Senior Program Manager

Space Systems Integration

Job Location:

Washington, AR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers technical challenges.

SSI is seeking a Senior Program Manager for a role in Washington DC.

The customer Program Office provides planning and acquisition of cost-effective long-term critical U.S. Air Force capabilities in an Integrated Product Team structure. The candidate will work side by side with customers and other contractors in the Program Office. Working with the customer the candidate will also interface with major defense contractors who supply critical defense capabilities. The majority of the work will be performed in the customer workspace.

Role and Responsibilities include:

Provide project management acquisition support of customer development efforts.
Perform project manager duties to ensure efficient execution of assigned efforts.
Work closely with program managers lead project engineers contracts finance and program teams.
Maintain awareness of day-to-day issues and plan/prepare for significant project events.
Assist in the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts and contract modifications to other contractor(s) that may include pre-award documentation assistance in the support of source selection activities and post-award support activities.
Review contract deliverables integrated schedules technical status reports and cost performance reports and provide assessments to the Government team.
Assist in program office surveillance of prime and subcontractor in determining program progress and communication recommendations to the Government.
Assist in the creation and approval of acquisition strategies program planning and creation early capability development strategies and project planning and the transition of program execution to the appropriate Program Executive Officer.
Develop and communicate roadmaps for programs and associated technologies and product lines.
Develop integration plans and procedures and organize resources to facilitate program transition activities.
Assist in milestone planning tracking scheduling briefing preparations staff coordination and decision documentation preparation.
Assist with identifying and mitigating risks to technology development projects.
Create and coordinate DD 254s with the program staff and industry.
Participate in working groups and team planning offsites.
Establish trusted and influential relationships with customers suppliers and other stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

15 years acquisition experience and Bachelors degree or 10 years acquisition experience and Masters Degree.
Bachelors degree in engineering or business (if Business must have at least 3 years of experience working on DoD contracts/programs having a heavy focus on engineering) 15 years experience or Masters Degree; Business Project Management; Engineering or other military studies related field 10 years experience.
Experience working DoD acquisition programs to include DoD contracting and program management strategies generation of Justification and Authority (J&A) documents Acquisition Strategy Plan CDRLs as well as assisting with creation of Statement of Objectives and Statement of Work for research and development (R&D) activities.
Have experience working on classified and/or special access programs.
Be a self-starter thrive in a dynamic environment can accomplish high-level tasks independently is skilled in problem definition and work well with other team members members of the Senior Executive Service and senior military officers.
Must have experience with collaboration tools including but not limited to: Confluence and/or Jira.
Must have strong interpersonal skills be capable of developing briefings and reports accurately summarizing program performance and addressing key issues for senior DAF and OSD leadership and other DoD offices.
Extensive acquisition and contract management experience specifically monitoring program execution and integration of complex programs and systems and applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Knowledge of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Centers framework directives and policies.
Experience using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project for financial and schedule analysis of technology projects.
The selected candidate will have experience with CBC2 (cloudbased Command and Control) systems or related cloudenabled C2/C5ISR environments including distributed mission operations cloudhosted tactical data systems enterprise cloud modernization efforts or similar government commandandcontrol platforms.
Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation.
Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.
Travel up to 20% is expected.

Desired Qualifications:

Project management certifications (e.g. DAU PMP Agile or similar)

$180000 - $220000 a year

Space Systems Integration provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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Required Experience:

Manager

SSI is seeking a Senior Program Manager for a role in Washington DC.

Role and Responsibilities include:

Provide project management acquisition support of customer development efforts.
Perform project manager duties to ensure efficient execution of assigned efforts.
Work closely with program managers lead project engineers contracts finance and program teams.
Maintain awareness of day-to-day issues and plan/prepare for significant project events.
Assist in the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts and contract modifications to other contractor(s) that may include pre-award documentation assistance in the support of source selection activities and post-award support activities.
Review contract deliverables integrated schedules technical status reports and cost performance reports and provide assessments to the Government team.
Assist in program office surveillance of prime and subcontractor in determining program progress and communication recommendations to the Government.
Assist in the creation and approval of acquisition strategies program planning and creation early capability development strategies and project planning and the transition of program execution to the appropriate Program Executive Officer.
Develop and communicate roadmaps for programs and associated technologies and product lines.
Develop integration plans and procedures and organize resources to facilitate program transition activities.
Assist in milestone planning tracking scheduling briefing preparations staff coordination and decision documentation preparation.
Assist with identifying and mitigating risks to technology development projects.
Create and coordinate DD 254s with the program staff and industry.
Participate in working groups and team planning offsites.
Establish trusted and influential relationships with customers suppliers and other stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

15 years acquisition experience and Bachelors degree or 10 years acquisition experience and Masters Degree.
Bachelors degree in engineering or business (if Business must have at least 3 years of experience working on DoD contracts/programs having a heavy focus on engineering) 15 years experience or Masters Degree; Business Project Management; Engineering or other military studies related field 10 years experience.
Experience working DoD acquisition programs to include DoD contracting and program management strategies generation of Justification and Authority (J&A) documents Acquisition Strategy Plan CDRLs as well as assisting with creation of Statement of Objectives and Statement of Work for research and development (R&D) activities.
Have experience working on classified and/or special access programs.
Be a self-starter thrive in a dynamic environment can accomplish high-level tasks independently is skilled in problem definition and work well with other team members members of the Senior Executive Service and senior military officers.
Must have experience with collaboration tools including but not limited to: Confluence and/or Jira.
Must have strong interpersonal skills be capable of developing briefings and reports accurately summarizing program performance and addressing key issues for senior DAF and OSD leadership and other DoD offices.
Extensive acquisition and contract management experience specifically monitoring program execution and integration of complex programs and systems and applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Knowledge of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Centers framework directives and policies.
Experience using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project for financial and schedule analysis of technology projects.
The selected candidate will have experience with CBC2 (cloudbased Command and Control) systems or related cloudenabled C2/C5ISR environments including distributed mission operations cloudhosted tactical data systems enterprise cloud modernization efforts or similar government commandandcontrol platforms.
Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation.
Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.
Travel up to 20% is expected.