You will serve as a PROGRAM MANAGER in the Program Management Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Utilizing a wide range of technical and business systems, processes, and practices used to manage weapon systems acquisition; 2) Reviewing, analyzing, and implementing higher level procurement policies; 3) Managing project/program requirements, objectives and metrics, and resolving conflicts among schedules, funding, and resources; 4) Identifying opportunities to incorporate process improvements and best practices utilizing customer feedback, internal and external audits, self-assessment, and lessons learned activities; 5) Advising management and colleagues on difficult problems, conducting special studies, proposing options and alternatives, and representing a command. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will provide for effective life cycle management, which includes acquisition, development, testing, production, integration and sustainment support, and financial management for assigned programs.
You will engage in initial research and development efforts through in-service engineering support, and for maintaining liaison with NAWCAD, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and other major commands and private industry.
You will analyze needs and synthesize requirements information to develop requirements for program initiatives and plans.
You will serve as a key participant in the development of an acquisition strategy that serves as the framework for integrating functional activities essential to the acquisition effort and serves as the basis for specific program management documents
You will coordinate all of the functions and disciplines related to the acquisition of the assigned systems/equipment, involving overall planning, direction, execution, and control of all efforts related to procurement and support.
You will contribute to the determination of resource needs and allocation of resources (funding, manpower, facilities, etc.) for life-cycle management of the assigned program.
You will provide program management, technical management and risk management support to the designated program office.
You will coordinate appropriate interface segments of the program with other program managers and management officials and with higher authorities.