Acquisition Program Manager

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group - Bedford, MA

Full-time

Bedford, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager providing support to the NC3 Contract and specifically the NCN division. The AFNWC/NC3 Integration Directorate is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, with an operating location at Kirtland AFB, NM. The NC3 Directorate's mission is to provide support to the Program Executive Office (PEO), the Deputy Director, Deputy AFPEO NC3 and staff for acquisition and administrative control of all NC divisions, branches, and programs. It consists of an Executive Section, Engineering (EN), Financial Management (FM), Operations Management (OM), Information Protection (IP), Contracts (PK), Cyber, Logistics (LG), the Program Execution Group (PEG) and Intelligence (IN). The NCN Division Front Office Group supports division leadership oversight of all programs and personnel within NCN, including reviewing, disseminating, and ensuring adherence to DoD, Air Force, AFMC, and AFNWC acquisition and organizational policy or direction. This group includes a business operations function, administrative support for the division leadership, technical support for all programs within the division, and organizational support for all personnel across the division. This is a full-time position located at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, MA.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies, and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, AFI 63-101/20-101, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition, sustainment, or modification programs.
• Knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines, be able to recommend viable solutions to problems, and the pursuit of alternative courses of action.
• Effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation (briefings, documents, plans, etc.).
• Plan, research, analyze, and assess system acquisition in terms of development, production, deployment and sustainment of weapons systems and associated equipment as well as formulate plans and recommend effective strategies in meeting cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Support and develop acquisition and sustainment reports, including statutory and regulatory reports (i.e. Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Monthly Activity Report (MAR), etc.).
• Support program management reviews, senior level meeting/reviews, and IMP/IMS reviews.
• Support and develop various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management.
• Understand the different funding types, budgets and the Central Asset Management (CAM) process.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen.
• Must have and be able to maintain a Secret Clearance.
• BA/BS Degree or MA/MS Degree preferred.
• 3-10 years of experience in program management.