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Chenega Corporation Science Technology Program Manager in San Antonio, Texas

Summary

AJANTA CONSULTING

Fort Sam Houston, TX

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD

The Science &Technology Program Management Support shall provide professional program management support and assistance necessary to aid in the mission accomplishment of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Bioeffects Division.

Responsibilities

  • Provide program management expertise to support day-to-day operations within the Bioeffect Division portfolio, including applying acquisition and program management principles, and expertise to guide program and project accomplishment through the various phases of the research acquisition lifecycle.

  • Follow in-place and help develop administrative and monitoring support tools as required to perform daily operations associated with establishment, maintenance, and oversight of research projects.

  • Participate and provide guidance in the development of strategic and tactical acquisition planning, by defining the scope, cost, schedule, and performance parameters necessary to successfully complete projects within the Bioeffects Division.

  • Possess and/or engage in learning defense acquisition and research policies and regulations and recommend appropriate action consistent with those guidelines.

  • Identify and document programmatic risks using expert judgment and historical data, and implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate and minimize the impact of project risk.

  • Assist with all necessary contracting activities required to support project contract awards within the portfolio. This includes assisting with the preparation of a statement of work with key input from Government and supporting documents for Request for Proposal release, and ensuring the necessary controls are in place to monitor the contract once awarded.

  • Design implement and assist with contractual and financial of a project/program through designated phases of the acquisition cycle for which no closely related precedents exist.

  • Perform budget tasks and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of a budget with different sources and types of funding.

  • Provide technical guidance, advisory support, and assistance on a wide range of research management issues.

  • Speak on behalf of the organization 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.

  • Acquire competency in program management and government business applications to support the expansion of electronic products required for project reporting and management delivered to Major Commands, management officials and identified program/project stakeholders (Semi-Annual Reviews, Quarterly and Ad Hoc Status Reports, and Program Management Reviews).

  • May be required to travel.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree.

  • Mnimum two (2) years of Research or Laboratory Management Experience.

  • Mininum one (1) year of demonstrated experience in Air Force Program/ Project Management.

  • Possess an Active Secret Clearance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Proficient in all applications of Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.

  • Ability to demonstrate capability to 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.

  • Ability to utilize financial/programming data systems to retrieve, process, and synthesize information, generate reports to support analysis, and document requirements for additional system capabilities.

  • Familiarity with financial systems including the Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR) System.

  • Be detail-oriented with a commitment to maintaining high standards of ethics and research quality.

  • Ability to proofread and edit project plans, research proposals, and data collected by program management team and/or support staff members for accuracy and consistency.

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.)

  • 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.

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