Strategic IT Acquisition Project Manager

Axiologic Solutions LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in Washington, DC seeks a seasoned Acquisition/Program Manager to lead IT acquisitions and support DIA processes. The role requires TS/SCI with CI Poly and 8+ years of related experience, with a Master’s degree or Bachelor’s with additional senior experience.

You will coordinate governance boards, craft acquisition artifacts, and ensure alignment with CIO strategic plans. Salary $135,000–$153,000.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with CI Poly required; ability to obtain polygraph.
• Minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree in a related field, or Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of senior experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and close projects meeting customer objectives.
• Define clear project objectives and manage cost, time, scope, and quality.
• Develop overall project plan and manage stakeholders, risks, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure team roles are understood and properly executed.
• Coordinate with customers, teaming partners, and vendors to deliver IT services.
• Provide acquisition lifecycle support from pre-award to post-award.
• Prepare PWS, SOW, IGCEs, and evaluation criteria for reviews.
• Support governance boards and program reviews to align with CIO strategy.

Skills

TS/SCI with CI Poly

Ability to obtain polygraph

Education

Master’s degree in a related field

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years related senior experience

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Plan, execute, and close projects that meet or exceed customer objectives.

• Creates clear and attainable project objectives, builds project requirements, and manages constraints of cost, time, scope, and quality.

• Develops the overall project plan and manages project operations. Manages the project stakeholders, project team, project risk, project schedule, project budget, and project conflicts.

• Ensures team members know and execute their respective roles and the roles of the other team members.

• Ensure production schedules are met and system resources are used effectively.

• Coordinate resolution of production-related problems.

• Ensures proper relationships are established between customers, teaming partners, and vendors to facilitate the delivery of information technology services.

• Define and analyze processes and develop plans and requirements to support acquisition lifecycle management.

• Support the mission of the PEO to include educating and guiding stakeholders and Program Managers through the full acquisition lifecycle process and ensure alignment with CIO PPBES.

• Support acquisition governance boards, Program Management Reviews (PMRs) Quarterly Process Reviews (QPRs), In Process Reviews (IPRs), working groups, and TEMS and ensure they align with CIO strategic plan, business processes and policies.

• Support program governance and oversight of multiple programs and projects with multiple contracts and task order efforts.

• Improve the quality of IT acquisition requirement packages to prepare CIO Requirements Owners for Acquisition Review Board (ARB)approval.

• Reduce the risk of protest by generating well defined requirements, clear and concise evaluation criteria, and ensuresolicitations thatclose on time.

• Reduce the time necessary for technical evaluations by closely tying the requirement to meaningful evaluation criteria allowing for swift and decisive source selectiondecisions.

• Utilize critical thinking skills and past experiences toprovideacquisition support to CIO IT Requirements owners byprovidingfeedback to all artifacts of acquisition packages.

• Advise CIO/PEO management in the creation of future acquisition/contract strategies to improve the agency’s approach forpurchasingIT products and services.

• Providetactical level, hands on support drafting various acquisition related documents, including but not limited to Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW’s), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), evaluation criteria, acquisitionplansand Justification and Approvals (J&As).

• Provideend-to-end acquisition support services for all CIO customers/stakeholders.

• Log all activity in the customerprovidedtracking system for management visibility and performance measurement against the Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT).

• Support acquisition governance boards, working groups, and TEMS.

• Coordinate with technical experts and contracting office to ensure project milestones are reflected in contractual documents.

• Determineappropriate Government-FurnishedEquipment/Information (GFE/GFI) for acquisitions based upon the scope and requirement.

• Consult and recommend business transformation tools and processes to manage pre award activities using agile methodologies to enable ruthless resource management.

• Drive process improvement to DIA’s acquisition processes and support initiatives that help shape and develop acquisition strategies for the CIO.

• Support the development of agile business transformation tools and processes to manage activities using agile methodologies.

• Work directly with stakeholders to align business and acquisition processes to industry and DIA best practices.

• Support Stakeholder Engagement inidentifyingand developing business needs, requirements, capability, architectures, software design, agile task prioritization, and other requirements as needed.

• Educate and guide stakeholders and pilot programs through the full acquisition lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with CI Poly (or ability to obtain a polygraph)

• Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience

• Education: Master’s degree in a related field OR Bachelor’s degree and an additional 5 years of related senior experience

TS/SCI eligibility required for the position. Candidates with an active TS/SCI are preferred; candidates with a recent active TS may also be considered for SCI upgrade based on eligibility and program requirements. A CI polygraph is required for the position. Candidates without a current CI poly may be considered but must be willing and able to complete the required polygraph within the timeframe established by the applicable contract or customer.

Salary Range: $96,850–$201,150