Senior Acquisition Program Management Specialist

Culmen International; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Culmen International seeks a Senior Acquisition Program Management Specialist to provide SETA support to USSOCOM. On-site at Fort Belvoir, VA, you will work with government APMs on ACAT Level III projects, develop SAMPs, APBs, AoAs, and advise on requirements documentation.

Responsibilities include procurement planning, market research, and preparing SOOs/SOWs while ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS and SOF directives. Fort Belvoir on-site position.

Qualifications

• Experience with FAR/DFARS, and SOF Acquisition Regulation 70-1.
• Ability to prepare J&As and requisition documentation using templates.
• Equivalency of DAWIA Level III training in Program Management or Contracting.
• Experience staffing documentation packages at the MACOM level.

Responsibilities

• Develop program support documentation (e.g., SAMPs, APBs, AoAs) to support acquisition strategy.
• Assist government personnel in facilitating procurement planning sessions with user departments.
• Advise government personnel in preparing new requirements documentation; prepare SOOs and SOWs.
• Track the status of procurement actions.
• Prepare and submit logistics data to the receiving supply support activity.
• Perform market research to identify potential vendors using open source methods.
• Maintain COTS awareness and recommend technology advances for procurements.
• Provide alternatives and recommendations for solicitation methods per laws and policies.
• Prepare J&As for sole source and related requisition documentation.
• Ensure DAWIA Level III training equivalency and MACOM staffing familiarity.

Skills

Program management

Acquisition

Procurement

Market research

Documentation

SOO/SOW writing

Job description

Culmen is seeking to hire a SeniorAcquisition Program Management Specialistto provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

The Senior Acquisition Program Management Specialist will work closely with government Assistant Program Managers (APMs) to support specific programs and large Acquisition Category (ACAT) Level III projects, which include regimented, acquisition-specific actions requiring command-level oversight. Work must be performed on-site at Fort Belvoir, VA.

• Develop program support documentation (e.g., Simple Acquisition Management Plans (SAMPs), Acquisition Program Baselines (APBs), Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), etc.) in order to support the acquisition strategy/plan, acquiring appropriate approvals specified by the APMs, Program Executive Officer (PEO) and the Acquisition Executive.
• Assist Government personnel in facilitating procurement and acquisition planning sessions with user departments' representatives to ensure understanding of the procurement process and associated timeframes, and establishing respective roles and responsibilities.
• Advise Government personnel in the preparation of new requirements documentation. In addition, he/she shall assist Government personnel in preparing new equipment and system SOOs and SOWs to satisfy validated unit requirements.
• Track the status of procurement actions.
• Prepare and submit logistics data to the receiving supply support activity.
• Perform market research to identify potential vendors using open source research methods based upon Government-established requirements and reliance upon its knowledge of advancements in the communications industry, Other Government Agencies (OGAs), and academia to determine new applications to unit requirements.
• Maintain commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment awareness and insights on technological advances in order to recommend methods to enhance future research and development or procurements, through modification and application of evolving technology.
• Provide alternatives and recommendations for the appropriate method of solicitation in accordance with applicable laws, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), SOF Acquisition Regulation 70-1 and organizational policies, provided as GFI.
• Prepare Justifications and Approvals (J&As) for Other Than Full and Open Competition documents, threshold dependent sole source justifications, and any other associated requisition documentation based on templates provided as GFI.
• Equivalency of Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III training in Program Management or Contracting.
• Experience staffing documentation packages at the Major Command (MACOM) level.Familiarity with USSOCOM Directives 70-1 and 71-4, as well as all of the associated references listed within.