ACAT Test Senior Program Manager

Job Description

HII - Mission Technologies Corp. is looking for a Senior Program Manager Execution Support – Test Specialist to support the B-21 Program Office, located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  Its imperative that this person have hands-on government lab/ground/flight test execution experience to manage a full range of acquisition program management tasks in support of AFLCMC/WB procurement, financial management and planning, systems engineering, test, production, security, contracting, and logistics for existing and future programs across the weapon system lifecycle. 

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and maintenance of all manner of program documentation
• Support the review of proposals
• Support a non-voting advisory role for program source selections
• Support coordination of documentation between functional organizations inside and outside AFLCMC/WB.
• Support program milestone planning and preparation
• Support risk management and process improvement
• Support meetings internal and external to AFLCMC/WB
• Support evaluation and communication of program progress in writing, in briefings, and in discussions with AFLCMC/WB Program Office and higher management
• Develop and coordinate responses to taskers in response to internal and external program inquiries.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 13 years of relevant DoD acquisition experience OR a minimum of 15 years of relevant DoD acquisition experience and a Bachelor’s degree; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 25 years of relevant DoD acquisition experience.
• Five (5) of these years must have been in an acquisition program office on an ACAT I or ACAT II DoD acquisition program as either Program/Project Manager (PM), deputy PM, or Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead and must have occurred within two (2) years of selection for employment under this contract.
• Four (4) years’ experience in a SAP and/or SCI environment
• DoD test acquisition experience, though less than four (4) years of SAP experience is acceptable.
• Two years in a test leadership or management role in the last five (5) years
• Experience developing test strategies for ACAT I, ACAT II, or equivalent development programs
• Experience testing consistent with AFI 99-103 in areas such as air vehicle, mission systems, cyber, software, and logistics Test and Evaluation
• Familiarization with AFMAN 63-119 and integrated Developmental Test/Operational Test
• Experience managing the stand-up, planning, and execution of EMD flight test programs on an ACAT I, ACAT II, or equivalent development program
• Experience developing and coordinating DoD 5000.02 acquisition milestone plans and associated reporting documentation for one or more ACAT I and/or ACAT II acquisition programs
• Active TS/SCI clearance. 

Preferred Requirements

• Experience preparing documentation, presentation materials, and staff packages to support acquisition milestone coordination and decisions.
• Experience staffing acquisition planning documentation and reports at the HQ-AF and DoD levels
• Experience developing and supporting executive-level (O-7 and SES) briefings as well as scheduling and coordinating acquisition documents, reports, and briefings with senior Air Force and government stakeholders.
• Experience with the Earned Value Management System on one or more ACAT I and/or ACAT II acquisition programs
• Desired that the candidate be a graduate of a formal Test Pilot School