Strategic SDF & PIF Investment Manager (Remote)

Serco; California (MD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco is seeking a PIF/SDF Manager to coordinate investment governance across the Submarine Industrial Base portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and secure execution of NAVSEA-supported initiatives.

You will guide cross-functional teams through intake, evaluation, and award processes, with emphasis on risk management, performance tracking, and executive reporting. Requires a DoW Secret clearance and 10+ years of DoD/federal program experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Finance, Acquisition, or related discipline.
• The ability to obtain a U.S. DoW Secret security clearance.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience with large, complex DoW or Federal programs, industrial base initiatives, investment portfolios, or supply chain programs.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams supporting NAVSEA, Team Submarine, major defense acquisition programs, or industrial base initiatives.
• Experience supporting the development of project or investment portfolios, including project planning, prioritization, governance, schedules, risk management, and execution oversight.
• Knowledge of DoW acquisition, industrial base investment, project governance, financial controls, quality management, and contract execution.
• Experience briefing senior Government executives, SESs, and Flag Officers and developing executive-level decision support products.
• Experience coordinating project resources, schedules, budgets, funding requirements, deliverables, and stakeholder coordination across multiple concurrent efforts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to translate complex investment and execution issues into clear leadership recommendations.
• Proven ability to work independently and in a team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and portfolio or project tracking tools.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Support the SIB Supply Chain PIF/SDF investment portfolio from project identification and intake through evaluation, prioritization, approval, award support, execution, performance monitoring, and closeout.
• Provide technical and coordination guidance to cross-functional teams supporting industrial base investment planning and execution.
• Contribute to Acquisition Management analysis and transformation projects to include managing specific tasks as directed.
• Draft and maintain PIF/SDF governance processes, investment schedules, milestones, decision criteria, documentation standards, and risk management plans.
• Participate in analysis of program and resource requirements to include assisting with developing recommendations.
• Facilitate multiple concurrent investment actions and prioritize competing requirements based on submarine production impact, supply chain risk, capacity constraints, strategic alignment, and available funding.
• Coordinate with SIB Supply Chain marketspace leads, technical teams, NAVSEA Program Offices, contracting organizations, shipbuilders, suppliers, and other stakeholders to advance investment actions.
• Analyze proposed investments for scope, cost, schedule, technical feasibility, production impact, capacity improvement, risk reduction, and alignment with SIB strategic objectives.
• Conduct research on industry trends and best practices in Acquisition Management and analyze benchmark data to identify trends and best practices.
• Review investment packages, statements of work, cost estimates, and other work products to ensure completeness, quality, consistency, and compliance with customer requirements.
• Prepare executive investment recommendations, decision memoranda, portfolio reports, presentations, and status briefings for senior Government leadership.
• Interface with Government leadership and stakeholders for PIF/SDF portfolio status, investment decisions, execution risks, and funding priorities.
• Organize and facilitate investment governance meetings, project reviews, funding prioritization sessions, execution reviews, risk reviews, and corrective action activities.
• Support continuous improvement of PIF/SDF processes, procedures, templates, documentation, governance controls, and execution standards.
• Support meeting and workshop preparation and facilitation.
• Provide analytical support for annual and future-year SDF capital allocation planning, portfolio development, strategic investment planning, and funding realignment activities.
• Help project teams and stakeholders understand PIF/SDF processes, documentation requirements, governance expectations, and execution standards.
• Identify complex technical, programmatic, contracting, schedule, and execution issues that could affect investment outcomes.
• Support the identification and capture of new Acquisition Management opportunities.
• Track investment execution and validate that funded projects deliver intended capacity, capability, lead-time, throughput, quality, or supply chain resilience improvements.
• Travel as required to support supplier site visits, investment validation activities, audits, customer meetings, and program reviews.

Skills

Security clearance

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Independent work

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

PMP certification (desired)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Teams

SharePoint

Portfolio/project tracking tools

Job description

Serco is seeking a PIF/SDF Manager to coordinate investment governance across the Submarine Industrial Base portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and secure execution of NAVSEA-supported initiatives.

You will guide cross-functional teams through intake, evaluation, and award processes, with emphasis on risk management, performance tracking, and executive reporting. Requires a DoW Secret clearance and 10+ years of DoD/federal program experience.