Senior Program Manager, Training Systems (F-22)

Peerless Technologies is seeking a Senior Training Systems Program Manager to support the F-22 Program Office located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The F-22 Program Office is a fast-paced environment supporting a broad array of Divisions and Branches supporting the F-22 Raptor Fleet. You will interface with various government and military stakeholders, including the Weapon System Prime Contractor, and provide Training Systems support for the F-22 Test and Training Branch, in support of the F-22 Program Office mission.

The successful candidate will support the F-22 Program by providing the following skills/activities in support of F-22 Training Systems operations; you will/shall:

• Provide support in the identification of all factors that must be considered to perform the acquisition of production, maintenance, upgrade, supportability improvements, and modernization of the F-22 Pilot Training Systems and Maintenance Training Systems.
• Advise and assist in the management and organization of resources and personnel needed to efficiently and effectively meet the objectives of each task, as well as explore new approaches as applicable within the performance of these tasks. The candidate shall assign personnel to provide acquisition program management support services in execution of the F-22 Division’s acquisition program management support requirements.
• Provide support for the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts, delivery orders, task orders, and other transactions, to include acquisition/contract strategy development, analyses, RFPs, review of proposals, contract negotiations, and post-award actions as assigned by the Government for weapon system/subsystem acquisitions.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews as needed, including, but not limited to, Program Management Reviews (PMRs), System Requirement Reviews (SRRs), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Technical Coordination Meetings (TCMs), Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs), Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs), and milestone documentation development.
• Provide assistance to the F-22 Division in surveillance of Prime OEM Contractor/Subcontractor performance and assist in determining program progress by providing feedback to the Government

REQUIREMENTS

• General Experience requirements:
  • Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD
  • OR, Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD
  • OR, 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight of which must be in the DoD.
• Specific Experience requirements:
  • Prior experience with Training Systems / Flight and Maintenance Simulator Systems is highly preferred
  • Additionally, experience with CAF DMO, Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) environments( to include Joint Synthetic Environment (JSE)), or Training Systems-related Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) experience is highly beneficial
  • Prior experience supporting a weapons system/aircraft Acquisition Program Office is also preferred
• Clearance requirements:
  • Secret Clearance, and able to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility if required.