Welcome page Returning Candidate? Log back in! Acquisition Program Manager - Undersea Weapons and Warfare Systems Support - SUB 073 Job Locations US-VA-Arlington ID 2024-18530 Category Program Management Security Clearance Requirement Secret Type Regular Full-Time Level Senior Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

 

SPA’s Sea Land Air (SLA) Division supports a diverse portfolio of national security government clients, including the Undersea Enterprise, the Navy Surface Community, the Navy MPTE Enterprise, the Air Force, Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defence Force.  Our primary objective is to provide timely, objective and analytic assessments that integrate the policy, operational, technical, programmatic and acquisition aspects of our clients’ challenges.

 

Leveraging both in-domain and cross-domain expertise to maximize our clients’ success, SLA Division acts as trusted agents to senior decision-makers and key leaders and excels at providing data driven analytic insights, systems engineering, strategies and plans that address current and emerging challenges to national security.

 

The Undersea Technology Analysis Group (UTAG), within the Sea, Land, & Air Division in SPA, conducts rigorous and objective analyses to enable the Navy and other DoD organizations to make decisions, plans, and strategies to deliver emerging undersea technologies and warfighting capabilities.  We support clients across the undersea and naval special warfare enterprises, including those within resourcing and requirements (OPNAV N97), acquisition (program offices for undersea technologies and naval special warfare), and science and technology (Office of Naval Research, DARPA)  Our enduring capabilities include:

Identifying capability gaps, developing requirements, and generating solutionsAssessing the operational utility and technical feasibility of new technologiesExecution of acquisition and technology development programs, including developing plans and roadmaps to mature, deliver, and sustain new technologiesAnalysis of vulnerabilities and threats to undersea platforms and systemsQuantitative analysis and modeling of undersea forces and their missions

SPA is assembling a team to support Team Submarine Undersea Weapons and Warfare Systems program offices.  Work is expected to start in August, 2025.

Responsibilities

This Advanced Submarine Systems Development (SUB 073) Acquisition Program Manager will oversee the acquisition process, execution of gate and milestone reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, and Production Reviews. They will lead projects within the program office and interface with end item customers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical or managerial discipline15 or more years of professional experience in program/project management

 

Desired Qualifications: 

10 or more years of experience with Navy acquisition and/or In-Service Programs.5 or more years of experience working with DON PPBE process as well as the RDT&E, N, OPN, O&M,N,WPN and SCN appropriations5 or more years with the DON Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) process, as well as the execution of appropriated funds to include the monitoring of program office expenditures and obligations, spend plans and Unliquidated Obligation (ULO)/Negative Unliquidated Obligation (NULO).Knowledge of Program Management, including the acquisition process, execution of Gate/Milestone Reviews, PDRs, CDRs, and Production Reviews.\Demonstrated experience leading a project and interfacing with an end item customer.Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the Program Budget Information System (PBIS), and Budget Object Classification Systems (BOCS).Demonstrated advanced experience Microsoft Excel skills including creation and manipulation of Pivot Tables, the creation of Macros, and proficient use of advanced formulas and conditional formatting.Demonstrated experience with written communications (e.g. drafting program impact statements and Congressional Appeals). Options Apply for this job onlineApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed SPA is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action. It is, and will continue to be, the policy of the company to afford equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. We recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability or genetics or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Application FAQs

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