Senior Technical Program Manager

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Senior Technical Program Manager

K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• Integrated Digital Environment Management:
  • Serve as the focal point for the ABMS IDE within the Enterprise Engineering Group.
  • Manage the contract for the ABMS IDE to ensure the performer is providing the required deliverables on schedule.
  • Collaborate with others to identify capabilities and toolsets required for each product line to make the best use of the IDE.
  • Budget for and then manage available resources to deliver those capabilities and toolsets through a division level IDE.
  • Coordinate with external stakeholders to ensure products developed within the ABMS IDE can be shared with them to enable collaboration across the acquisition lifecycle.
• Acquisition Lifecycle Support:
  • Align the IDE capabilities so that it can facilitate ABMS acquisition processes and house the resulting artifacts.
  • Advise the ABMS product lines on how best to align their contractor’s IDEs with the ABMS Division IDE to provide a singular authoritative source of truth for all ABMS product lines.
• Training, Awareness &
  
  Collaboration:
  • Provide subject matter expertise on using the IDE to accomplish product line design, development, and sustainment tasks.
  • Deliver training and awareness programs on how to use the IDE.

• Location:
  
  Hybrid (60% on-site in Beavercreek, OH)
• Travel Requirements:
  Low 0-20%
• Working Hours:
  
  Standard – Core hours 0900 - 1500

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or management.
• 10+ years of experience in digital engineering, Modeling, Simulation and Analysis or Product Lifecycle Management with a specific focus on Air Force acquisition programs or similar DoD systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to budget for and then execute funding.
• Demonstrated ability to manage system requirements.
• Familiarity with engineering tools and technologies commonly used in Air Force and DoD acquisition programs, such as model-based systems engineering, risk management, requirements management, project scheduling, modeling, simulation and analysis, and software backlog management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex security concepts to program managers, contractors, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines within the DoD acquisition environment.
• Ability to navigate the complexities of military contracting processes and collaborate with defense contractors to ensure compliance with Air Force security requirements.
• Active Top Secret, SCI Eligible, SAP Eligibility (Counterintelligence Polygraph may be required).

• Master’s degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or management.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in Special Access and/or SCI programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently or as a team member.
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects to closure and to assimilate and correlate project information in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with technical and non-technical project teams.
• Experience establishing and/or managing a cloud-based integrated digital environment.
• Experience using one or more toolsets for the following functions:
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering (e.g. CAMEO,…