Acquisition Program Manager

Overview

Apogee is actively seeking a Program Manager to provide support to the NC3 Contract and specifically the NCS 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 Strategic Communications Division (NCS) develops nuclear survivable terminals capable of communicating with the Milstar and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellations and future satellite constellations using both the Extremely High Frequency (EHF) and AEHF waveforms.

 

This is a full-time role at Peterson SFB, located in Colorado Springs, CO.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Acquisition Program Manager (APM) in assessing programs within schedule and cost baselines.
• Staffs Defense Acquisition Executive Summaries (DAES), Monthly Activity Reports (MAR), and support program management and IMP/IMS reviews. 
• Oversees the allocation of resources based on program requirements.  
• Manages meetings, calendars, agendas, and briefings, including providing program status briefings to senior management.  
• Determines requirements; develops goals and objectives to accomplish program missions.   
• Gather, analyze, and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition, sustainment, or modification programs utilizing knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques. 
• Ability to understand various funding types, budgets, and understand the Central Asset Management (CAM) process.  
• Monitors, mentors, and develops lower-level (Senior, Journeyman) Acquisition Support Specialists and other contractor support personnel following Govt PMO leadership lines of effort, policy, and standard operating procedures.          

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Secret level clearance  Education: Bachelor's degree in Business or related field  Years of Experience: 12 years of experience with DoD acquisition programs

• 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
• Demonstrated ability to 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

• Understands, the different funding types, budgets, and the Central Asset Management (CAM) process

• Strong working Knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Office Suite software and project management/scheduling applications such as MS Project 

Preferred Experience:

Certifications: DAWIA Advanced (formerly Level III) Equivalency in Program Management or Engineering & Technical Management

Education: Master's degree in Business or related field 

Years of Experience: 10 years of experience with DoD acquisition programs

  Additional Information: Location: Peterson Space Force Base (SFB) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado Hybrid: This position offers telework approx. 2 days a week - subject to change per the customer's discretion Travel: Conus travel up to 10% may be required  

Pay Range

USD $110,000.00 - USD $140,000.00 /Yr.