Principal Acq Assoc

Duties: Provide senior-level program management support to United States Space Force. Support spans program planning and execution, space systems sustainment, lifecycle acquisition, portfolio integration, financial management, and senior-leader decision support.

Acquisition Program Management

• Integrate cost, schedule, technical performance, and programmatic information to assess program execution and acquisition requirements.
• Support Government program managers in the planning and execution of acquisition, modification, modernization, and sustainment activities throughout the program lifecycle.
• Develop and coordinate acquisition strategies, decision papers, executive briefings, program reviews, and other acquisition documentation.
• Prepare, review, compile, and staff acquisition documentation supporting contract actions, program reviews, milestone activities, and senior acquisition decisions.
• Assess program health and executability, identify cost, schedule, technical, and acquisition risks, and provide recommendations to the Government project officers.
• Support contracting actions by preparing and reviewing statements of work, performance work statements, and supporting documentation for Government review and approval.
• Provide analytical support to independent Government cost estimate development, market research, and source selection activities as requested by the Government.
• Support Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) activities, including surveillance documentation, deliverable review, and contractor performance reporting.

Portfolio Integration, Sustainment & Product Support

• Consolidate acquisition and sustainment activities across multiple programs and projects to provide Government leadership visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements.
• Maintain acquisition forecasts covering current and future contract actions, milestones, and key decision points; identify disconnects, deficiencies, and emerging execution risks.
• Support space weapon-system sustainment and modernization, including coordination among acquisition, logistics, engineering, contracting, finance, and operational stakeholders.
• Support program and portfolio reviews and other cross-functional activities.
• Support diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) and obsolescence management for satellite control and space ground systems.
• Support product support and integrated logistics activities, including product support strategy development, sparing and supply chain analysis.

Senior Leadership & Executive Support

• Provide senior Government leaders with integrated program and portfolio information, executive-level analysis, and decision-quality recommendations addressing cost, schedule, performance, risk, and mission impact.
• Develop executive summaries, courses of action, trade-space analyses, risk assessments, program reviews, and senior-leader briefings with clearly articulated recommendations.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions and responses involving higher headquarters, program offices, functional organizations, and external stakeholders.
• Support the Director's Action Group, including tracking and coordinating higher headquarters taskings through the Task Management Tool (TMT), and support special projects, executive taskings, Program Management Reviews, and financial reviews.