Army SETA Acquisition Site Lead (Natick, MA)

Unclassified - Natick, MA

Full-time - Senior

Natick, MA

About the position

The Natick Site Lead will oversee a multidiscipline acquisition, logistics, and engineering team supporting a U.S. Army SETA contract. This role involves planning, managing, and optimizing team activities while providing senior-level oversight and ensuring compliance with acquisition strategies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, manage, and mentor a multidiscipline team of direct reports
• Provide senior-level oversight of acquisition, logistics, and engineering/testing activities
• Develop and draft acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, and other acquisition documents in coordination with Army Contracting Command
• Execute acquisition management across the site's entire product line
• Coordinate products and taskings across the acquisition process and life cycle phases
• Maintain and manage program budgets and schedules
• Identify cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs
• Prepare plans for product risk mitigation
• Lead and oversee preparation of Supply Requests Packages to Defense Logistics Agency and manage transition of products from PM to DLA or Army Sustainment
• Participate in source selection boards and conduct technical evaluations
• Participate in product IPTs, test events, test reviews, and product demonstrations
• Maintain configuration control
• Assist PM with contract deliverables

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 12 years of acquisition experience to include in leadership position(s)
• Current SECRET security clearance (verifiable in DISS)
• Extensive acquisition experience supporting Natick Labs
• Knowledge and demonstrated skills in product life cycle management
• Project management and project team management
• Cost analysis
• Database management
• Acquisition and contracting documents (to include J&A, Source Selection Plans, PWS, IGCE, and D&F)
• WAWF, iRAPT, GFEBS, DODI 5000.02, JCIDS
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership experience in the acquisition of Soldier uniforms and equipment strongly preferred
• Current U.S. blue passport and ability to travel frequently (CONUS and OCONUS) up to 5%
• Adherence to and enforcement of program's teleworking policy of camera on and professional attire (smart casual) when working remotely
• Ability to successfully complete pre-hire assessments in leadership, conflict resolution, verbal and written communication, and Microsoft Office proficiency