Program Manager - Space Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) (USSF/SSC/CGM) Job Listing at SPA in Colorado Springs, CO (Job ID 2024-18789)

Description

Qualifications

About the Must Haves:

• M.A., M.S., or MBA in a related field or in lieu of a degree at least 15 years of relevant experience in space-based acquisition programs
• At least 18 years of senior advisory, supervisory, SME-role, or leadership in relevant space system acquisition and operations
• At least 12 years of proven program management experience in space acquisition program
• Possess an Active Top Secret security clearance

About the Desired:

• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Program Management Institute (PMI)
• Experience with the DoD PPBES process and in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes
• Direct experience with ACAT-1 level program management

2024/SID3-57

About the Position:

The successful candidate shall be able to:

• Oversee and manage data calls, document reviews, acquisition reporting, travel requests, media requests, and other mandatory reporting directed by program oversight organizations.
• Interpret program documents for applicability to military, federal, state, local, contractual, commercial, or international statutes, regulations, policies, publications, directives, instructions, executive orders, codes, requirements or standards and shall be able to develop command-level policies and practices therefrom.
• Oversee, manage and approve program office operations, e.g., receive, documents, generate, distribute, track and close tasks.
• Define and implement program office procedures and processes that inform tasks for the responsible program organizations with guidance, metrics and timelines, and supporting references, as needed, to ensure accurate, complete and timely closure of tasks and optimal program progress.
• Supervise program staff on task execution progress and status and shall be able to identify, define and manage cost, schedule, and performance risks.
• Define and schedule tasks and review and evaluate program progress, define and assign action items to ensure timeliness, and shall be able to provide quality assurance over all program presentations, briefings, and media relations.
• Draft and approve program memoranda, staff summary sheets, program office briefings, and other relevant program documentation.
• Manage program progress and an integrated master program schedule with milestones, risk mitigation steps, and action item completions.
• Coordinate program goals and objectives with senior command leadership and with program partners and stakeholders.
• Develop, evaluate, and qualify responses for answering technical and programmatic inquiries.
• Review, coordinate, and approve program information suitable for public release to industry, media, trade publications, international partners, and other program stakeholders.
• Identify program issues proactively and address and resolve them in a timely fashion to minimize any negative impacts on the quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the program.