Location
Fort Belvoir, VA | United States
Job description
Are you looking for your next challenge supporting research & development? Come join a dynamic team supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Research and Development (RD) Directorate! ARServices is seeking a qualified candidate to support the DTRA RD Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Technologies Department (CX), Counterforce Systems Division (RD-CXS) team. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in team management, technical program and project planning, and general project management support. This position is full-time, on site. Most of the work will be performed in a government facility at Fort Belvoir, VA, with some telework permitted. This position requires a Top Secret clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. This position may involve occasional travel.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the team
- Provide technical project management assistance and support for Division CWMD R&D Programs
- Provide analysis, management, distribution, and consolidation of responses to internal and external taskings, RFIs, and inquiries
- Provide support for internal taskers
- Create briefings and products for both technical and senior leader audiences
- Establish and maintain relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Provide support to and coordination of acquisition and planning, programming, budgeting, and execution documents to include development of budget exhibits Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) materials, for a research and development acquisition program
- Assist in setting portfolio, project, and product level strategy and priorities
- Coordinate and consolidate complex, technical, programmatic, and strategic responses to support division initiatives to a variety of internal and external audiences
- Provide cost estimating, life-cycle costing, and cost-benefit analyses in support of acquisition programs and other analyses including support to POM and PPBE activities
- Employ technical expertise to translate technical plans into required fiscal documentation to support the planning, programming, budgeting and execution.
- Assist with development/maintenance of program review materials
- Assist with managing and developing the PPBE (planning, programming, budgeting, and execution) process as well as developing budget/program briefs
- Review program documentation to facilitate cross-communication regarding program priorities and courses of action
- Participate in Integrated Product Teams
- Advise the program team on risk assessment and risk management, business and contracting strategies, and technology transfers
- Assist with developing and tracking budgets and spend plans for a wide-ranging portfolio across multiple fiscal years
Requirements
- Current DOD Top Secret level clearance with access to SCI
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, management or scientific/technical field
- Minimum of ten years of experience in DOD R&D program planning and technical program management including 3+ years in a Department of Defense Acquisition focused position and managing and reporting on multiple projects
- High-level proficiency with MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Experience in DoD Counter-WMD Research and Development, portfolio and project management or related experience
- Extensive experience with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, DoD Directive 5000 series and other DoD acquisition and contracting policies
Desired Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a business, management or scientific/technical field
- Extensive experience in Counter WMD R&D
- Experience working at DTRA
- Knowledge of one or more of the following areas: modeling & simulation, software development, unmanned systems, sensor development, measurement and signature intelligence, operations research, systems engineering
- Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification at level 1 or 2
- Defense Acquisition University Program Management coursework
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