SDA CSpOC CIC Acquisition Program Manager

$160,000 - $170,000/Yr

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group - El Segundo, CA

Full-time - Senior

El Segundo, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity to support the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission by providing Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) to the Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) of the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) as an SDA CSpOC CIC Acquisition Program Manager on the Sensor Systems Support (S3) contract supporting the United States Space Force Space Domain Awareness Acquisition Delta. Work is performed on Los Angeles Space Force Base and the Aerospace campus in El Segundo, CA with the opportunity to telework at the discretion of the Government. SDA is foundational to Protecting and Defending US Space Systems that provide space-based Intelligence, Early Warning, Communications and Global Positioning services that sustain our way of life, support our national economy and act as force multipliers in times of conflict. Odyssey Systems is looking for high-performing, passionate people ready to make a difference by joining our existing team of dedicated professionals in the SDA workforce! The Combined Space Operations Center Commercial Integration Cell (CSpOC/CIC) enables operational and technology exchange between Space Operators at the CSpOC and commercial satellite owner/operators supporting real-time and near real-time information flow during routine operations and enables rapid, informed response to critical unplanned space events or other activity in and through space to improve SDA.

Responsibilities

• Prepare program memoranda, staff summary sheets, program office briefings, and other relevant program documentation; develop, evaluate, and qualify responses to technical and programmatic inquiries.
• Support development of communications plans and evangelizing program goals and objectives with senior leadership, partners, and stakeholders.
• Deliver white papers, policy analyses, reports and reviews, and provide document preparation capabilities IAW submission requirements to primary and indirect government recipients; identify policy disconnects.
• Support professional, technical, steering, and special-interest groups; participate in their activities, including hosting and managing meetings and preparing meeting agendas.
• Interpret program documents for applicability to military, federal, state, local, contractual, commercial, or international statutes, regulations, policies, publications, directives, instructions, executive orders, codes, requirements or standards and shall be able to develop command-level policies and practices.
• Assist reviewing, coordinating, and approving program information suitable for public release to industry, media, trade publications, international partners, and other program stakeholders.
• Support definition and scheduling of tasks; assist reviewing and evaluating program progress; define and assign action items; ensure accuracy, quality, and timeliness of program presentations, briefings, and media releases.
• Monitor project and program execution status and progress; track and review contractor deliverables; identify and communicate cost, schedule, and performance risk, issues, and blockers to CIC leadership; identify solutions to maintain cost, schedule, and performance; facilitate successful contract execution.
• Prepare and submit funding documents (e.g., Purchase Request, MIPR, Project Orders).
• Draft and review acquisition documentation including Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), Life-Cycle Management Plan (LCSP), Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), Risk Management Plans, and Acquisition Milestone briefings.
• Advise on source selection strategies and evaluation criteria.
• Draft and review contract award documentation including Statement of Work (SOW), Request for Proposal (RFP), System Requirements Document (SRD), Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) and related project award / project control documentation software.
• Travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations upon Government direction.
• Other duties as required and requested by the Government within the constraints of the S3 contract.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen.
• Active TS/SCI clearance, agreeable to polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline, Space Policy, or a related field.
• 8 years of relevant experience, 4 of which are in a similar role supporting Department of Defense or Intelligence acquisition or sustainment organizations.
• Familiarity and proven work experience with DoD Acquisition Program Management, including DoD 5000.02 and DoD 5000.75 processes and requirements.
• Familiarity with management of cloud-based solutions including projection of performance and modeling capacity and cost growth.
• Familiarity with agile development methods, continuous development, integration, test, and deployment, DevSecOps and DevOps principles.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition programs.
• Exceptional oral and written communications; experience interacting, briefing, and responding to requests for information from service-level senior leaders and congress.

Nice-to-haves

• Active TS/SCI clearance, current polygraph.
• Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline, Space Policy, or a related field.
• 12 years of relevant experience, 4 of which are in a similar role supporting Department of Defense or Intelligence acquisition or sustainment organizations, 4 of which are as a DoD acquisition program manager.
• DAWIA Acquisition Program Management Level III, PMP, or DAU equivalent.
• Technical program management and engineering experience including systems engineering and integration of systems for space flight safety and military space operations.
• Strong background in advanced orbital mechanics, engineering, and tools; able to apply lessons learned to space flight safety for commercial and military data integration.
• Background developing, sustaining, and adapting SDA software, on-boarding, and integrating new capabilities.
• Understanding and experience using government financial and contract management processes and systems; familiarity with financial systems like Comprehensive Cost and Requirements System (CCaR) or similar.
• Knowledge of and experience with Agile Systems implementation.
• Great interpersonal skills within a professional environment, positive attitude, and ability to work through tough interpersonal and technical issues in complex inter-agency teams across a distributed environment.
• Technical and mission awareness of space domain awareness data systems.
• Demonstrated experience successfully executing major project/program efforts, providing expert advice to colleagues, and presenting innovative recommendations for advancing programs and/or methods.

Benefits

• Health savings account
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance