Job Title: Principal Acquisition Associate
Functional Title: Program Manager
Contract position Location: Los Angeles – Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA
Education: Bachelor's Level Degree
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
- The Senior-level Program Manager shall support routine Delta/Division Action Group (DAG) tasks
including but not limited to business operations; planning, programming, budget, and execution (PPBE);
acquisition reporting; strategic communication, lifecycle acquisition management; tasker management,
research analysis and reporting; support Foreign Military Sales case development, provide support for
infrastructure, human resources, and personnel management for the assigned team.
Specific Duties: - Extracting program-specific information, assessments, analysis, and reviews, enabling program
and technical acquisition artifacts to be integrated at the enterprise level. Use the combined
program integrated master schedule to facilitate the management of cost, schedule, and
technical performance of the program portfolio. Provide detailed analysis, quantifiable
supporting documentation, and thorough justification for all research, reviews, and assessments
performed, and include corrective action plans and recommendations to the Government.
Develop Government reports and briefs on how to implement policies, conduct independent
program assessments, and conduct risk assessments for the portfolio. - Support the development of the Program Objective Memorandum, Staffer Day preparations,
Spring Program Reviews, Investment Budget Review, Program Management Reviews, Mid-year
Execution Reviews, Baseline Execution Reviews, Vice-Commander’s Forum, Financial
Management Reviews, Acquisition Mission Support, Business Management Reviews, and other
budget execution activities and provide detailed, quantifiable documentation and thorough
justification for assessment findings, corrective action plans, and recommendations. - Draft program overviews and executive summaries, encapsulate major program issues, gather
program contract information, track program milestones and status, generate overviews of
program health and ability to execute, assess program cost, schedule, and technical risks by
segment and identify mitigation plans, consolidate, and status program manager identified cost,
schedule, and technical efficiency initiatives, demonstrate understanding of the program’s
current critical path, integrate and correlate program performance data with the program
baseline, accurately interpret acquisition program baseline thresholds and compliance, verify
program costs against the approved President’s Budget, track program baseline changes,
accurately capture high-level program logistics, test and evaluation, and requirements readiness
characteristics, and establish a program office point of contact list to accurately develop,
maintain, and update acquisition reports to include, but not limited to, the Weekly Activity Report, - Monthly Acquisition Reports, Selected Acquisition Report, Defense Acquisition Executive
Summary, Acquisition Program Baseline, supplemental reports for Acquisition Categories I, II, III,
Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) programs at the Directorate, and other related acquisition
reporting documents. - Receive, document, generate, distribute, track, and close tasks at the Directorate level to theTo the
maximum extent possible. Open, read, understand, and properly distribute tasks to the
responsible for 3 letters, accordingly, supplying supporting references as available, or closing tasks
when possible prior to distribution. Coordinate with 3-letter and Front Office personnel and
track the status of all tasks, action items, suspense, and responses at a minimum from receipt
through closure with the originator. - Research, draft, and edit articles, speeches, and testimony on the Directorate, organization
missions, operations, and initiatives. - Coordinate correspondence between external audit agencies and the program offices.
Job Requirements
Minimum Education & Certification(s): BA/BS Degree Required, MA/MS Preferred, PMP Certification
Preferred
Minimum Yrs. Experience and/or Expertise: 10+ Years’ Experience Required, Experience with TMT
Preferred, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) experience
Clearance: Secret
Location: El Segundo, CA (Onsite; Hybrid/Remote not available)
Salary information below is a general guide only. Salaries are commensurate with experience and
qualifications, as well as business and market considerations.
Salary Range: $170,000 – $190,000
Please see the standard Work, Physical and Mental Requirements for all CyberWerx roles.
Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses
standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets, and fax
machines.
Physical Demands: This is largely a sedentary role, mostly sitting; however, some filing may be required.
This would require the ability to move files, or boxes with file data, open filing cabinets, and bend or
stand as necessary, the ability to lift up to 40lbs.
Mental Demands: Reading; communicate effectively (verbal and written); maintain emotional control
and professionalism.
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