Acquisition Program Manager, GPS Gen4 Space

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for an Acquisition Program Manager to support GPS Gen4 Space (NH-1101-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:
If selected, you will serve as the Chief for GPS Gen4 Space, Gen4 Space Acquisition Strategy lead, and backup program management support for all GPS Gen4 contracts. You will join a dynamic leadership team in System Delta 831 (SYD 831), providing national security Positioning, Navigation, and Timing services to our nation and allied partners, and working to build the next generation of GPS architecture from the ground up.

This specific role requires strong leadership skills, astute attention to detail, creative problem solving, and a collaborative motivation to achieve mission success across a diverse, geographically separated stakeholder team.

You must be able to work independently, planning, organizing and coordinating programmatic actions across various engineering, financial, legal, security, public affairs and contracting offices, both internal and external to Space Systems Command (SSC), USSF. Strong communication skills are critical, both oral and written, with a focus on clear, concise and technically accurate dialogue that synchronizes efforts across more than 30 government and contractor organizations. In addition, the duties of this position require the ability to analyze, negotiate, and resolve complex issues while maintaining good working relationships.

Finally, as part of our government team, you are expected to assist in the training, development, mentorship, and motivation of junior civilian and military program managers as they join the team.


Ideal Candidate:
Experience with Government Space acquisitions, with government acquisition program offices, and contracts for military space segments; minimum program management practitioner (level 2) DIAWIA certification; minimum bachelor's degree, preferred master's degree.
Independent execution; Leadership; Briefing/clear, concise communication; Critical Thinking; Organization and Planning; Collaboration; Attention to Detail; Team Building.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Comprehensive knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.
2. Comprehensive knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.
3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense, and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.
4. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.
5. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.
6. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
• Position will close in 5 business days or 75 applications (whichever comes first).
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This position is designated for drug testing. Incumbent is subject to random urinalysis testing as a condition of employment.
• Employee may be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• This position is part of the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• PCS is not authorized. Incentive is authorized.

Qualifications

The 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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