Chief Acquisition Strategist, DC Systems Division
17 hours ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Chief Acquisition Strategist to join our team at DCS Corp. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in acquisition program management and be able to provide strategic guidance on all aspects of the acquisition process.
Job DescriptionAbout Us:
DCS Corp is a leading provider of innovative solutions for the US Air Force. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional results and providing a supportive work environment for our employees.
About the Role:
As a Chief Acquisition Strategist, you will be responsible for developing and implementing acquisition strategies that align with the company's goals and objectives. This will involve working closely with program managers, government officials, and other stakeholders to ensure that acquisition processes are efficient and effective.
Key Responsibilities:
- Finding, mapping, gathering, and filtering information related to acquisition programs
- Supporting development of new knowledge and expertise in acquisition program management
- Conversion of personal knowledge into shared knowledge through training and documentation
- Shaping understanding and learning to include training manager functions including MICT and employment knowledge, ENT Tools/Resources
- 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)
- Review acquisition documents and provides comments with programmatic perspective to ensure consistency and accuracy
- 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
- Keep abreast of DoD acquisition reform policies and Air Force Instructions, and recommend revisions to new and existing programs impacted by the changes
- Support and coordinate with program level scheduling personnel
- Develop, maintain, and update program risk management plans IAW the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition
- 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 (APB)
- Support preparation and review of program documents
- Prepare and review ECPs/RFPs for MPEC DOs
- Evaluate proposals, complete technical evaluations and provide written recommendations to Government PM
- Correlate EVM Cost Performance Report analysis with the monthly IMS CDRLs for programs
- Support risk assessments for these strategies based on evaluation of the MPE's needs, schedule, technical risks as well as programmatic, funding and cost realism
- Provide guidance and advice to division branch chiefs and individual program/project managers regarding DoD Directives
- Experience working with Mission Planning Independent Validation, Verification & Evaluation, FQT and Development Evaluations in software development
- Outline policy disconnects, policy interpretation, and management of all acquisition efforts
Requirements:
Due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
A High School Diploma plus 13 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD.
Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret/SCI level clearance.
Familiar with cloud-based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance.
Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps and DevOps principals.
Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management.
Possess knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs.
Will need access to classified meeting space and classified emails.
Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on experience.
Location: Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
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