Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers' technical challenges.
SSI is searching for a Program Manager for a positionlocated onsite at Kirtland AFB, NM.
A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high-performing team in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. The candidate will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.
In this position, you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to our customer at Kirtland AFB, NM. For each project, the customer sets up small, agile, and empowered teams to include a program manager, technical specialists, contracting, finance, security, and the use right acquisition strategies to set the effort up for success. You will work across all of these teams to ensure programs are successful.
Role and Responsibilities:
•Serves as program advisory lead for planning and negotiating transition requirements.
•Rapidly develops and fields new, highly classified space capabilities for operations, establishes operational and tactical applications, and conducts research to meet emerging space-centric needs.
•Supports management and execution across the entire portfolio of programs and ensures programs are properly coordinated and lessons learned are applied efficiently for rapid fielding.
•Provides detailed analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission-critical challenges/issues.
•Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to verify and track program needs. Coordination will include producing, tracking, and coordinating all agreements and documentation necessary for systems to transition seamlessly into a framework for organizing, training, and equipping the United States Space Force.
•Coordinates with external agencies to include operational units, higher headquarters, Combatant Command (COCOM) staff, other acquisition activities, and research and development functions Supports and advises acquisition and program management functions, advises government management on design challenges, operational delivery, and integration, and supports system program reviews.
•Assists in acquisition planning and technical requirements development.
•Helps the government assess the technical sufficiency, cost, quality, and timely delivery of program deliverables.
•Drafts, reviews, and edits final program reports, documents, and briefings.
•Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project's inception to the conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs.
•Aids in the development of a Monthly Status Report on all support efforts including updates in status and performance, major activities, challenges, and opportunities.
•Translate results into simple, actionable recommendations or easily differentiated courses of action.
•Communicate, concisely, and with technical accuracy-oral and written.
•Provides strategic advice, technical guidance, and expertise to program and project staff.
•Other duties as required.
Required Qualifications

• Minimum fifteen (15) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience.
• Relevant BA/BS degree
• Relevant MA/MS degree
• Experience at the MAJCOM/Field Command staff level or higher.
• Experience in DoD program management including program test and transition to operations.
• Experience and understanding of SpOC fielding and operational acceptance processes.
• Experience in OPLAN, Operations, Exercise employment and CONOPS development.
• Experience in live, virtual, or constructive training environments.
• Expert understanding of the Command and Control/Kill chain dynamics.
• Experience with Space Vehicle and subsystem integration.
• Understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs.
• Knowledge of space system engineering, development, and manufacturing
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management
• Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility.
• No less than two (2) years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 1-year total within last 5 years.
• Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and willingness to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph.
• This position is full-time, on site at Kirtland AFB, NM and will require travel up to 30% of time within the continental United States.

Desired Qualifications.

• Experience as a SETA in a government program office.
• Experience at the USSF Field Command staff level or higher.
• Experience in space operations to include planning and execution.
• Experience with rapid prototyping.
• Experience with integrated air, space, and cyberspace capabilities.
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.
• (Desired) Weapons School Graduate

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