Supervisory Acquisition Program Management Specialists 4/1/26 - 4/15/26

Come be a part of something big! Smart Minds, Cool Jobs, and Awesome Rewards! Fueled by innovation, talent and ambition, the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is seeking civilian professionals prepared to deploy war-winning capabilities on behalf of the United States Air Force.

OPENS: 1 APRIL 2026 CLOSES: 15 APRIL 2026

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• Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience, education, and professional development is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors.
• The hiring manager will reject any illegible/unreadable resumes or resumes that do not comply with the 2-page limitation.
• Provide all academic degrees, professional military education and any other professional certifications on your 2-page resume.
  
  

Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking two full-time Supervisory Acquisition Program Management Specialists to work in the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Directorate, Sentinel Systems Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

These positions (007930, 986384) are NH-1101-04s, which have a typical 2026 salary range of $125,776 – $192,331.

The primary purpose of these positions is to serve as Sentinel Supervisory Program Management Specialist.

DUTIES:

• Serve as a Sentinel Supervisory Program Manager for either the Sentinel Launch Silos Branch or Sentinel Launch Centers Branch within the Sentinel Launch Systems IPT.
• Engage with extended and geographically dispersed teams, including subject matter experts from across the Sentinel and Minuteman III Programs, AFNWC, Air Force Global Strike Command, integration support contractors, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force Civil Engineering Center and others to ensure development activities are successfully planned, coordinated, and executed.
• Supervise a geographically dispersed team providing oversight, planning and mentoring as well as all other administrative supervisory duties.
• Support Wing Communication Infrastructure development activities at the appropriate level of maturation for any given milestone, demonstrating team readiness in relation to achieving the milestone entrance and exit criteria.
• Serve as a technical focal point and daily liaison for integrating efforts with key stakeholders for project planning, scheduling, execution and status reporting on assigned projects.
• Provide continuous assessment/evaluation of overall program goals, objectives, strategies, performance to ensure a sound basis for long-range acquisition program management processes and follow-on system life cycle support planning.
• Ensure participation and outcomes of special projects result in positive impact(s) on the organization and/or improves quality.
  
  

ABILITY: Demonstrated accomplishment relative to a subject matter, to apply concepts, synthesize, and make decisions

• Advanced multidisciplinary professional acquisition concepts, principles, practices, and standards.
• Analyze, plan and adjust work operations to meet program objectives and requirements within available resources.
  
  

SKILL: Demonstrated experience to process, translate, and interpret subject matter

• Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of an organization and mentor, motivate, develop and appraise assigned staff as well as analyze, plan, and adjust work operations to meet project requirements, goals and objectives within available resources and other statutory/regulatory constraints. Experience with supervising a geographically separated team is preferred.
• Strong communication, organizational and leadership skills with demonstrated experience in leading, influencing and collaborating in a diverse team environment that includes government and contractor stakeholders.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, building consensus and coalitions, negotiating, and resolving conflicts with a variety of stakeholders and their organizations as well as communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Experience with the development of a new Weapon System addressing all support elements and sustainment requirements for successful operation and sustainment over the life cycle.
• Strong background in collateral, sensitive compartmented, and special access program security program management is preferred.
• Knowledge of acquisition concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques to apply to problems.
  
  

KNOWLEDGE: An understanding of ideas, concepts, principles, theories, and techniques

• Mission, roles, functions, organizational structure, and operation of the DoD, Air Force, and organizations that govern, interface with, and/or influence systems acquisition, development, and/or sustainment.
• Implementation of the government acquisition process.
  
  

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION (NOT ALL-INCLUSIVE):

• U.S. CITIZENSHIP
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance and required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This position is designated as a drug testing position. The incumbent is subjected to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing thereafter.
• Employee must meet Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements, which includes achieving Program Management “Foundational” certification category within required timeframe after appointment.
• In accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, 1978, employee may be required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft. !