Senior Program Manager
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Torch Technologies Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us! Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Program Manager providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PEO Digital Directorate (AFLCMC/C3BM). The Air Force Program Execution Office for PEO Digital (AFPEO/C3BM) has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization, development, testing, production, fielding, and sustainment of the PEO Digital portfolio, which includes over 130 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO Digital Directorate is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS. This is a full-time position located at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. As a Senior Program Manager your duties include, but are not limited to: Support cost and schedule reduction activities for acquisition and development efforts Provide program level acquisition support to the Program Manager and Integrated Product Team Leads by helping guide successful program execution to maintain the acquisition battle rhythm and deliver warfighter capability Provide support and solutions to program leadership to facilitate successful contract execution for the program and analyzes overall program health and advises program leadership on options to maintain cost, schedule and performance objectives Support and develop various briefings/schedules of program status and acquisition tasks to senior management Provide expert Program Management inputs to Request for Proposal (RFPs) including systems specs, Electronic Warfare Systems (SRDs), Statement of Work (SOWs), and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), and other RFP products Review acquisition documents and provides comments with programmatic perspective to ensure consistency and accuracy. Documents may include, but are not limited to, ADMs, LCSP, Acquisition Strategies, APBs, Risk Management Plans, PMRs and milestone decision briefings Support, prepare, review and develop acquisition reports, including statutory and regulatory acquisition report and milestone review documentations identified in DoDI 5000.02 Support implementation and execution of acquisition and development effort processes in concert with Government and weapon system prime contractors Provide non-technical acquisition program management to include guidance and expertise necessary to apply principles, criteria, and procedures of DoD Directive 5000.1, DoDI 5000.02, NSSAP 03-02, and other DoD, AF, AFMC, and AFLCMC Instructions, Directives, Regulations, and guidance documents as applicable Outline policy disconnects, policy interpretation, and management of all acquisition efforts Advise the PM on best practice PM principles to achieve substantial process improvements, efficiencies, and potential cost avoidance Assist with planning, evaluating and implementing program acquisition strategies. This includes DoD and AF policy and/or guidance; technical approach and/or requirements; risk assessment; and realism in achieving a product suitable for the warfighter within cost, schedule, and performance constraints. Also includes broad range of program acquisition strategies, market research, evaluating deliverables requirements and best practice management; this includes support to Urgent Capability Acquisitions and Middle Tier of Acquisition as defined in DoDI 5000.80, Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition and DoDI 5000.81, Urgent Capability Acquisition Support and coordinate with program level scheduling personnel Develop, maintain, and update program risk management plans IAW the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, AFPAM 63-128, and the Air Force RI3 Guidebook; facilitate program risk identification, risk analysis, risk handling and risk monitoring; assist with execution of program risk management boards, risk management working groups (or equivalent), and document meeting minutes; includes analyzing prime and sub-contractor risk management processes Assist with development, maintenance, and update of acquisition reports such as the Monthly Activity Reports (MAR), Source Approval Request (SAR), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Acquisition Program Baseline