PROGRAM MANAGER
What you'd do
You will serve as an ACQUISTION ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER in the Gerald R Ford Class New Construction Aircraft Carrier Program Office (PMS 378) of DPAE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
Major duties
You will report to the Principal Assistant Program Manager for CVN 78 Acquisition, and be responsible for CVN 78 Class Program Office acquisition and contract planning, advisory capacities to present and defend acquisition and contractual matters. You will apply management and business principles to analyze situations, identify problems, probe causes and select courses of action for subordinate managers to pursue. You will provide goals, objectives, program and general guidance for operations consistent with higher level framework/guidance and identify requirements and defines scope of projects which comprise the overall acquisition program. You will coordinate acquisition program requirements across Congressional interest, DoD, Navy, and Industry, consulting functional experts both internally and externally, to de-conflict competing priorities and requirements to gain consensus. You will serve as management advisor using discernment and judgment to address a variety of interrelated subject matter, such as financial, contractual and programmatic areas, requiring specialized ability to corroborate info into reports or records. You will develop and implement overall program requirements based on new or revised legislation and analyze and evaluate effectiveness of program requirements throughout the lifecycle. You will makes determination on resources to accomplish program objectives and apply technical expertise to various levels of operations and advise on distribution of work and priorities of efforts. You will develop and implement improvement and efficiency strategies for programming, budgeting and procurement based on findings from key program specialists and analyst; lead efforts for these studies and analysis. You will identify and facilitate potential solutions and evaluate technical, cost, and schedule implications of each viable solution. You will direct and evaluate complex studies and develop new methods and procedures to measure program results, and effectiveness and recommend course of action to senior stakeholders. You will perform program reviews and recommend improvements to production and programmatic deficiencies and review and prepare program documentation to determine appropriate changes or corrective actions. You will coordinate group efforts and consolidate findings into a proposed product and develop and deliver briefings to senior stakeholders. You will recognize the trade-offs necessary to determine the resulting impact in terms of schedule, cost, and performance risks.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 pay band (or GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying experience to support Shipbuilding and Conversion, planning, program management, execution, and communications with other functional areas of the program. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
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