Junior Acquisition Program Manager

Job Title

Junior Acquisition Program Manager

Sumaria Systems, LLC

WPAFB (Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base), Ohio

$ - $

Candidate will support the Medium Altitude Unmanned Air System (UAS) Program Office (MQ‑9 Reaper) program by providing advisory support for acquisition management, program planning, and integration support of MQ‑9 production, modernization, integration of new capabilities, and retrofit activities. The general areas requiring advisory / draft documentation support by the PM include, but are not limited to: financial management, contract management, budget analysis, protocol, interactions with DFAS, MIPR process, etc.

• Provide advisory support for acquisition management, program planning, and integration support of MQ‑9 production, modernization, integration of new capabilities, and retrofit activities.
• Support weapons integration and support for current and future capabilities on the MQ‑9 Reaper.
• Assist the PM by interacting with other team members to identify issues, recommending alternatives for responding to identified issues, and producing draft documentation for timely, fully‑staffed products or solutions.
• Draft documentation to support planning, developing, and staffing products such as mid‑level briefings, correspondence, reports, databases, websites, and other products.
• Assist the PM in reviewing processes and procedures, providing recommended process improvements for government consideration, and reviewing Acquisition Category reporting requirements, as well as the location, collation, or generation of the data required for government review / population of the required reports.
• Provide recommended process improvements and input into the planning, organizing, and facilitation requirements for various meetings, including telephone and video conferences.
• Provide advisory and draft documentation support for the development of acquisition management, program planning, and integration correspondence and other program products.
• Coordinate draft correspondence and secure leadership approval prior to distribution.
• Provide advisory assistance in translating stated requirements into recommended contract documents, including Performance Based Statement of Work and CDRLs, and assist the CO in identifying required or potential FAR or DFARS clauses for government consideration.
• Assist the PM in developing risk mitigation strategies and apply subject‑matter expertise to various project / program initiatives; investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, or evaluate solutions for project / program efforts; provide expert‑level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes; and have specialized expertise that may include logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management, security management, information management, contracting, and related areas.
• Be knowledgeable of processes involving configuration control; developmental, operational and force development evaluation testing systems; force structure and depot maintenance / sustainment requirements; and the development of requirements documentation; analyze operational capability requirements; determine technical solutions incorporating all aspects of aircraft supportability, certification, and equipment readiness; and monitor the status of contractor‑generated technical data, technical manuals and engineering changes.
• Work with DCMA, Protection, Production Quality Assurance, warfighter to coordinate DD250s, ATPs, and aircraft delivery, and provide advisory and draft documentation assistance to the customer in support of the analysis of technical solutions for MQ‑1/MQ‑9 UAS for Command‑and Air staff‑level briefings and staff packages that support the PEM in developing, defending and justifying budgets as they proceed through USAF, DoD, and Congressional reviews.
• Provide advice and support in the Government’s development of Statement of Work, program plans, acquisition management plans, Program Protection Plans, participate in fact‑finding and make recommendations to the PM as required, identifying potential performance standards and documenting…