Sr Acquisition Analyst

S3, Inc. is a rapidly growing woman-owned small business founded in 1991, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, that provides technical, programmatic, and logistic services to U.S. Department of Defense, other U.S. Government agencies, and Partner Nation militaries, co-located with Government requirements. The S3, Inc. staff is 84% veterans. The company operates under an ISO 9001/AS9100 certified Quality Management System.

The Principal Business Unit within S3, Inc., Agile Engineering Division, is chartered to DoD PEOs, PMOs, MDA, MSIC, SMDC, Space Force program support.

S3, Inc. has wholly owned subsidiaries that expand the customer base and increase our annual growth rate: KBFS – provides aviation pilot training, heavy lift, aircraft maintenance, and related aircraft services to Government and commercial requirements IAW multiple FAA certifications; S3I – provides OCONUS FMS technical services, maintenance, and aviation platform training; and GLSS – provides SCA/CBA contract aviation maintenance.

S3, Inc. and its subsidiaries are recruiting to expand and develop Corporate Operations to staff for contract growth. At S3, Inc. we're proud to offer above industry standard benefits and encourage our team members to build a fulfilling career with our mission-focused leadership. Come work with us and let's build something great together!

S3, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Sr. Acquisition Analyst to support the PEO Missiles and Space STORM Project Office on Redstone Arsenal, AL

Note: No third party staffing agencies please

Position Description

The Sr. Acquisition Analyst (SAA) serves as a Senior Program Analyst for the Precision Guided Munitions and Rockets ( PGMR) Product Office within the Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles ( STORM) Project Office. The SAA provides direct support to the Product and Deputy Product Manager providing expert-level oversight for all business operations related to the portfolio of products, which include the GMLRS (ACAT 1), ATACMS (ACAT 11), and RRPR (ACAT 111) products.

Responsibilities

• Provide acquisition business oversight for the new start effort to include the Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) development and the start-up of a new MDAP program for ER GMLRS to include oversight on the development of all required milestone documentation
• Provide day-to-day operational support to the PdM/DPdM related to these products and the coordination of technical and programmatic requirement activities between functional areas within the STORM PMO, outside government agencies, military organizations and prime contractorsProject Office as well as those in outside government agencies, military organizations, and prime contractors.
• Develop coordinated work products for the PdM/DPdM to include information and decision briefings, budget and program analyses, POM/SPAR briefings, P&R Forms, SAR, MAR, and information papers
• Plan the execution of and coordinates responses to internal and external taskers
• Support tactical and strategic planning activities, provide assessments and recommendations for technical and programmatic issues, conduct risk assessment analysis of systems, and provide approaches to mitigate risk
  
  

Experience/Skills Required

• Bachelors’ Degree and 25 years of experience; Masters’ Degree and 23 years of experience; or HS diploma and 29 years of experience
• An active DoD secret clearance or higher
• 7 years of acquisition expertise in a government product or project office as a contractor or government civilian
• 5 years of experience developing acquisition plans and coordinating related milestone documentation on weapon systems or platforms
• 8 or more years of experience coordinating with functional areas in a government office or industry office, supporting the development or production of weapon systems or components, and supporting tactical and strategic planning functions within a government or industry organization
• 4 or more years of experience in supporting tactical and strategic planning functions within a government or industry organization, supporting risk assessments of systems, and proposing mitigation solutions
  
  

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