PROGRAM MANAGER FOR NEXT GENERATION INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY DELIVERY

Clarification from the agency

This job announcement is ONLY open to Current Permanent Department of War (DoW) Employees in the Competitive Service.

Provides visionary leadership for integrating multi-domain weapon system development and delivery, ensuring synchronization across Services, acquisition pathways, and organizations. Focuses on accelerating MVP deployment to meet Presidential commitments, proactively communicating progress and challenges to Congress, and maintaining synchronization with the Golden Dome for America (GDA) DRPM Office.

Directs integration activities to support accelerated fielding of critical capabilities in response to emerging threats, prioritizing MVP solutions, streamlining operational deployment, and ensuring transparent Congressional briefings on milestones and performance metrics. Coordinates activities directly with the GDA DRPM Office.

Establishes enterprise integration processes and performance metrics, providing visibility across cost, schedule, technical, and operational domains. Develops reporting mechanisms for program status, ensuring continuous data sharing with the GDA DRPM Office.

Directs governance structures like IPTs and Execution Synchronization Boards to expedite MVP development and deployment, ensuring transparency and accountability to Congress and collaboration with the GDA DRPM Office.

Defines roles, responsibilities, and decision authorities to resolve challenges and eliminate roadblocks to rapid MVP fielding. Proactively addresses Congressional concerns and ensures coordination with the GDA DRPM Office.

Develops performance reporting frameworks and dashboards for execution status, capability alignment, and risk posture, tracking progress toward MVP delivery and Presidential commitments. Shares data with Congressional stakeholders and the GDA DRPM Office.

Delivers reports, performance assessments, and updates to agency leadership, oversight bodies, Congress, and the GDA DRPM Office. Highlights MVP progress, identifies risks, and addresses Congressional inquiries while ensuring all stakeholders are informed.

Oversees risk management activities to mitigate obstacles to MVP deployment. Keeps Congress informed of risks and strategies while coordinating with the GDA DRPM Office.

Leads strategic trade space assessments, recommending risk-adjusted strategies for schedule recovery and resource optimization. Prioritizes MVP investments, communicates decisions transparently to Congress, and collaborates with the GDA DRPM Office.

Chairs risk review boards and validates mitigation plans, ensuring MVP initiatives are protected, sharing findings with Congress, and involving the GDA DRPM Office in all risk activities.

Directs cross-domain test and evaluation alignment with program schedules and fielding needs, ensuring rigorous validation of MVP capabilities. Keeps Congress informed and coordinates efforts with the GDA DRPM Office.

Collaborates on integrated test plans, minimizing redundancy and validating kill web performance. Communicates results to Congress and works closely with the GDA DRPM Office.

Resolves test conflicts and resource barriers, maintaining efficient testing for accelerated MVP fielding. Keeps Congress informed of challenges and ensures synchronization with the GDA DRPM Office.

Drives strategic program realignment, prioritizing MVP delivery to meet Presidential commitments. Ensures Congress is informed and aligns adjustments with the GDA DRPM Office.

Recommends acquisition strategy modifications to ensure timely delivery of MVP solutions. Communicates changes to Congress and coordinates with the GDA DRPM Office.

Aligns program execution with evolving threats, operational plans, and priorities, ensuring rapid deployment of effective MVP capabilities. Keeps Congress informed and collaborates with the GDA DRPM Office.

Provides strategic direction to a multidisciplinary team for mission execution and synchronization. Ensures Congress understands organizational structure and fosters collaboration with the GDA DRPM Office.

Fosters a high-performance culture emphasizing innovation, accountability, and excellence. Ensures transparency to Congress and collaboration with the GDA DRPM Office.

Engages with Combatant Commanders and Service Components to align capability delivery with mission needs, prioritizing MVP deployment to address threats. Maintains communication with Congress and coordinates with the GDA DRPM Office.

Serves as a senior representative to external stakeholders, fostering relationships and consensus. Communicates MVP progress to Congress and ensures alignment with the GDA DRPM Office.

Cultivates industry partnerships aligned with kill web priorities and MVP timelines. Ensures transparency to Congress and collaborates with the GDA DRPM Office.

Conditions of employment

• Clearance Requirement - This position is designated as critical sensitive and requires TS/SCI clearance and SAP eligibility required in support of the MDA mission.
• Selectee must execute, as a condition of appointment, a written agreement to remain in the Federal Service in the position for at least three years.
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• This position is designated as special sensitive and requires that a background investigation be conducted and favorably adjudicated in order to establish eligibility for appropriate security clearances.
• Designated and/or random drug testing is required
• Financial Disclosure: Senior Leaders are required to comply with the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521, which requires the submission of a financial disclosure statement (OGE-278), upon assuming an SL position.
• Overtime: None
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Telework: Situational telework eligible
• Senior Professionals are required to complete a "Declaration of Federal Employment," (OF 306), prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background check.
• Selected candidate will be subject to a one-year probationary period in the Competitive Service unless required probationary period has been served.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position; you must show that you possess the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ) within your resume - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes exceeding two pages will be disqualified.


MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ): All applicants must be able to address accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications in a structured interview assessment:

1. Extensive knowledge and experience providing strategic planning and management of major acquisition programs, including the ability to review, analyze, and resolve complex technological and program management issues for major defense weapon system programs, with a focus on accelerating the deployment of critical capabilities, effectively communicating these efforts to Congress, and collaborating seamlessly with other government agencies.
2. Extensive skill managing complex programmatic baselines and deep knowledge of integrating diverse ground, sea, and space-based sensors, interceptors, and fire control components, with a proven track record of rapidly incorporating new technologies and solutions into existing systems, effectively communicating these advancements to Congress and working collaboratively with other government organizations to ensure successful program execution.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once you have successfully completed the application process, you will receive a notification of receipt. After the announcement has closed, we will review your resume and application package to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. This determines which candidates will be referred to the Executive Evaluation Panel for consideration and is based on the information provided in the complete resume package. You will receive a notification of referral. A list of qualified applicants will be sent to an Executive Evaluation Panel for evaluation of the resume and qualifications statement for each candidate to determine the best qualified candidates who will be referred to the selecting official. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc.). Your complete application includes your COMPLETE resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

The following documents are REQUIRED

1. Your resume:

• IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
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• All applicants must submit a copy of your MOST RECENT SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is to demonstrate that you are a Current Permanent Department of War (DoW) Employee in the Competitive Service.

• If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty.

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