Acquisition Program Management Principle

Applied Research Solutions; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a full-time Acquisition Program Management SME located at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. The role centers on leading DoD acquisition programs, developing SOPs, and producing executive-level documentation.

The position requires coordinating with multiple stakeholders, delivering reports, briefs, and action tracking to ensure schedules and costs remain on target. A strong background in DoD acquisitions and policy analysis is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in DoD acquisition program management.
• Ability to draft and edit executive-level documentation.
• Proven track record coordinating cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and streamline DoD acquisitions activities and SOPs.
• Gather, analyze, and measure program effectiveness and productivity.
• Develop reports including statutory and regulatory submissions.
• Draft, consolidate, and edit executive-level briefings and papers.
• Coordinate and maintain presentations up to customer level; ensure quality control.

Skills

Program management

Policy analysis

Executive briefing

Job description

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a full-time Acquisition Program Management SME located at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas.

Why Work with us ?

Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support.Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead, develop and streamline support functions and maintain DoD Acquisitions SOPs
• Gather, analyze, and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of programs.
• Support and develop reports, including statutory and regulatory reports.
• Identify internal and external issues that may impact the customer and take appropriate action.
• Draft, consolidate, coordinate and edit executive-level documentation to ensure consistency with organizational strategic objectives; apply an in-depth knowledge and understanding of DoD/IC issues, policies, programs and procedures affecting the customer
• Support activities that assist the executives in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines, be able to recommend viable solutions to problems, and the pursuit of alternative courses of action.
• Make recommendations and prepare briefings, point papers and other materials based on analysis of complex policy issues and documents
• Participate in external committees, working groups and task forces
• Analyze and assign or perform actions as appropriate
• Manage and execute the end-to-end action tracking process; develop standard operating procedures and serve as facilitator for user requirements.
• Monitor progress on actions, generate metrics to demonstrate accountability for meeting deadlines and quality expectations; prepare periodic reports on action status and keep leadership aware of late, pending and new actions.
• Disseminate policy and legislative changes to appropriate parties internal to the customer
• Draft, proofread, edit and provide final review of internal and external correspondence, Weekly Activity Report, point papers, and briefings.
• Coordinate and maintain presentations for audiences up to the customer level; maintain a quality control process for all presentations.
• Manage records generated during the execution of the projects and programs in accordance with regulations, as well as customer Directives and Instructions
• Program Management (PM) Support expertise in the following areas:
  • Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) Acquisition Plans, Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP) Briefing, Air Force Review Board (AFRB), Baseline/Acquisition Program Baseline (APB),Business Case Analysis, Clinger-Cohen Act Compliance Documentation, Defense Acquisition Board Planning, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs),Evaluation Notices, Final Proposal Revision (FPR), Information Support Plan, Integrated Master Plan, Integrated Master Schedule, Justification and Approval (J&A),Life Cycle Management Plan (LCMP), MAIS Quarterly/Annual Report to Congress, Market Research Report, Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) Program Certification, Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding (MOA/MOU), Milestone Decision Briefing, Monthly Activity Report (MAR),Operational Security Plan, Nunn-McCurdy Assessment and Certification, Performance Work Statement (PWS), Post-Implementation Review, Program Certification Memorandum (PCM), Program Charter, Program Management Directive (PMD), Program Protection Plan (PPP), Program Status Review Brief, Readiness Brief, Request for Proposal (RFP),Risk Assessment, Risk Management Framework Implementation Plan, Security Concepts of Operations Security Risk Analyses, Security Vulnerability and Countermeasure Analyses, Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), Statement of Work (SOW), Statement of Objectives (SOO), Systems Metric and Reporting System (SMART), System Security Management