee Mission Planning Environment (MPE) systems to ensure they meet operational and testing requirements. Coordinate with stakeholders to align MPE capabilities with operational flight program schedules.
- Lifecycle Logistics and Sustainment: Provide critical support for lifecycle logistics operational planning and sustainment strategies ensuring mission readiness and effective system integration.
- Policy and Process Improvement: Monitor DoD acquisition reforms and advise leadership on process improvements cost avoidance strategies and policy interpretations. Ensure compliance with updated regulations and directives.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with division branch chiefs program managers and contractors to provide expert guidance streamline integration and address programmatic issues affecting overall performance.
Requirements
Qualifications:
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have an Active Secret Clearance
Minimum Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor s degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABETaccredited program and minimum of 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline including at least 5 years supporting DoD programs
Proficiency in:
- Requirements development production and deployment and operations and support
- Architecture development and implementation
- Modeling and simulation including ModelBased Systems Engineering principles
- Verification and validation processes
- Technical data package development and sustainment
- Principles of configuration management
Experience with:
- Network architectures embedded systems and application deployment across various systems and hardware including cloud deployment and virtualization
- DoD acquisition processes such as Technology Maturation Risk Reduction Engineering Manufacturing Development and Production and Deployment activities
Technical Knowledge:
- Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training development of tactics techniques and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems
Preferred Qualifications
Education: Master s degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABETaccredited program
Qualifications: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Clearance: Must have an Active Secret Clearance Minimum Required Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's degree in a professional engineering discipline from an accredited educational program and at least 7 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD CM experience within the DoD environment Experience performing hardware and software configuration audits Experience performing the technical administrative activities necessary to manage CM tools for inventory control, version control, data duplication, and media labeling. Experience producing release notes and CM reports Understanding of the configuration change control process, the role of the CCB, and change control documentation Experience performing baseline administrative activities for multiple environments Experience developing briefings for management Understanding of all phases of the software development life cycle Ability to enter and manipulate data in a database (i.e Lifecycle Management Process, Microsoft Access, Sharepoint) Preferred Qualifications: Education: Master's degree in a professional engineering discipline from an accredited educational program along with at least 5 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 3 of which must be in the DoD Location: Hanscom AFB Travel: 10
Education
Qualifications Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Minimum Required Qualifications Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance Preferred Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related field Years of experience: 10+ years of experience Additional Information Location: Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA Travel: Travel may be required at the customer's discretion Must be onsite at Hanscom AFB 3-4 days per mission requirements