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Program Manager, Senior (Acquisition) - TS/SCI 

About the Organization Established in 2015, Assertive Professionals (AP), is an Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Armed with expertise, a passion for the industry, and an employee centric corporate culture, AP has already made a name for itself within the Defense Contracting community taking 15th place in America's Top 100 Small Business Visionaries for the 2018 Best of Small Business Awards, receiving the HireVets Platinum Medallion from the Department of Labor in 2021, has a 4.9 rating on Glassdoor, made the Inc. 5000 list and is a VET100 awardee as one of the fastest growing Veteran Owned Businesses in 2021.

Our Mission: Providing cleared professionals who assist the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Department of Homeland Security in accomplishing their missions worldwide, through an employee centric culture of development, communication, and transparency.

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Req Number AP--21-00039  
Location Springfield, Virginia  
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time  
Minimum Clearance TS/SCI with ability to obtain CI Poly 

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Description

Assertive Professionals is in search of an Acquisition Program Manager to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Architecture and Engineering Group (TA) in Springfield, VA.

This is a FUNDED and IMMEDIATE opening!

The salary range for this position is between $115,000-$120,000 and based on meeting or exceeding the requirements. There is an additional $1,800 annual corporate compliance bonus for this task order.

Additionally, we offer an excellent benefits package, including PTO, 401k Match at 5%, Profit Sharing, Company paid Life Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and two options under a national medial plan with employe contribution.

The Acquisition Program Manager will provide Acquisition Program Management to a Government lead and team that:

  • Provides acquisition strategy program management services to senior management.
  • Works across NGA directorates to help the Government coordinate development of new and/or modified/enhanced capabilities for operational use.
  • Provides technical guidance to the Government Point of Contact (GPOC) on programmatic matters related to lifecycle engineering.
  • Provides program management guidance in service frameworks and models, agile engineering processes, and industry best practices to achieve NGA’s GEOINT mission.

 

Duties may include:

  • Provide technical, financial, schedule and risk management guidance to the project, program or Program Management Office (PMO).
  • Provide support to the drafting of interagency agreements and other documents required for the execution of AF9‘s and MIPR’s.
  • Provide business executive support in linking Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Budget Planning with Budget Execution and Control.
  • Provide programmatic risk assessments, mitigation strategies and risk burn down plans to achieve the desired program results.
  • Support coordination of cost estimates and technical work scope with the PMO and appropriate project or program teams.
  • Interface with NGA organizational areas, end users/customers including foreign and domestic agencies to identify and mitigate risks, develop, and manage budgets, create and maintain schedules that ensure technical results and program performance.
  • Provide program management support to NGA Management in strategic business planning, business development activities, product concept development and Information Technology engineering.
  • Ensure programmatic alignment and adherence to the NGA Vision, Planning and Programs, CIOT Priorities and TA Priorities.
  • Support the development, coordination and governance management of Request for Change (RFC’s) and Engineering Change Proposal (ECPs) requirements documents.
  • Ensure the technical maintenance and configuration management of program and project plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), architecture diagrams, and other key program documents.
  • Support the preparation of briefing packages for the Acquisition Governance Process and other related governance boards.
  • Support the coordination of program management between the Engineering Divisions, CIO-T Offices, and NGA Directorates and Associate Directorates.
  • Support NGA and IC Steering Groups, Advisory Groups and Governance Boards.
  • Support Enterprise Release Planning.
  • Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA’s) and / or Assessments.
  • Maintain PMO artifacts using NGA approved software, tools, and processes.
  • Provide acquisition program management expertise in lean six-sigma strategies and execution; working knowledge of agile methods, practices, and execution; or working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methods and applications.
  • Provide validation and verification of engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality and traceability to requirements.

 

Requirements for the Position:

  • TS/SCI and willingness to submit to a CI Polygraph
  • 12 years of total work experience (11/Masters, 10/Doctorate)
  • 8 years of demonstrated specialized experience as a Program Manager in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk management
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a Business-related field such as Economics, Finance, or Accounting
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques

 

Desired Experience:

  • Demonstrated specialized experience in Cost/ Price analysis, cost estimating or financial management.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience in Department of Defense (DoD) and or NGA acquisition processes.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience with the development and/or review of cost estimates and the associated technical work scope necessary to achieve stated objectives.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the Intelligence Community.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience in managing Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Incentive Fee, Cost Plus Award Fee, Firm Fixed Price, Time and Materials or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contracts.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience in lean six-sigma, Agile or SAFe methods with demonstrated results.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience tailoring and using both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies to support acquisition planning, execution, integration and transition to operations.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience with the identification of technical issues and proactive communication of possible impacts.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience in performing validation and verification of various engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality results against customer requirements.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Intelligence Community (IC) Configuration Management (CM) processes.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience with developing and validating system roadmaps, project plans and mission capabilities.
  • Demonstrated specialized experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA’s).
 
EOE Statement Assertive Professionals, LLC, is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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