Acquisition Program Manager

Acquisition Program Manager

Tyto Athene is searching for an Acquisition Program Manager to support the SSC Operational Test and Training Infrastructure team (OTTI). The OTTI Program Executive Office of Space Systems Command is responsible for integrating and synchronizing the acquisition, development, and sustainment of integrated test and training capabilities to ensure the delivery of fully burdened force designs to the United States Space Force. Their area of responsibility encompasses the collection of distributed, enterprise-wide test and training systems and processes that establish and sustain combat readiness across the spectrum of conflict.

Responsibilities :

• Provide advice, expertise and consultation in acquisition program management (PM) lifecycle activities, in concert with sustainment engineering, logistics and test and evaluation members to the SSC government integrated planning team
• Provide expert advice to the Materiel Leader (ML) / Program Manager (PM) and Senior USSF and Air Force Leadership regarding acquisition strategies, product support, logistics, contracting, budgeting and execution
• Provide oversight and facilitation of program management activities between operational stakeholders, as well as other developmental program activities supporting OTTI.
• Ability to clearly and concisely advise and present information in person to stakeholders and Senior Military Leadership on program milestone decision and processes ensuring continued program success.
• Provide a wide variety of acquisition / sustainment technical analyses including Agile, Scrum, and DevOps to the Government Program Manager
• Facilitate Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) efforts necessary to obtain and execute funding necessary to deliver required capabilities across the program portfolio, including : Fiscal Year planning, execution, execution monitoring, unfunded requirements management, and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development and coordination
• Participate and contribute to the development and coordination of strategic acquisition planning and pre-award activities and documentation, including : Early Strategy and Issues Sessions (ESIS), Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASP), Statements of Objective, Statements of Work, Performance Work Statements, Requests for Information (RFI), Justifications and Approvals (J&A), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE), and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASPs)
• Lead development and coordination of solicitation planning and execution activities and documentation, including : Requests for Proposal (RFP), Source Selection Plans / Strategies, and all associated documentation
• Manage and assist in the development and coordination of overarching program planning and execution documents as prescribed by / tailored from DoDI 5000.02, and relevant Department of Defense, Air Force, USSF, and SSC policies
• Draft technical evaluations and function as an advisor in source selections
• Successful candidate may be tasked by Air Force / Space Force to support one or more acquisition programs with responsibility for performance and schedule execution
• Leads integrated scheduling and active risk management activities for Operations Integration, Logistics, and Product Support
• Prepare program scheduling activities, meetings, briefings, reports, and analyze information in support of OTTI developmental and sustainment programs.
• Supports operations training and technical documentation development, including Technical Orders (TOs), coordination and operations integration.
• Coordinate with operations and development stakeholders to facilitate identifying and designating SMEs who will assist in obtaining information critical for development, to include rapid integration requests
• Frequently coordinate with multiple military organizations (including Joint, Space Force, Air Force, and Navy organizations)
• Review and provide input to enabling concepts, concept of operations, and multi-agency agreements supporting program development and integration
• Adept at a variety of acquisition concepts, phases, and procedures; participate in technical studies, and performance reviews; ability to function in a multi-contractor / customer environment, performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected; demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills; and effective written and oral communication skills required
• Experience working on classified government systems and networks

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Location US-CO-Colorado Springs