Senior Technical Program Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project management, acquisition support, and technical oversight of customer development efforts.
• Perform project manager duties to ensure efficient execution of assigned efforts.
• Work closely with program managers, lead project engineers, contracts, finance, and program teams.
• Maintain awareness of day-to-day issues and plan/prepare for significant project events.
• Assist in the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts and contract modifications, including pre-award documentation, source selection support, and post-award activities.
• Review contract deliverables, integrated schedules, technical status reports, and cost performance reports, and provide assessments to the Government team.
• Assist in program office surveillance of prime and subcontractor performance.
• Assist in determining program progress and communicate recommendations to the Government.
• Assist in creating and approving acquisition strategies, program planning, early capability development, and transition activities.
• Develop and communicate roadmaps for programs and technologies.
• Develop integration plans and organize resources for program transition activities.
• Assist in milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, briefing preparations, staff coordination, and decision documentation.
• Provide technical support to the project team and status updates to leadership.
• Assist in tasks related to JCIDS, CONOPS, security certifications, acquisition reports, and program management agreements.
• Identify and mitigate risks to technology development projects.
• Create and coordinate DD 254s with program staff and industry.
• Participate in working groups and team planning offsites.
• Establish trusted relationships with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Work independently and with engineering, program management, and security teams.

Requirements

• 10-15 years of acquisition experience, including working on Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition projects.
• Experience with DoD acquisition programs, including contracting, program management strategies, J&A documents, Acquisition Strategy Plan, CDRLs, and R&D SOWs.
• Experience working on classified and/or special access programs.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.
• Strong problem definition skills and ability to work well with team members, senior military officers, and senior executives.
• Knowledge of military platforms, systems, operations, networking, communications, and datalinks.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of developing briefings and reports for senior DoD leadership.
• Extensive acquisition and contract management experience, including monitoring program execution and integrating complex systems, with knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• A minimum of a BS degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI and SAP eligibility.
• At least 12 months of SAP experience within the last 3 years.

Nice to Have

• An advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or DAWIA certification (Level II/III).
• Knowledge of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's framework, directives, and policies.
• Experience providing technical support to DoD technology development efforts.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project for financial and schedule analysis.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a BS degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.