Program Manager

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Program Manager to join the team.  The technical expert filling this position will be a trusted advisor and consultant to the government that supports government-led on-going and future sustainment, modernization, modification, and capability upgrade efforts across the NCMC-ITW/AA and CCIC2S Legacy Space Battlefield Awareness Enterprise Networks within the Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Acquisition Delta.  A key focus for this position is monitoring and managing the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation, implementation, and integration of networks and personnel supporting these systems.    

Program: The  NCMC-ITW/AA and Legacy Space effort sustains unique ITW/AA Cheyenne Mountain systems, networks, and associated components through an enterprise-wide set of integrated mission capabilities, support services, and data products that provide military authorities with an accurate, timely, unambiguous and continuous warning and attack assessment of air, missile and space threats.  The CCIC2S effort sustains the CCIC2S Enterprise and provides data communications between external sensors and end users, mission processing for air and missile warning, and system operations functions.  The CCIC2S-EN provides a data communications architecture supporting the CCIC2S Enterprise and includes Information Assurance (IA) boundary protection for all TCP/IP communications interfaces.

This is a full-time position at Peterson Space Force Base (SFB), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado with hybrid flexibility for local candidates - subject to change per the customer's discretion. 

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:  

• Provide project management oversight of efforts, tasks, studies, and engineering recommendations of the prime contractor to meet contractual requirements. 
• Ability to work in a test environment and deploy modernization efforts to multiple sites/sides/strings.
• Support activities that assist the Branch Chief in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines. 
• Recommend viable solutions to problems and the pursuit of alternative courses of action. 
• Effectively communicate verbally, in written communications, and in briefings to senior leadership.
• Provide quality acquisition and program documentation (briefings, documents, plans, schedules, etc.) 
• Ability to coordinate staff packages including, but not limited to, public affairs products. 
• Manage reviews, updates, and recommended changes to the prime contractors Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Integrated Management Schedule (IMS). 
• Advise and assist in planning the implementation of projects through coordinating and integrating engineering, contracting, financial management, cost, logistics, configuration management, test, and other related disciplines to achieve successful project requirements. 
• Advise and assist the Government Program Manager on all business aspects of the funded projects to include requirements definition, budget formulation, cost estimates, contract strategy formulation, contract schedule management, contractor progress, contract risk management, earned value status, and future budget requirements. 
• Apply elements of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations and service supplements to support contracting elements of acquisition and program execution. 
• Compose draft contract letters, Point Papers, Status Reports, Position Papers, Acquisition Strategy Panel briefings and Program Management Review briefings as required for senior Government decision makers. 
• Support activities in studying, analyzing, dissecting, coordinating internal and external taskers from cradle-to-grave. 
• Support and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory reports (i.e. DAES, MAR, etc.). 
• Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs), senior level meeting/reviews and stakeholder meetings. 
• Supporting and developing various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management. 
• Supporting implementation and execution of Agile concepts and processes (not software related) in concert with Government and Prime contractors. 
• Developing and implementing innovative solutions to expedite execution of contract actions that provide products and services to customers, consistent with statutory requirements and risks. 
• Providing acquisition support to project and program managers, to include reviewing and assessing project/program performance, reviewing delivered contract data items, and preparing factual, clear, concise, complete and appropriately coordinated written communications. 
• Draft, coordinate, and offer oversight in the development of such documents as Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statements (PWS), Technical Direction Letters (TDLs), Contract Data Requirement Lists (CDRLs), Instructions to Offerors, Evaluation Criteria, Source Selection Plans, Systems Readiness Reviews (SRRs), Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs), Qualification Test & Evaluation, Production Acceptance Test & Evaluation, Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation, and full rate article production. Justification and Approvals, Determination and Findings and other contract documents on behalf of the Government Program Manager and the Procurement Contracting Officer. Populate and review Request for Proposal (RFP) data, evaluate proposals and support source selection recommendations on various NCMC-ITW/AA and Legacy Space sustainment projects. 
• Monitoring, reviewing and recommending approval of contract obligations and payments that synchronize program management and financial management efforts. 
• Assisting with developing, staffing, reviewing, and finalizing briefings and other various acquisition documents, as well as formal reports related to the strategic planning, programming, acquisition planning, execution and close-out for NCMC-ITW/AA and CCIC2S Enterprise Networks programs and projects. 
• Perform acquisition planning, solicit, evaluate, negotiate, analyze, advise, and assist with contract awards, post award administration and terminations on contracts for the procurement of supplies and services, including complex contracts and high dollar acquisitions. 
• Assisting or performing post-award duties including monitoring contract performance, payment processing, executing, and documenting conventional contract modifications. 

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen 

Clearance: Must have an active DoD Secret clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Years' of experience: With twelve (12) or more years of experience in the respective technical discipline; to include a minimum of five (5) years of DoD experience

Additional experience:

• A comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75.
• A well rounded understanding of roles and relationships within the DoD, Air Force, and Space Force. 
• A proven history of exercising qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs.

Preferred Qualifications:Clearance: Active Top Secret Certifications: Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification, Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM), or Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certificationEducation: Master's Degree in related fieldYears' of experience: With ten 10 or more years of experience in the respective technical discipline; to include a minimum of five (5) years of DoD experience

Additional experience:

• Acquisition program office experience. - highly preferred
• Proven experience overseeing 3600 driven Research and Development (R&D) efforts.
• Experience managing DoD sustainment projects and programs, from a senior program management, financial management and/or contract management perspective. 
• Experience with cloud-based applications and containerization.
• Knowledge of DoD contracting processes and policies. 
• Understanding of VCF, CCIC2S, NIIDE, and SUT with the ability to utilize software tools.

Additional Information:Location: Peterson Space Force Base (SFB) located in Colorado Springs, ColoradoHybrid:  This position allows telework capabilites for local candidates - subject to change per the customer's discretion. Travel: CONUS travel up to 10% may be required upon customer request. 

Pay Range

Salary : $125,000 - $136,000