Senior Program Manager - PR 1319

Senior Program Manager

PE Systems, Inc. has a great opportunity for a Senior Program Manager supporting the Training Directorate at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The mission of the Training Directorate is to develop, deliver, and sustain integrated training capabilities to employ war-winning airpower. At PE Systems, Inc., we truly value our employees. We unite exceptional talent with rewarding careers. Our dedicated team enjoys generous PTO, holidays, competitive pay, and outstanding benefits! Voted Best Places to Work in Dayton since 2022!

General Function :

Have knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of acquisition programs.

Knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines and be able to recommend viable solutions to problems as well as the pursuit of alternative courses of action.

Abilities to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation, e.g., briefings, documents, and plans.

Abilities to plan, research, analyze and assess system acquisition in terms of development, production, and deployment of weapon systems and associated equipment.

Abilities to formulate plans and recommend effective strategies in meeting cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

Abilities to support and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory reports, e.g., Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) or Monthly Activity Reports (MARs).

Abilities to support program management reviews, senior level meetings / reviews and Integrated Master Plan (IMP) / Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reviews.

Abilities to support and develop various briefings / schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management.

Abilities to apply an understanding of DoD and AF Program / Project analysis to plan, organize, complete and present assessments of program / project activity management concepts, analyses, studies and procedures to senior leadership.

The Contractor shall evaluate implications of existing or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies / laws and recommend improvements to the Government point-of-contact (POC).

Abilities to assist the PM and Acquisition Team in the planning and organizing of program management activities, and / or analyses the efforts of a group of specialists, and / or advising on and performing work related to program management.

Abilities to plan, organize, complete, and present assessments of program management concepts, analyses, studies, and procedures.

Abilities to assist in acquisition strategy planning, pre-award and post-award document preparation, and milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, briefing preparation, staff coordination, and decision documentation preparation.

Abilities to interface and coordinate with lateral USG organizations, i.e., headquarters, major commands, aircraft wings / squadrons, test agencies, and USAF Centers or other external agencies as required in order to accomplish assigned tasks.

Abilities to assist with the resolution of programmatic issues, i.e., interfacing / querying Air Staff, Air Force Major Command, and Department of Defense personnel. The contractor shall document the status, decisions, and open actions to be resolved because of inquiries, and deliver executive-quality products to the PEO / Deputy.

Abilities to establish and maintain databases and assist in the development and analysis of key program metrics, assist in developing and integrating risk management plans and strategies and support program briefings.

Abilities to develop, report, and maintain schedules and metrics that are needed to track program status; have a working knowledge of, and be able to effectively apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principal in order to evaluate and report program health and status.