Overview

Avosys is a growing integrator of professional, technological and management solutions services. Founded in 1998, Avosys provides services nationwide to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. We recognize the foundation of our firm is our people and we continue to rise above our competition by hiring the best.

Is it your calling to serve our Nation’s Heroes? Avosys is seeking a Program Manager to provide services to the military and their families.

• Maximize family time with no weekend, Holiday, or on-call requirements
• Maintain work-life balance with guaranteed 8-hour shifts
• Take advantage of our competitive, comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability & 401(k)

Responsibilities

• Provide program management expertise to support day to day operations within the Medical Research core technical competency portfolio, Aeromedical Research Product line management, and SBIR/STTR projects. The contractor shall apply acquisition and program management principles, and expertise to guide program and project accomplishment through the various phases of the research acquisition lifecycle. The ontractor shall follow in-place and help develop administrative and monitoring support tools as required to perform daily operations associated with establishment, maintenance and oversight of medical research and modernization 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 execute projects within the Medical Research division portfolio.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate activities of functional specialists including scientist, engineering, contracting, program control, test and logistics.
• 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.
• Possess and/or engage in learning defense acquisition and aerospace medical research policies and regulations and recommend appropriate action consistent with those guidelines. The contractor shall be/become familiar with research processes including Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approvals. Using this knowledge, the contractor shall proof read and edit project plans, research proposals, and data collected by program management team and/or support staff members for accuracy and consistency.
• Identify and document programmatic risks using expert judgment and historical data; implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate and minimize the impact of project risk.
• Conduct all necessary contracting activities required to support project contract awards within the portfolio. This shall include preparing a statement of work 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 control contractual, financial, and technical aspects of a project/program through designated phases of the acquisition cycle for which no closely related precedents exist.
• Utilize financial/programming data systems to retrieve, process, and synthesize information, generates reports to support analysis, and documents requirements for additional system capabilities. The contractor shall become familiar with financial systems including the Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR) System.
• 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.
• Represent the organization at the executive levels within the Government and to contract/industry representatives. If requested, participates 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.
• Utilize Microsoft software programs to support the expansion of electronic products required for project reporting and management oversight delivered to Major Commands, management officials and identified program/project stakeholders (Semi-Annual Reviews, Quarterly and Ad Hoc Status Reports, and Program Management Reviews).

Qualifications

Mandatory Qualifications

• Possess a minimum of a Master's degree. Relevant education/training and experience may be considered an acceptable substitute for minimum requirements.

• Professionally and technically qualified with a minimum of three years of Research, Integration, and/or Regional Administrative Management experience.

• Minimum of two years of experience in Department of Defense service (civ/mil/ktr).

• Proficient in all standard Microsoft Office computer applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

• Have the knowledge and ability to maintain sites in Share Point for the Division.

• Able to resolve questions, consult, and track down information on Share Point.

• Possess extensive organizational skills and the ability to work independently.

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Previous military experience exceeding the required two years of experience.