Acquisition Project Manager Jobs

Tyto Athene is looking for an Acquisition Project Manager to support the VAST (Vandenberg Acquisition Support Team) at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) in providing acquisitions project management, sustainment, engineering, and lifecycle program support.

The contract the candidate will be supporting Tyto Athene as the prime contractor on is Operations and Product Support Services (OPS3) contract and is a staff augmentation and studies analysis contract providing Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to the USSF Space Systems Command (SSC). The team, comprised of both Tyto Athene and subcontractor personnel, delivers expert advice and analysis to the SSC Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power (SDA&CP) and Battlespace Management Command, Control and Communications family of systems. This cadre provides support functions in acquisitions program management, systems engineering, cybersecurity, sustainment engineering and logistics.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Successful candidate may be tasked by Air Force/Space Force to support one or more acquisition programs with responsibility for performance and schedule execution.
• Provide support and oversight for special projects and initiatives.
• Experience working on classified government systems and networks.
• Supports operations training and technical documentation development, including Technical Orders (TOs), coordination and operations integration.
• Provide a wide variety of acquisition/sustainment technical analyses including Agile, Scrum, and DevOps to the Government Program Manager
• Prepare program scheduling activities, meetings, briefings, reports, and analyze information in support of Delta developmental programs.
• Provide subject matter 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 teams and senior leaders.
• 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.
• Provide oversight and facilitation of the continuous user engagement (UE) activities between operational stakeholders in Space C2, as well as other developmental program activities supporting SSC/BC efforts at VSFB.
• Draft technical evaluations and function as an advisor in source selections.
• Review and provide input to enabling concepts, concept of operations, and multi-agency agreements supporting program development and integration.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Leads integrated scheduling and active risk management for Operations Integration, Logistics, and Product Support
• Assist facilitation efforts for user development of system training and Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) in support of CSpOC operators and maintainers supporting SSC/BC developmental programs and capabilities.
• Leads integrated scheduling and active risk management activities for Operations Integration, Logistics, and Product Support
• Provide oversight and facilitation of program management activities between operational stakeholders, as well as other developmental program activities supporting the Delta.
• Research, develop and document technical design specifications and test scripts in collaboration with the depot contractor.
• Ability to clearly and concisely advise and present information in person to stakeholders and Senior Military Leadership including the SSC/BC VAST Director and Space C2 lead(s) on program milestone decision and processes ensuring continued program success.
• Support the VAST (Vandenberg Acquisition Support Team) at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) as a key member of their integrated planning team.
• Prepare UE scheduling activities, meetings, briefings, reports, and analyze information in support of SSC/BC developmental programs.
• Supports operations training and technical documentation development, including Technical Orders (TOs), coordination and operations integration.
• Frequently coordinate with multiple military organizations (including Joint, Space Force, Air Force, and Navy organizations)
• Provide expert advice to the Materiel Leader (ML) / Program Manager (PM) and/or Senior USSF and Air Force Leadership regarding acquisition strategies, product support, logistics, contracting, budgeting, and execution.
• Coordinate with operations and development stakeholders to facilitate identifying and designating SMEs who will assist SSC in obtaining information critical for development, to include rapid integration requests.
• 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) as required.
• 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.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Superior written and oral communication skills, including interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Familiarity operating under agile conditions as a member of a Scrum team.
• Demonstrated competency in technical writing.
• 10 or more years of DoD and related Space operations experience, specifically acquisition program management and/or operational experience.
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams of Military and technical managers.
• Experience with Air Force and/or Space Force operations, command, and control (C2), theater operations, space tasking cycle, and operator training.
• Familiar with MS Office products
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Preferred:

• STEM master’s degree
• Communication Skills – Demonstrate communication skills necessary to interpret policies in situations requiring persuasion and prepare and present presentations.
• Results focused – Ability to organize and manage multiple, and at time competing priorities.
• A successful candidate will coordinate the delivery of services among different program activities to increase effectiveness and efficiency leadership – proven success in leading high-performance teams in an integrated product development team environment, achieving results through others, and being a strong team player.
• Analytical Thinking - Exceptional ability to analyze data and utilize it to make sound business decisions.
• Familiarity working with or at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), US Space Command (USSPACECOM), and/or Space Force Field Commands
• Conflict management and resolution skills
• 15 or more years of DoD and/or Space Operations experience, specifically acquisition and/or operational experience, development of requirements, specifications and proposals; familiar with 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
• Creativity – Develop innovative solutions to modernize and improve system proficiencies (i.e. processes, procedures, techniques, tools, etc.)
• Passionate - Possess a passion for researching, defining, and enforcing standards, processes, and procedures.
• Flexibility – Receptive to change/new information and rapidly adapts to new technology, information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Customer service – Superior customer service skills to both internal and external customers
• Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises (SAFe), Project Management Institute- Agile Certified Professional (PMI- ACP), Certified Scrum Master, PMP or similar certification.
• Objectivity – Must maintain objectivity to determine proper standards, processes, and procedures that benefits the entire organization.
• Relationship building skills – Ability to work within a dynamic team setting and provide role-model leadership.