Position Description

Serco is excited to begin support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO). This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition lifecycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment. Our Program Analyst, located in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, or other locations shown below, supports the Air Vehicle (AV) Program Management Office (PMO) in providing lifecycle cost, schedule, and performance of aircraft, avionics, sensors, weapons integration, and modifications in the F‐35 Lightning II Enterprise. You will be part of a dynamic team of F-35 JPO Program Analysts and Program/Project Managers who works closely with the customer and other key F-35 National Security and Allied stakeholders to deliver quality F-35 systems.

In this role, you will:

• Assist AV PMO in providing development, production, modifications, and retrofit, and sustainment of the AV.Air Vehicle Support Equipment (SE) – assist AV PMO in managing requirements, specifications, and procurement of off-aircraft F-35 SE necessary for daily flight operations.
• Pilot Flight Equipment (PFE) – assist AV PMO in managing the requirements, development, testing, qualification, and sustainment of Below-the-Neck F-35 PFE.

• Ancillary Mission Equipment (AME) – assist AV PMO in managing the requirements, procurement, and sustainment of F-35 AME.
• Tooling and Test Equipment – assist AV PMO in managing requirements, development, and procurement of enterprise special tooling and special test equipment required to support production and sustainment.
• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) – assist AV PMO in resolving component obsolescence issues due to loss of manufacturing sources and the subsequent development, testing, and qualification of suitable alternatives.
• Initial Spares – assist AV PMO in managing requirements and procurement of initial spares to support production aircraft and fielding of new component.
• Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) – assist AV PMO in managing the development, procurement, and sustainment of F-35 HMDS.
• Lightning Support Team (LST) – assist AV PMO in ensuring continued Airworthiness/Aircraft Safety, maintaining the inherent design, preserving operational service life, sustaining mission capability, fostering platform readiness, and lifecycle cost.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• The ability to provide onsite support at one of the following F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) locations no less than 2-days per week, each week. Exact days in office at the JPO must be coordinated with F-35 customer and approved by your Serco manager. (Your onsite days in JPO office including adhoc meetings may increase to support the needs of the customer.)
• Crystal City, Arlington, VA
• Patuxent River, MD
• Eglin AFB, FL
• Wright Patterson AFB, OH
• Jacksonville, FL
• Hill AFB, UT
• Fort Worth, TX
• An active Secret clearance.
• Experience in program management, technical or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management; and a minimum of four (4) years out of six (6) of recent work experience related to analysis and planning. At least two (2) years in support of a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP).
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or discipline, or associate degree plus four years of program management, technical or business analysis experience (total of 10 years).
• Knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, deployment, and sustainment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
• Knowledge of the FAR for the development of contracts and contract modifications required for the acquisition of logistics supportability products.
• Demonstrated experience in the program/project status, schedules, and DoD reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Service and OSD policy and documentation related to PPBS, life- cycle management of military acquisition programs (as specified in the DoD 5000 series), to include DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2, DoD Directive (DODD) 5530.03, and the International Cooperation in Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (IC in AT&L) Handbook.
• Up to 10% Travel

Company Overview

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco.

If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

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COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).