The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado is searching for a Program Manager for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability to support SYD 85 (NH-1101-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:
As the Program Manager for the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program, you will be at the forefront of pioneering and delivering sustainable joint warfighting capabilities to defend national and allied interests in the contested space domain. This role involves:

Strategic Program Leadership: Directing all contractual, financial, and technical aspects of a state-of-the-art program characterized by substantial uncertainty, risk, and complexity. You will develop and implement innovative acquisition strategies and management plans for projects with no existing precedent, ensuring the on-time and on-budget delivery of program cost, schedule, performance, and supportability requirements.

Integrated Team Management: Leading and coordinating a multi-disciplinary Integrated Product Team composed of military, civilian, and contractor specialists in engineering, contracting, manufacturing, and logistics. You will establish key management controls, such as milestones and performance indicators, to monitor progress and enable the early detection and resolution of emerging problems.

Executive-Level Representation: Serving as the program's primary representative at executive levels within the government and to industry partners. This includes delivering high-level briefings to senior leadership on program status, accomplishments, and challenges, and skillfully negotiating and resolving controversial issues to influence future acquisition policy and ensure mission success.

Technical and Innovative Oversight: Acting as a functional and technical expert who develops, integrates, and implements solutions to diverse and highly complex problems. You will analyze interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity, developing and defending recommendations to solve critical challenges and guide the program through all phases of the acquisition cycle.

Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate for this pivotal role is a master-level acquisition professional with a deep and intuitive understanding of the entire defense acquisition lifecycle. You possess an unparalleled command of the policies, regulations, and strategic initiatives governing the Department of Defense (DoD), and you have a proven track record of applying this knowledge to navigate and conquer the most demanding program challenges.

Acquisition Mastery & Strategic Execution: You are an expert practitioner skilled in orchestrating the complex interplay of engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, and manufacturing. Your ability to plan, organize, and direct these critical functions is second to none, enabling you to drive programs from conception to delivery with precision and strategic foresight.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
• Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrative processes
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise
• Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall.
• This position has been designated for drug testing. Incumbent is subject to random urinalysis testing as a condition of employment
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.
• PCS / Incentives are not authorized.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• This position is part of the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP). The employee is expected to meet the functional area certification requirements within the timeframe range of 1 - 5 years from appointment date into the position.

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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