Program Manager B-52 (WBD) - 01.3.09 & 01.3.10

Credence; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Credence is seeking a senior Program Manager B-52 (WBD) to support the B-52 Stratofortress Division at Tinker AFB, OK. The role emphasizes risk management, IPT participation, and schedule management across acquisition life cycles to sustain and modernize the fleet.

Responsibilities include developing program strategy, cost/schedule analyses, and coordinating across DoD phases from MSA to O&S. Strong leadership and DoD regulatory knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance (or higher) required.
• Master's or Doctorate degree in a related field, with 10+ years DoD/program management experience; or a Bachelor's with 12+ years.
• Experience with DoD acquisition regulations and JCIDS processes.
• Ability to develop and coordinate acquisition documentation and RFPs.
• Strong scheduling and risk analysis using integrated master schedules.
• Proven ability to lead IPTs and coordinate across multiple programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk management and project management support for B-52 programs.
• Collect inputs across life cycles and support modernization efforts.
• Develop and coordinate responses to taskers and inquiries.
• Support UON/JUON execution and trade-off analyses for schedule and cost.
• Produce program office products including BCAs and acquisition plans.
• Assist with MSAs, TMRR, EMD, and O&S milestone activities.
• Support IMPs and IMSs with schedule networking and status reporting.
• Coordinate acquisition documentation and contracting efforts.

Skills

Program management

Risk management

DoD acquisition regulations

Integrated Master Plans/Schedules

Stakeholder coordination

Proposal and RFP translation

Education

Master's Degree in a related field

Doctorate Degree in a related field

Bachelor's Degree in a related field with 12+ years experience

Certifications per DoD labor category

Tools

MS Project

EVM tools

Job description

Credence has an immediate need for a Program Manager B-52 (WBD) at the senior level who will be primarily responsible for supporting the B-52 Stratofortress Division (AFLCMC WBD) at Tinker AFB, OK. The B-52 Stratofortress division protects our nation by modernizing and sustaining the B-52 fleet and ensuring continued AF power projection. With a 60-year history as the backbone of the nation's nuclear deterrence operations, the current fleet of 76 B-52H aircraft is capable of deploying the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory and supports multiple combatant command operations. This division provides world-class expertise and technical services, ensuring the operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness of war-winning capabilities. It also maintains the airworthiness of the B-52 Stratofortress throughout its projected service life, which extends to 2050.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below:

• Provide assistance in risk management, project management, process improvement, and logistics support, including participation in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs)
• Collect programmatic inputs from acquisition programs throughout their life cycles, including research, development, production, test, acquisition, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of existing and advanced capabilities
• Assist in performing non-voting advisory support for program source selections, determining program progress, and communicating recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management
• Develop and coordinate responses to taskers related to internal and external program inquiries
• Support warfighter Urgent Operational Needs (UON) and Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON) execution teams by recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum integration levels, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost
• Produce or review program office products, including business case analyses, trade-off studies, acquisition and logistics estimates, requirements documents, acquisition strategies, and acquisition plans
• Support program offices during Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA), Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support (O&S) phases, including milestone activities
• Assist in performing MSAs leading up to design reviews and support the development of draft documentation and presentation materials based on cost, schedule, and performance limits
• Support strategic scheduling and planning documentation, including Integrated Master Plans (IMPs), Integrated Master Schedules (IMSs), and reporting frameworks for event-based activities
• Develop, analyze, and maintain integrated program schedules from concept exploration through system fielding, including lower-tier schedule networking, network statusing, duration assignments, relationship development, and schedule graphics
• Evaluate contractor-proposed schedules against Government schedules, assess program office schedules against schedule databases, and support probabilistic and deterministic schedule risk assessments, including Schedule Risk Assessments (SRAs) using Monte Carlo simulation-based tools
• Develop program management strategies and support Business Case Analyses (BCAs), Cost of Ownership (COO) analyses, aging aircraft analyses, process documentation, PWSs, SOWs, Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), test plans, acquisition plans, LCMPs, LCSPs, ELMPs, QASPs, ASPs, IMPs, IMSs, AIPs, and AIMPs
• Support development of contract strategies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), program risk assessments, market survey requirements, executive briefings, stakeholder coordination, briefing updates, and meeting minutes
• Perform analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action and provide program assessments to ensure milestone documentation aligns with program strategy
• Provide inputs, draft, coordinate, adjudicate comments, and produce final coordinated milestone documents and assessments, including staff summary packages for milestone approval
• Support requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing
• Translate user requirements documents, including Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), and CONOPs, into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the F/B Directorate
• Support key acquisition events and reviews, including SRRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, TCMs, FCAs, PCAs, PRRs, TIMs, and other applicable reviews
• Apply program management initiatives involving commercial items, including Non-Developmental Items (NDI), Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified items
• Assist with Automated Business Services System (ABSS), System Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART), and Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System (IDECS), including producing documents using IDECS
• Support DAG processes, including Monthly Acquisition Reports (MARs), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs), and the Task Management Tool (TMT)
• Review and analyze weapon system prime and subcontractor Earned Value Management (EVM) systems and support management of the action item process following program reviews
• Process and complete Modification Proposal AF Form 1067 activities, including logging, assigning review responsibilities, tracking completions, providing responses to using commands, and archiving results
• Provide programmatic support for using commands' Requirements and Planning Councils (R&PCs) or similar requirements review processes
• Support capability planning and development actions, including implementation of policies, processes, and tools, High Powered Team (HPT) support, and capability-based planning processes for AFMC
• Support AFMC Capabilities Integration Panel resources, including financial and manpower resources, and review capability requirements and option sets to ensure interoperability and linkages to other capabilities
• Review test documentation for adequacy, specification/performance requirement compliance, and conformity with mandatory guidance, and provide recommendations for improvement
• Recommend, assess, and analyze requirements and objectives, test and evaluation concepts, strategies, and plans
• Coordinate acceptance test procedures and associated plans, including testing requirements with program office customers, contractors, and other agencies with standardization requirements for test programs
• Manage and organize resources and personnel to meet task objectives, explore new approaches as needed, and independently support Bomber program initiatives for the B-1, B-2, and/or B-52 programs at WPAFB and TAFB
• Investigate, analyze, and develop solutions for project/program efforts while applying acquisition management expertise across logistics, cost estimation, production, and other related functional areas
• Coordinate acquisition initiatives across geographically separated teams and assist the IPT Lead and Government Contracting Officer in executing contracting efforts to meet critical program milestones
• Develop, coordinate, and review acquisition and program documentation, including MOAs/MOUs, SOOs, PWSs, SOWs, RFPs, UONs, ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, CFMPs, AOAs, sustainment metrics, technical reviews, life cycle cost documentation, and modeling and simulation products
• Perform material solution analyses for design and milestone reviews, produce draft documentation, and prepare presentation materials as needed
• Support requirements documentation and JCIDS processes, translate user requirements into RFP documentation for applicable Bomber programs, and support AF Form 1067 activities including technical solutions, risks, schedules, and cost estimates
• Support Division reporting and acquisition processes, including Monthly Acquisition Reports (MARs), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs), and SOCCER
• Provide technical support for integrated program reviews and conferences, including executive, readiness, technical, budget, and design reviews; analyze weapon system contractor EVM systems; manage action items; gather information; and prepare briefings
• Review and analyze Prime and subcontractor EVM performance; develop pre- and post-award documentation; perform milestone planning, integrated master schedule analysis, and risk mitigation; and use standard Microsoft Office tools, including MS Project and EVM tools
• Support the design, development, integration, and fielding of software and hardware capabilities known as Integrated Functional Capabilities (IFCs)

Requirements

• Must have an active or current Secret security clearance (or higher), verifiable in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS)
• Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD;
• OR Bachelor's Degree in a related field and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD;
• OR fifteen (15) years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight (8) years of which must be in the DoD
• Must understand current DoD and USAF acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes
• Must handle all official records in accordance with AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program
• Must possess program management experience supporting or leading Acquisition Category (ACAT) I or ACAT II weapon system programs