Chief, Dynamic Core Acquisition Division
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Job Location:
Chantilly, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WE ARE THE NRO
For sixty years the NRO has developed acquired launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for Americas advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance content on the planet.
Learn more at .
Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NRO
Where You Will Work
We are seeking an exceptional Acquisition Program Manager to serve as the Dynamic Core Acquisition (DCA) Division Chief for the Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition Directorates Tracking and Transport Systems Program Office (SIGINT/T2SPO). This supervisory position is a remarkable opportunity to spearhead national security initiatives in a fast-paced mission-driven environment. T2SPO is responsible for acquiring the new architectures first Major Systems Acquisitions (MSA) in the Dynamic Core layer its common command and control system and associated communication systems. T2SPOs systems support critical national security missions.
As the DCA Division Chief you will lead a diverse team of approximately 40 personnel including military civilian SETA and FFRDC staff in support of the new architectures Dynamic Core layer which includes an Experimental Research Demonstration (ERD) and multiple MSA. This role operates within compressed timelines for designing developing and operationalizing spacecraft systems critical to the success of the new architecture.
The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for senior level (GGS-15) Acquisition Project Manager occupational series 1101. For more information on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) occupational series click here.
Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.
Who May Apply
What You Will Be Doing
Location
Chantilly VA 20151
Telework is not available and you must be able to work at the specified location(s).
Salary
This position meets the qualifications for Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) STEM pay for NRO Cadre employees and candidates as authorized by the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Securitys (OUSD(I&S)). Cadre employees and candidates are eligible to receive STEM pay if they are currently serving in a STEM designated position. Should a Cadre employee or candidate earning STEM pay change positions within the organization they must be assigned to another STEM qualifying position in order to continue to remain eligible for STEM pay. Otherwise Cadre employees and Candidates Generally would be transitioned to the DCIPS GG Pay Scale. For more information on STEM pay visit salary range for the Washington DC area: GGS-15: $167446-$197200
**This position is a senior level DCIPS position. The NRO is accepting applications from U.S. Citizens and current federal government employees for this position. To qualify for the position federal government employees MUST currently be at the GGS 15 grade level and may ONLY apply for a lateral reassignment at their current grade level and step.Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
Hiring Incentives
The NRO may offer hiring incentives and other entitlements at managements discretion.
Trial Period
All new DCIPS employees will be required to serve a 2-year trial period.
Veterans Preference
DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25 Vol 2005 DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are a veteran claiming veterans preference as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 USC you must submit documents verifying your eligibility upon request.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion sex pregnancy national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factor.
Reasonable Accommodation Policy
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should follow the instructions in the job opportunity announcement. For any part of the remaining hiring process applicants should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
A reasonable accommodation is any change to a job the work environment or the way things are usually done that enables an individual with a disability to apply for a job perform job duties or receive equal access to job benefits.
Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodations when:
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For sixty years the NRO has developed acquired launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for Americas advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance content on the planet.
Learn more at .
Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NRO
- You must be a U.S. Citizen
- You must be 18 years of age or older
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
- You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
- You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations
Where You Will Work
We are seeking an exceptional Acquisition Program Manager to serve as the Dynamic Core Acquisition (DCA) Division Chief for the Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition Directorates Tracking and Transport Systems Program Office (SIGINT/T2SPO). This supervisory position is a remarkable opportunity to spearhead national security initiatives in a fast-paced mission-driven environment. T2SPO is responsible for acquiring the new architectures first Major Systems Acquisitions (MSA) in the Dynamic Core layer its common command and control system and associated communication systems. T2SPOs systems support critical national security missions.
As the DCA Division Chief you will lead a diverse team of approximately 40 personnel including military civilian SETA and FFRDC staff in support of the new architectures Dynamic Core layer which includes an Experimental Research Demonstration (ERD) and multiple MSA. This role operates within compressed timelines for designing developing and operationalizing spacecraft systems critical to the success of the new architecture.
The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for senior level (GGS-15) Acquisition Project Manager occupational series 1101. For more information on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) occupational series click here.
Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.
Who May Apply
- This position is open to the public.
- Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
- Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
- The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.
- This position may not qualify for the appointment of a reemployed federal annuitant IAW DoDI 1400.25 Volume 300.
What You Will Be Doing
- Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities
- Direct coordinate and oversee work through subordinate team leads
- Serve as a System Program Office (SPO) technical representative internal and external to the NRO
- Oversee teams across multiple disciplines including aerospace software and systems engineering
- Navigate compressed development timelines from design through launch
- Ensure technical excellence across spacecraft and ground systems
- Drive innovation while maintaining quality and performance standards
- Leads a highly technical government and industry team responsible for delivery and operations of multiple simultaneous satellite acquisition programs.
- Represents the SPO at high-level conferences and meetings with representatives from the Department of War (DoW) other Intelligence Community (IC) partners military services and agencies and private industry.
- Equip team with resources necessary to effectively evaluate contractor performance cost and schedule of major contracts to develop deliver and sustain overhead reconnaissance systems including spacecraft hardware ground and communication components and mission software applications.
- Establish organizational structures procedures and mission objectives for staff to eliminate work barriers to mission accomplishment.
- Work collaboratively and constructively with external partners stakeholders and overseers on a wide-range of program issues risks challenges and opportunities.
- Manage and assesses progress in assigned projects/programs including cost schedule and performance supporting baseline requirements by applying program management methods and procedures.
- Develop execute and monitors risk management strategies to address areas of concern or potential gaps.
- Provide mentoring to junior personnel in government-contractor technical oversight roles and fosters their professional growth.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Computer Science or comparable discipline from an accredited university
- Minimum ten (10) years of experience in related technical field
- Minimum four (4) years of government acquisition experience or equivalent
- Demonstrated extensive expertise in satellite acquisition and program management
- Proven leadership experience in fast-paced technical development environments
- Strong track record managing complex engineering projects with tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries
- Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams and driving program management excellence
- Demonstrated experience leading SIGINT system development integration and testing
- Demonstrated interpersonal collaborative teambuilding and leadership skills with proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and decision-making in a variety of complex high pressure situations and in the face of competing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop employees to formulate and achieve goals that achieve intelligence impacts
- Demonstrated experience leading a breadth of technical and management functions to include program management risk management systems engineering budgeting policy formulation/execution and human capital management
- Demonstrated experience in maintaining constructive technical partnerships with related technical groups and stakeholder organizations
- Demonstrated experience in advanced multidisciplinary engineering or related engineering/technical disciplines concepts principles practices standards methods techniques materials and equipment sufficient to apply experimental theories principles and concepts to project development and execution
- Knowledge of DoW and IC organizations missions relevant policies and processes
- Appropriate certification requirements IAW the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) no later than 4 years after accepting this position. Individual shall maintain at a minimum 80 continuous Learning Points every 24 months via the services acquisition management system.
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) coded positions: If selected for a DAWIA coded position the incumbent must meet appropriate certification requirements IAW the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) no later than 48 months after accepting this position. Individual shall maintain at a minimum 80 continuous Learning Points every 24 months via the services acquisition management system. DAWIA requirements may be located at theDefense Acquisition University website.
- DAWIA Functional Area/Tier Required:
- GG14-15: Program Management/Advanced
- Employee is expected to meet Continuing Education requirements to maintain DAWIA certification. If appointed as a Contracting Officers Technical Representative (COTR) employee must attend the NRO Acquisition COTR training.
- Comprehensive knowledge of overhead collection systems and capabilities and how these systems and capabilities are used by IC and DoW
- Demonstrated knowledge of launch systems integration and developing launch systems and launch system interfaces to meet the needs of complex spacecraft deployments
- Understanding of end-to-end NRO system engineering practices
- Experience with overhead SIGINT system operations and Operations & Maintenance activities
- Demonstrated knowledge of NRO SIGINT mission ground stations design and operations
- Advanced academic degree in Engineering Computer Science or other related technical degree or equivalent work experience
- Overtime Statement: MAY be required to work other than normal duty hours which may include evenings weekends and/or holidays.
- Travel Statement: MAY be required to travel in military or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
- Financial Disclosure: MAY be required to file an OGE Form 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon appointment and will be required to file annually.
- Geographic Mobility Agreement: MAY be subject to directed reassignment as required to address mission effectiveness and/or career development.
- Information Assurance (IA): Must achieve the appropriate IA certification within six months of assignment.
- Emergency Essential: Certain positions MAY be deemed emergency essential and incumbents must be willing to meet all position requirements.
Location
Chantilly VA 20151
Telework is not available and you must be able to work at the specified location(s).
Salary
This position meets the qualifications for Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) STEM pay for NRO Cadre employees and candidates as authorized by the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Securitys (OUSD(I&S)). Cadre employees and candidates are eligible to receive STEM pay if they are currently serving in a STEM designated position. Should a Cadre employee or candidate earning STEM pay change positions within the organization they must be assigned to another STEM qualifying position in order to continue to remain eligible for STEM pay. Otherwise Cadre employees and Candidates Generally would be transitioned to the DCIPS GG Pay Scale. For more information on STEM pay visit salary range for the Washington DC area: GGS-15: $167446-$197200
**This position is a senior level DCIPS position. The NRO is accepting applications from U.S. Citizens and current federal government employees for this position. To qualify for the position federal government employees MUST currently be at the GGS 15 grade level and may ONLY apply for a lateral reassignment at their current grade level and step.Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade per IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
Hiring Incentives
The NRO may offer hiring incentives and other entitlements at managements discretion.
Trial Period
All new DCIPS employees will be required to serve a 2-year trial period.
Veterans Preference
DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25 Vol 2005 DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are a veteran claiming veterans preference as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 USC you must submit documents verifying your eligibility upon request.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion sex pregnancy national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factor.
Reasonable Accommodation Policy
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should follow the instructions in the job opportunity announcement. For any part of the remaining hiring process applicants should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
A reasonable accommodation is any change to a job the work environment or the way things are usually done that enables an individual with a disability to apply for a job perform job duties or receive equal access to job benefits.
Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodations when:
- An applicant with a disability needs an accommodation to have an equal opportunity to apply for a job.
- An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to perform the essential job duties or to gain access to the workplace.
- An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to receive equal access to benefits such as details training and office-sponsored events.
Privacy Act Notice
Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): We use this information to determine qualifications for employment. This is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.
Read more about the Privacy Act of 1974
Required Experience:
Chief
Key Skills
- area management
- Employee Evaluation
- Cold Calling
- Construction Experience
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Territory Management
- Restoration
- Sales Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
About Company
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) helps the US practice the first rule of warfare: Know thine enemy. Called the "nation's eyes and ears in space," the Department of Defense agency designs, builds, and operates US reconnaissance satellites for the Central Intelligence Agency and ... View more
