AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD
The Senior Program Manager shall aid in research for the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air and Space Biosciences Division 711 HPW/RHB. The Air and Space Biosciences Division is an international center for research and technology evaluation in hazard mitigation, public health, contingency operations, performance enhancement, human systems integration, and clinical aerospace medicine disciplines including aeromedical evacuation.
Responsibilities
- Provide program management expertise to support day-to-day operations within the Air and Space Biosciences Division 711 HPW/RHB S&T Portfolio.
- Apply acquisition and program management principles, and expertise to assist program and project accomplishment through the various AFRL project life cycle.
- Implement administrative and monitoring support tools as required to perform daily operations associated with establishment, execution, and assessment of R&D programs.
- Participate and provide expertise in strategic and tactical acquisition planning by assisting in establishing program performance parameters necessary to foster successful execution within the S&T portfolio.
- Assess budget execution (commitments, obligations, expenditures) across different funding types from various sources; and conduct monitoring and assessment of contractor incurred obligations and the actual expenditures for reporting purposes.
- Develop, review, and support finalizing program independent cost estimates.
- Work with a team of finance, contracting, program managers, scientists, engineers, clinicians, research assistants, and other support contractors to collect and analyze project data relevant to support program execution, assessment, and reporting.
- Assist in the development of necessary contracting activities required to support project contract awards within the portfolio.
- Assist in preparing a statement of work and supporting documents for Request for Proposal release, supporting technical evaluations.
- Provide support at the executive levels within the Government and to contract/industry representatives. If requested, participate in portfolio reviews, conferences, and meetings to deliver program presentations within and outside of the 711th Human Performance Wing.
- Develop and write technical documentation and briefings for higher level leadership. Examples may include program management reviews, project assessment snapshots, project reporting using DoD electronic reporting systems (Program Management Reporting Tool – PMRT).
- Ensure discovered problems/issues are clearly defined and the necessary corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner and/or risk a mitigation measure is in-place to support research project(s) execution.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration/management, finance, or accounting.
- Possess one of the following: DAWIA career field certification (APDP Level I or higher) in Financial Management (FM) -or- Program Management (PM)
- Minimum (ten) 10 years of demonstrated program/project management and budget analyst experience in a Department of Defense (DoD) or federal service work environment; OR
- Minimum (twenty) 20 years of demonstrated program/project management experience managing project strategy development, budget, cost, schedule, performance, and product delivery parameters.
- DoD Financial Manager and/or Comptroller professional training and certification preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Possess a demonstrated understanding of fundamental fiscal restrictions/regulations and various types of contract vehicles.
- Possess demonstrated experience in developing program cost estimates to establish program cost positions for higher level review; and collecting cost data from various sources for analysis.
- Possess demonstrated experience with developing and writing technical documentation and briefings for higher level leadership. Examples may include program management reviews, budget/financial execution reviews, program assessment and status reports using DoD electronic reporting systems.
- Experience using Air Force accounting Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System Preferred.
- Experience working in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) or Research & Development work environment Preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft software programs to include: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel spreadsheets to support the development of electronic products required for project reporting and management oversight delivered to Division and Wing officials and identified program/project stakeholders (Monthly Reviews, Quarterly and Ad Hoc Status Reports, and Program Management Reviews).
- Ability to perform all tasks with excellent organizational, management, and communications skills.
- Experience with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process; program planning and baseline establishment; requirements management; contracts and agreements administration; analyzing obligations and expenditures.
- Experience with budget programming and execution for multi-million-dollar valued programs; and managing multiple funding types.
Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
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Teleworking Permitted?
Yes
Teleworking Details
To be discussed and concurred upon with the technical advisor and approved by the COR.
