FMS Acquisition Manger, Senior

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Foreign Military Sales:

• Assist in establishing and maintaining FMS-peculiar OIs, guides, and process models, including the development and maintenance of self-inspection/assessment processes, procedures and checklists.
• Assist in developing and maintaining relevant action items, risk management, and critical path model databases, and tracking and reporting systems
• Apply a full range of Information Assurance IA, SA, FMS, Section 1206/1203, Special Defense Acquisition Fund (SDAF), and Building Partner Capacity (BPC) acquisition program management concepts, philosophies, policies, procedures, guidance, and practices to perform a wide range of acquisition and logistics management activities in support of the existing and future Directorate FMS programs. Support the acquisition program management of full life cycle TPA requirements, including the procurement and support of systems/subsystems, material, equipment, resources, and services.
• Assist in maintaining and updating program/project management documents, developing standard plans and operating instructions/procedures, financial management, developing and maintaining IMS and critical path models, identifying, assessing, and documenting acquisition and acquisition logistics resource requirements, evaluating and responding to Letters of Request (LOR), formulating Letter of Offer and Acceptance Data (LOAD), and Manpower Requirements Packages (MRP).
• Assist in the review of documentation, correspondence, reports, and data submitted by other contractors, USG stakeholders and support agencies, international partners, and other agencies for Government review and release, development, coordinate, and implement, as appropriate, a Government response(s) with the relevant directorate or division Security Assistance Program Manager (SAPM), management authority, or action agency.

Government Acquisition:

• Demonstrate an understanding of DoD acquisition processes, and analytical methods or techniques to gather, analyze, and evaluate information required by the USG;
• Assist in drawing conclusions and devising solutions to problems relating to improvement of acquisition effectiveness and compliance;
• Assist with developing and drafting acquisition documentation and assisting with quality control; assist with performing work measurement studies, program or operations efficiency reviews, cost studies, or workload change impact analyses; and rely upon and use automated management information systems in performing fact finding, analytical, and advisory functions.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews as needed, such as: System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Technical Coordination Meetings (TCM), Functional Configuration Audits (FCA), Physical Configuration Audits (PCA), Production Readiness Reviews (PRR), and others as applicable. Apply an understanding of contracting policies and processes for the purpose of analyzing requirements and assisting with the development of solutions to include pre-award and post award situations.

Status Reporting:

• Assist with establishing and maintaining databases and assist in the development and analysis of key program metrics.
• Assist in developing and integrating risk management plans and strategies and support program briefings.
• Assist in determining program progress and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management.
• Assist with tracking technical metrics and reporting status. Assist with organizing and managing critical aspects of the development, production, deployment, and sustainment of programs/projects

Program Analysis:

• Apply an understanding of DoD and AF program/project analysis to assist with planning, organizing, completing and presenting assessments of program/project activity management concepts, analyses, studies and procedures to the USG
• Assist with performing analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action.
• Evaluate implications of existing or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies/laws and recommend improvements to the USG.
• Assist the USG in the planning and organizing of program management activities, and/or analyses efforts of a group of specialists, and/or advising on and performing work related to program management.
• Assist with planning, organizing, completing, and presenting assessments of program management concepts, analyses, studies, and procedures. Assist in performing a wide range of activities including gathering a variety of program information, conducting analyses, acquisition strategy planning, pre-award and post-award document preparation, and milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, briefing preparation, staff coordination, and decision documentation preparation.

Requirements Development:

• Support the development, review, and approval processes for requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing. assist in translating user requirements documents such as the Capability Development Document (CDD), Capability Production Document (CPD), and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the directorate.

Capability Planning:

• Support USG implementation of policies, processes, and tools for capability planning and development.
• Assist capabilities managers in arranging and supporting High Powered Teams (HPTs) for capabilities development. The Contractor shall assist in developing and implementing capability based planning processes for AFMC.
• Assist in facilitating AFMC support to Capability Review and Risk Assessment (CRRA) and integrate AFMC/Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) capability based planning activities and by providing input for Integrated Summits (I-SUMMITs).
• Support AFMC’s Capabilities Integration Panel resources to include financial and manpower resources. Assist with reviewing capability requirements and option sets to ensure the necessary interoperability and appropriate linkages to other capabilities.
• Assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews.

Modeling Simulation & Analysis (MS&A):

• Promote the use of MS&A throughout the acquisition lifecycle process and foster the development and maintenance of common use MS&A tools useful to the divisions/groups/industry. Support command leadership and policy for modeling, simulation, and analysis to enable capability-based planning and acquisition.
• Access modeling databases and perform specific analyses.

Program Integration:

• Assist in integration of intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure cross-enterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition.
• Assist in establishing a capability architect function to ensure integrated architectures are developed and used as a standard vehicle for cross-enterprise comparison, analysis, and integration. Assist with identifying and advocating to various levels of management improvements to existing and proposed Air Force Operational Support capability requirements.
• Support such transformational improvements to operational support via capability-based planning, modernization initiatives and process engineering. Support the early and pervasive integration of both business and military intelligence including both narrative and database form into force modernization efforts, from concept development through sustainment.

Document Preparation:

• Provide support for all aspects of program cost, schedule, and performance risk assessment/management, acquisition program/project management, and TPA logistics and training support.
• Assist with Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), data calls, and reviews.
• Support and assist in planning, organizing, and managing of general and critical aspects of the development, production, and/or deployment of the systems, subsystems, and equipment as well as the acquisition program management of the full life cycle requirements.
• Support the development and sustainment of program requirements documents, assist with producing and/or reviewing products for USG use—to include acquisition strategies and plans, integrated schedules, all required program documentation to include but not limited to documentation between functional resources, program risk management plans and tracking, logistic support, and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) proposal evaluation.
• Support to process and complete Modification Proposal AF Form 1067 activities. Assist with logging, assigning review responsibilities, tracking completions, providing responses to the using command, and archiving results.
• Provide programmatic support for the using commands’ Requirements and Planning Councils (R&PC) or similar requirements review processes.

Program Coordination:

• Develop and collect technical data and inputs for staff summary packages to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approval. Provide technical support, plan for, coordinate, and participate in integrated program reviews and conferences, including but not limited to: executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirement working groups, supportability, and management reviews.
• Participate in system developer or OEM technical and programmatic reviews, assisting in identifying risks, and developing mitigation plans. Assist with the management of the action item process following each review, briefings and reports by gathering information, preparing charts, presenting briefings, and providing other support as needed.

Program Execution:

• Assist in producing or supporting the development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Support program execution per established strategies and plans, during all program phases, support all program milestones, and provide support as well as expertise for briefings and meetings as required.
• Assist with tracking appropriation and allocation of funds to ensure the efficient obligation and execution of funds to certify costs and scheduled activities are aligned and tracked to meet program goals. Assist in providing rapid response acquisition surge support for new start or other identified programs and the Contractor shall support work sessions with and for the USG to address related requirements.
• Assist in the review and analyses of prime and sub-contractor Earned Value Management (EVM) systems.

Schedule Project Management:

• Assist with developing, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining schedules and metrics that are needed to track program status.
• Assist with providing schedule analysis of overarching program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with knowledge of OEM-specific scheduling tools, or other tools mandated by the USG and integration techniques. Assist with applying EVM principles and program control best practices in order to evaluate and report program health and status.
• Provide informal scheduling training to program team members as required.

External Mission Partner Coordination:

• Interface and coordinate with lateral USG organizations, including but not limited to headquarters, major commands, aircraft wings/squadrons, test agencies, and USAF Centers or other external agencies to accomplish assigned tasks. Assist with the resolution of programmatic issues including, but not be limited to, interfacing/querying Air Staff, Air Force Major Command, and DoD personnel.
• Assist with documenting the status, decisions, and open actions to be resolved because of inquiries, and deliver executive-quality products to the USG.

Program Reviews:

• Assist with providing technical support, planning for, coordinating, and participating in integrated program reviews and conferences, including but not limited to, the following: executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirement working groups, supportability, and management reviews.
• Support shall include the management of the action item process following each review.
• Assist with program briefings and reports by gathering information, preparing charts, presenting briefings, and providing other support as needed.

Director’s Action Group/Program Execution Group Support:

• Support DAG and PEG processes, including but not limited to, Execution Reviews, Monthly Acquisition Report (MAR), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR), other acquisition reports, and the Task Management Tool (TMT).

Working Group/Integrated Product Team Participation:

• Participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs). Perform, as required, a non-voting advisory role for program source selections on all acquisition related requirements.
• Assist in determining program progress and effectively communicate recommendations, orally and in writing, to higher organizational management.
• Apply program knowledge for developing and coordinating responses to taskers in response to internal and external program inquiries

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One of the following combinations of education/experience:

• • Advanced Degree (Master of Arts (MA)/Master of Science (MS)) 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-
  • BA/BS degree, and fifteen (15) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) of which must be in the DoD -OR-
  • HS Diploma, and twenty (20) years of directly related experience, eight (8) of which must be in the DoD.
• Proficient in the use of FMS-specific software and Management Information System (MIS) applications, to include but not limited to Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate (AFLCMC/WF)-On Line and DSAMS/SAMRS applications, to produce databases, spreadsheets, graphics, and other specialized products to facilitate the use of standardized automated forms, materials procurement, maintenance and disposition reports, and other periodic or ad hoc reports.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a current U.S. passport and be willing to travel to foreign Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) locations.
• U.S. Citizenship required; Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance required.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.