Acquisition Management Specialist - Serco North America

Serco is excited to continue support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office. This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition life-cycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment.

Our Acquisition Management Analyst, located in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, supports the F-35 JPO Directorate of Acquisition and Affordability (DA&A) in its mission to manage JPO functions as they relate to business operations, foreign compliance, process improvement, cost, requirements, and acquisition. This position applies knowledge and experience in acquisition program management to the F-35 program throughout its life cycle. Our Analysts perform specific tasks within a narrowly defined scope of responsibility within a set time-line, working only under very general direction. Prepares correspondence, briefing materials, and other documentation in support of the joint program office. Establishes and utilizes appropriate management information and feedback systems to review, control, and report on assigned projects. Interacts with working level program offices, support organization, and functional system contractor employees in support of the assigned program(s) and project(s), Works independently but may interact with more senior acquisition managers and project leaders to review completed or in-process work for overall adequacy and accuracy.

In this role you will;

• Assist DA&A in managing F-35 JPO enterprise-wide procurements and enterprise procurement metrics using the Procurement Management Tool (PMT) of the Navy NAVAIR Acquisition Management System (AMS) suite
• Assist DA&A using PMT to plan, execute, manage procurements, monitor milestones, contract work in progress, and Procurement Initiation Document (PID) packages
• Assist DA&A using PMT to support Integrated Product Team (IPT) contract and workload planning, Long Range Acquisition Forecast (LRAF), Planned Future Actions (PFAs), workload planning, bridge contract reporting, procurement planning to execution/award, predictive planning/risk modeling, electronic contract file, records and document management
• Provide program management and analysis support in Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR), enterprise earned value, data rights strategy, Integrated Product (IP), and the POM or Performance Based Regulation (PBR) process
• Assist DA&A in Procurement Process and Product Management Team (PMT) management, small business contracting and management, scheduling (e.g. the Enterprise Integrated Master Schedule [IMS]), and enterprise risk management
• Assist DA&A in managing the PMO Integration Council (PIC)
• Assist DA&A in the task management tool, Enterprise Task Management System Software Solution 2 (ETMS2)

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To be successful in role, you must have:

• Ability to obtain an interim Secret Clearance within 90 days and able to obtain/maintain a final adjudicated Secret clearance.
• The ability to provide on-site support at F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) located in Crystal City, VA no less than 2-days per week, each week. Exact days in office at the JPO must be coordinated with F-35 customer and approved by your Serco manager. (Your onsite days in JPO office including ad hoc meetings may increase to support the needs of the customer.)
• Two (2) out of the last four (4) years of recent work experience related to analysis and planning.
• Bachelor's degree in related field
  • or an Associate degree plus two (2) additional years of experience (six years total).
  • or a High School diploma and four (4) years of related experience.
• Experience in program management, technical or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life-cycle management.
• Demonstrated knowledge, and/or familiarity with the DoD 5000 acquisition series, Federal and DoD acquisition regulations and Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process.
• Demonstrated experience in the program/project status and earned value management (EVM).
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with DoD reporting tools and major reports. 
• To travel up to 10%

Additional Desired Experience and skills

• Knowledge of the Procurement Management Tool (PMT) of the Navy NAVAIR Acquisition Management System (AMS) suite
• Experience using PMT to plan, execute, manage procurements, monitor milestones, contract work in progress, and Procurement Initiation Document (PID) packages
• Experience using PMT to support Integrated Product Team (IPT) contract and workload planning, Long Range Acquisition Forecast (LRAF), Planned Future Actions (PFAs), workload planning, bridge contract reporting, procurement planning to execution/award, predictive planning/risk modeling, electronic contract file, records and document management
• Experience using a Task Management Tool, Enterprise Task Management System Software (ETMS), to upload tasks, coordinate tasks, update tasks, and close out tasks

If you are interested in supporting and working with our military and a passionate Serco team. Submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

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