Senior Program Manager

LOCATION: WPAFB, Dayton, OH

JOB STATUS: Full-Time

CLEARANCE: Secret, Must be a US Citizen

Travel: 20%

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Test and Evaluation Manager on the F-15 contract, supporting the Air Force Division. Join the team supporting the F-15 program-one of the most operationally lethal and enduring fighter aircraft platforms in the world. As the workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, the F-15 has proven itself as the most lethal and reliable combat aircraft in service, with unmatched speed, agility, and payload capacity. Our program team consists of dedicated, mission-focused professionals who bring technical expertise, operational insight, and a commitment to excellence in support of this critical national defense capability. Be part of a program that directly impacts air superiority, national defense, deterrence, and alliances across the world.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS (Education, Certifications, Experience, Skills)

• MA/MS and 12 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD; or
• BA/BS and 15 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD; or 
• 20 years of directly related experience with proper certifications (if applicable), 8 of which must be in the DoD. 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Apply a full range of acquisition program management philosophy, policies, and procedures, to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities in support of the existing and future F-15 Division aircraft programs.
• Have an understanding of current DoD and AF-specific acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.
• Support the acquisition program management of full life cycle requirements, subsystems and equipment

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with the development of documents, such as, but not limited to, Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs), Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs), Statements of Objective (SOOs), PWSs, Statements of Work (SOWs), Requests for Proposal (RFP), Mission Needs Statements, Operational Requirements Documents (ORD), Initial Capabilities Documents (ICD), Capability Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Milestone Documentation, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), and Rapid Fielding Requirements Documents (RFRD).
• Support the review of proposals as assigned by the Government. Assist with the following coordination of documentation between functional resources, including but not limited to, financial, management, procurement, engineering, and logistics) and assist with the consolidation of their inputs into common documents, and planning for the accomplishment of various program milestones.
• Participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups.
• Assist in the collection of programmatic inputs from weapons systems program offices for defining, developing, and managing the acquisition and development/upgrades to the various USAF and FMS F-15 aircraft configurations.
• Perform, as required, a non-voting, advisory role for program source selections on all acquisition-related requirements.
• Assist in determining program progress, effectively communicating recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
• Support key 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), milestone documentation development, and others as applicable.
• Apply knowledge and experience in acquisition program management philosophy, policies, and procedures to DoD, USAF and sister service systems, subsystems, and equipment procurement activities, including prime mission equipment and Support Equipment (SE), post-award project/program management tasks, and acquisition programs throughout their life cycles.
• Assist in producing or reviewing products for program office use that include business case analyses, trade-off studies, estimates for program office acquisition and logistics requirements, written requirements for documents for planned acquisitions, and acquisition strategies and plans.
• Provide milestone documentation support for documents defined in DoDI 5000.02 and as tailored by the program office and milestone decision authority. Provide a program assessment for integration of documentation to ensure consistency with program strategy and consistency across all milestone documentation. Provide inputs, draft, coordinate (with the appropriate F-15 Division programs and other Government agencies), adjudicate comments, and produce final versions of coordinated milestone documents and assessments. Develop and collect technical data and inputs for staff summary packages to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approval.
• Support the development of contract strategies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and the completion of a program risk assessment to document issues impinging on milestone execution.
• Provide support to develop market survey requirements, Life Cycle Support Plans (LCSP) and life-cycle cost estimates. Support the development of executive briefings, and scheduling and coordinate through appropriate USAF and Government stakeholders.  Update the briefings and document meeting minutes.
• Perform analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action.
• Support the development, review, and approval process for requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process and staffing.
• Assist in translating user requirements documents such as the CDD/CPD and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into RFP documentation for the F-15 Division.
• Provide 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, resource, requirement working groups, supportability, and management reviews. Support program briefings and reports by gathering information, preparing charts, presenting briefings, and providing other support as needed. Support shall include the management of the action item process following each review.
• Provide support to process and complete AF Form 1067, Modification Proposal, activities. Effort includes logging, assigning review responsibilities, tracking completions, providing responses to command, and archiving results.