Senior Acquisition Specialist (Contingent)

Centurum; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 63,369 - 77,145; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Retirement 401(k) Plan

Job summary

Centurum is seeking a Senior Acquisition Specialist in San Diego, CA to support the Navy Catapult and Commercialization Readiness Program. The role includes data management, program compliance documentation, and acquisition strategy development. Candidates must have an MA/MS degree and at least six years of relevant experience. The compensation is $46 to $56 per hour, with full benefits including health and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• At least six (6) years of experience in defense acquisition areas.
• Demonstrated knowledge in program management, systems engineering, and system acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Conduct organizational studies to enhance efficiency.
• Support program acquisition documentation and ensure compliance.
• Assess program procedures for compliance with requirements.

Skills

Science and technology process experience

Program management

Risk analysis/risk management

Education

MA/MS degree in a business or technical discipline

Job description

Overview

Centurum is seeking a Senior Acquisition Specialist to perform program analyst tasks required to support the Navy Catapult and Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP) at the NAVWAR Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Management Office. The individual will be responsible for entering, validating, and configuring Navy Catapult and CRP program data on federal government information systems including the DON Program Management Database (PMDB), S&T Alignment and Investment Reporting System (STAIRS), Flankspeed Teams, SharePoint tools, OneNote, and shared file resources. Data validation and quality assurance activities will be performed to ensure accuracy of data contained in these systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively.
• Support and draft program milestone related documentation to ensure compliance with all aspects of the DoD and SECNAV 5000 series directives.
• Support the development of program acquisition documentation such as Acquisition Plans (APs), Acquisition Strategy Reports (ASR), Procurement Initiation Document (PID), Statement of Work (SOW), funding documents, contract awards, agreements, and Acquisition Program Baseline Agreements (APBA).
• Assess program procedures, practices, philosophies, and documentation for compliance with specifications, contracts, and mission requirements.
• Attend, participate, support, analyze, provide input, develop, prepare and report on briefs, point papers, reports, correspondence, meetings, conferences, and review boards.
• Utilize business and technical methodologies to provide support of hardware, software, and service acquisition and life cycle management.
• Participate in meetings and support specified Program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
• Provide specialized technical, manufacturing, and management risk analysis leading to risk assessments/recommendations to inform government officials of business and technology transition risks and mitigations for SBIR Small Business Concerns (SBC).

Education

MA/MS degree in a business or technical discipline. No substitution allowed.

Required Experience

• At least six (6) years of experience performing work related to the above description. Must have science and technology process experience.
• At least six (6) years of experience in two of the following defense acquisition areas: logistics, research and development, configuration management, or systems analysis/design.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: program management, systems engineering, system acquisition, financial management, test and evaluation, or integrated logistics support.
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or familiarity with the DoD and SECNAV 5000 acquisition series, Federal and DoD acquisition regulations and PPBE process.
• Demonstrated knowledge in risk analysis/risk management.
• Demonstrated knowledge in developing a business plan.
• Demonstrated knowledge in specialized and focused company management assessment recommendations.

Preferred Experience

• Over ten (10) years of experience performing work related to the above description. Must have science and technology process experience, preferably supporting the U.S. Navy.
• At least six (6) years of experience related to defense acquisition, preferably Navy, including logistics, research and development, configuration management, or systems analysis/design.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: system acquisition, acquisition documentation, configuration management, risk analysis, and Government furnished equipment (GFE) or government furnished information (GFI).
• At least six (6) years of experience related to manufacturing plans, configuration management, commercialization/transition, and audit preparations.
• Demonstrated knowledge in business planning, business development, or operational security review.
• At least six (6) years’ experience in specialized and focused company management assessment recommendations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and current experience in Assertions, Intellectual Property, SBIR technical data rights, SBIR/STTR law/policy, Federal contract law/policy, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and export regulations.

Other Requirements

Travel Required: 0%
Work Location: San Diego, CA
This position requires a Secret US DoD security clearance.
Compensation: $46 - $56 an hour.

Equal Opportunity and Legal Statement

EOE M/F/Disability/Veteran
Centurum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide employment opportunities for all persons without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by U.S. law. We make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities.

Benefits

Full‑time employees are eligible for the following benefits from the date of hire:

• Health Insurance – Comprehensive package for employee and dependent, including vision care.
• Dental Insurance – Available in conjunction with health insurance for an additional cost.
• Basic Life Insurance – Company‑provided benefit for all full‑time employees.
• Supplemental Life Insurance – Optional group‑rate coverage.
• Dependent Life Insurance – Optional coverage for dependents at a group rate.
• Long‑Term Disability Insurance – Optional coverage at group rates.
• Vacation and Sick Leave – Accrual determined by length of service.
• Holidays – Company observes ten paid holidays each year.
• Retirement 401(k) Plan – Includes bi‑weekly company matching and year‑end profit sharing for eligible employees.