Overview
Program Manager III
Be the Difference
Astrion offers comprehensive services that boost preparedness, optimize performance, and ensure success across various domains, from Cyber to Digital, Mission and Systems, servicing our nation's Civilian, Defense and Space communities. We support customers with Centers of Excellence in Washington DC, Huntsville, AL and Burlington, MA with an additional 36 locations across the U.S.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager located in Kettering, OH (WPAFB/Dayton, OH area) to support our EPASS GB contract. As part of the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate (BES), the Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability for PODs (RAMPOD) program provides serialized asset tracking to collect, process, collate, validate, report, and archive reliability, availability, maintainability, configuration, inventory, status, performance (sortie/mission), maintenance and warranty data for Pods and Integrated Systems through web- based applications. RAMPOD is designated as a critical Financial Feeder System to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).
JOB DETAILS
LOCATION: Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
JOB STATUS: Full Time
TRAVEL: TBD
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
EDUCATION:
- Advanced Degree (MA/MS) in Business Administration, Management Information Systems or other relevant discipline and 10 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD, or BA/BS Degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems or other relevant discipline and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD, or, 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications, 8 of which must be in the DoD.
- Must be proficient with MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Must be familiar with using MS Teams and MS SharePoint for project collaboration
- Secret Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required for all applicants
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- PMI Certified Program Management Professional (PMP) – Beneficial but not required.
- Experience with managing Air Force Risk Management process in support of the acquisition process
- A working understanding of Agile Development is required
- Familiarity with Atlassian Tools; Jira and Confluence is required
- Prior experience with DoD Acquisition programs under DoD 5000.02 or 5000.75 policy is desired (but not required)
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Program Manager will have comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force. Program management resources shall have:
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs;
- Knowledge of support activities that assist the program manager in assessing what programs are within schedule and cost baselines and be able to recommend viable solutions to problems as well as the pursuit of alternative courses of action;
- Abilities to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation, e.g., briefings, documents, and plans;
- Abilities to plan, research, analyze and assess system acquisition in terms of development, production and deployment of weapons systems and associated equipment;
- Abilities to formulate plans and recommend effective strategies in meeting cost, schedule and performance objectives;
- Abilities to support and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory reports, e.g., Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) or Monthly Activity Report (MAR);
- Abilities to support program management reviews, senior level meeting/reviews and Integrated Master Plan (IMP)/Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reviews; and,
- Abilities to support and develop various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management.
What We Offer
- Competitive salaries
- Continuing education assistance
- Professional development allotment
- Multiple healthcare benefits packages
- 401K with employer matching
- Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule
Who We Are
At Astrion, we innovate, elevate, and shape the world of tomorrow. At our core is our purpose to “Be the Difference”. This means we encourage our employees to take action and be the driving force for positive change. We foster an environment where innovative solutions flourish and our company continuously evolves.
We have a culture of care, empathy, and making a tangible difference within our organization and communities. We embrace continuous learning, growth, and innovation, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We promote collaboration and empowering our teams is at the core of our success.
Join Astrion and Be the Difference in your career and the world!
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