Senior Program Manager at Chenega Corporation

Overview

AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC

Wright Patterson AFB

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD

The Senior Program Manager shall aid in research for the Airman Systems Directorate, Airman Biosciences Division 711 HPW/RHB, Biomedical Impast of Flight Branch (RHBF). This position shall provide direct support to the Defense Health Program (DHP) Medical Human Performance (HP) Program, Product Line Lead and Lead Program Manager to include the R&D Support Program personnel and laboratories that carry out the medical HP research mission.

Responsibilities

• Provide program management expertise to support day to day operations within the medical funded Human Performance Research 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 medical R&D projects.
• Be logged into Air Force Teams during their work hours when practicable and display an accurate status indicator while logged in.
• Shall collect, analyze and appraise acquisition data required to draw conclusions and work with the project/program managers to devise solutions to problems relating to improvement of acquisition effectiveness and compliance.
• Participate and provide expertise in the assistance of development of strategic and tactical acquisition planning by assisting in establishing/recommending scope, cost, schedule and performance parameters necessary to successfully execute projects within the R&D portfolio.
• Identify and document programmatic risks using expert judgment and historical data; maintain R&D portfolio risk database, implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate and minimize the impact of project risk.
• 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 and ensuring the necessary controls are in place to monitor the contract once awarded.
• Utilize DoD budget, financial data, and contractor reported financial data to analyze, synthesize, and generate reports and other program documentation.
• 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 presentations on program requirements, advocate program objectives, status, accomplishments, challenges encountered and anticipated. and collaborations 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).
• Work with a team of finance, contracting, business analyst, scientists, engineers, clinicians, research assistants, and other support contractors to collect and analyze project data relevant to support program execution, assessment, and reporting.
• Employ the skillset to manage research projects and provide project/program management direction across multiple contracted research efforts.
• Assist with providing technical direction to other members of integrated research product staff.
• 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.
• Perform tasks 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).
• Perform all tasks with excellent organizational, management, and communications skills
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration/management, business systems, project management, finance, systems engineering, computer engineering, information systems, and/or computer science.
• Master’s degree in the areas of business administration/management, business systems, project management, finance, systems engineering, computer engineering, information systems, and/or computer science preferred.
• Possess one of the following minimum training requirements:
  • DAWIA career field certification (APDP Level I or higher) in Program Management (PM)
  • Engineering & Technical Management (ETM)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is an acceptable substitute for DAWIA certifications.
• Minimum five (5) years of demonstrated program/project management experience in a Department of Defense (DoD) work environment OR
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of demonstrated program/project management experience managing project strategy development, budget, cost, schedule, performance, and product delivery parameters.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience with project planning, contract strategy development, collecting and analyzing project data, and performance assessment.
• Experience with developing and writing 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).
• Experience working in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) work environment preferred.
• Experience in providing technical direction to other members of integrated research product staff.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software programs to include: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel spreadsheets.
• Possess communication skills and the ability to report across multiple programs.
• Ability to have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information.
• Ability to occasonally travel to Wright-Patterson AFB for meetings and other work.

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.)

• Occasional travel to Wright-Patterson AFB may be required for meetings and other work.
• 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.

Executive Order 13495, The Non Displacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts provide first right of refusal to incumbents on contracts. If the position is accepted by the incumbent on the job, other application/resume of non-incumbents will not be reviewed

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