NGA - Springfield, VA - TS/SCI Required
Program Overview:
Board is seeking a candidate to provide Acquisition Program Management to a Government lead and team that:
- Provides acquisition strategy program management services to senior management
- Works across NGA directorates to help the Government coordinate development of new and/or modified/enhanced capabilities for operational use.
- Provides technical guidance to the Government Point of Contact (GPOC) on programmatic matters related to lifecycle engineering
- Provides program management guidance in service frameworks and models, agile engineering processes, and industry best practices to achieve NGA's GEOINT mission
Principal Duties And Responsibilities
- Provide technical, financial, schedule and risk management guidance to the project, program or Program Management Office (PMO)
- Provide support to the drafting of interagency agreements and other documents required for the execution of AF9‘s and MIPR's.
- Provide business executive support in linking Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Budget Planning with Budget Execution and Control
- Provide programmatic risk assessments, mitigation strategies and risk burn down plans to achieve the desired program results
- Support coordination of cost estimates and technical work scope with the PMO and appropriate project or program teams
- Interface with NGA organizational areas, end users/customers including foreign and domestic agencies to identify and mitigate risks, develop and manage budgets, create and maintain schedules that ensure technical results and program performance
- Provide program management support to NGA Management in strategic business planning, business development activities, product concept development and Information Technology engineering
- Ensure programmatic alignment and adherence to the NGA Vision, Planning and Programs, CIOT Priorities and TA Priorities.
- Support the development, coordination and governance management of Request for Change (RFC's) and Engineering Change Proposal (ECPs) requirements documents.
- Ensure the technical maintenance and configuration management of program and project plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), architecture diagrams, and other key program documents
- Support the preparation of briefing packages for the Acquisition Governance Process and other related governance boards
- Support the coordination of program management between the Engineering Divisions, CIO-T Offices, and NGA Directorates and Associate Directorates
- Support NGA and IC Steering Groups, Advisory Groups and Governance Boards
- Support Enterprise Release Planning
- Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA's) and / or Assessments
- Maintain PMO artifacts using NGA approved software, tools and processes
- Provide acquisition program management expertise in lean six-sigma strategies and execution; working knowledge of agile methods, practices and execution; or working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methods and applications
- Provide validation and verification of engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality and traceability to requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, Business or a related field such as Economics, Accounting, or Finance
- 12 years of overall experience, with 8 Years of demonstrated specialized experience as a Program Manager in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk management
- Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques
- Experience with drafting MIPRs and AF9 Forms (must have)
Desired Experience:
- Demonstrated specialized experience in Cost/ Price analysis, cost estimating or financial management
- Demonstrated specialized experience in Department of Defense (DoD) and or NGA acquisition processes
- Demonstrated specialized experience with the development and/or review of cost estimates and the associated technical work scope necessary to achieve stated objectives
- Demonstrated knowledge of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the Intelligence Community
- Demonstrated specialized experience in managing Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Incentive
- Fee, Cost Plus Award Fee, Firm Fixed Price, Time and Materials or Indefinite
- Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contracts
- Demonstrated specialized experience in lean six-sigma, Agile or SAFe methods with demonstrated results
- Demonstrated specialized experience tailoring and using both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies to support acquisition planning, execution, integration and transition to operations
- Demonstrated specialized experience with the identification of technical issues and proactive communication of possible impacts
- Demonstrated specialized experience in performing validation and verification of various engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality results against customer requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Intelligence Community (IC) Configuration Management (CM) processes
- Demonstrated specialized experience with developing and validating system roadmaps, project plans and mission capabilities
- Demonstrated specialized experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA's)
Benefits
- Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- 20 Days of Paid Time Off
- 11 Observed Federal Holidays
- Military Leave
- 401K Matching
- Training/Certification Reimbursement
- Short term/Long term disability
- Parental/Maternity Leave
- Life Insurance
STEMBoard is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information. Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation. STEMBoard is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
