Senior Special Projects Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

SENIOR SPECIAL PROJECTS PROGRAM MANAGER

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Position Overview

Sumaria Systems is seeking a Senior Special Projects Program Manager to provide expert acquisition, program integration, and Agile project management support for MQ-9 and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) initiatives. This role supports the planning, fielding, accreditation, integration, and sustainment of operations-center capabilities while coordinating across Government organizations, weapon-system contractors, associate contractors, and mission partners.

The ideal candidate combines senior-level DoD acquisition and sustainment experience with knowledge of AFSOC operations centers, SOCOM C4ISR programs, cybersecurity accreditation, and Agile delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead activities supporting the establishment and sustainment of AFSOC operations centers.
• Coordinate with MQ-9 Program of Record and SOCOM enterprise-network teams to represent AFSOC requirements and integrate, field, and sustain SOF-unique functionality.
• Support major program reviews and ensure operations-center issues, risks, decisions, and actions are addressed.
• Facilitate cybersecurity accreditation documentation and activities through eMASS and the Platform IT accreditation process.
• Provide acquisition management, program planning, financial management, contract management, budget analysis, and program-integration support.
• Develop executive briefings, correspondence, reports, databases, schedules, roadmaps, financial plans, staff packages, and other time-sensitive program products.
• Monitor and document cost, schedule, performance, risks, contract actions, invoices, modifications, and key program metrics.
• Translate requirements into acquisition products, including SOWs, performance-based work statements, CDRLs, acquisition plans, program plans, and Program Protection Plans.
• Support configuration control, test and evaluation, force structure, depot maintenance, sustainment, supportability, certification, equipment readiness, and technical-data activities.
• Coordinate with DCMA, quality assurance personnel, the warfighter, and industry partners on DD250s, acceptance test procedures, and aircraft delivery.
• Support MQ-9 Contractor Logistics Support, depot transition, business-case analysis, fielding, upgrades, engineering changes, and sustainment requirements.
• Identify program issues, evaluate alternatives, recommend solutions and process improvements, and develop risk-mitigation strategies.
• Provide technical and Agile project management guidance as teams define requirements, processes, artifacts, data models, services, specifications, and architectures.
• Apply Agile best practices; facilitate release planning; refine and prioritize capabilities; decompose features into deliverables; and produce demonstrable interim software deliveries.

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Required Qualifications

• Senior-level experience supporting complex DoD acquisition, aviation, weapon-system, C4ISR, or sustainment programs.
• Demonstrated ability to independently investigate, analyze, plan, implement, or evaluate solutions and provide expert-level issue resolution.
• Knowledge of Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, or SAFe.
• Experience gathering customer requirements, modeling use cases, writing user stories, documenting business processes, and supporting iterative development and continuous integration.
• Working knowledge of acquisition planning, program controls, risk management, configuration management, contracting, financial management, and executive-level reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across Government, military, engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, contracting, and industry stakeholders.
• This position requires a TS/SCI Security Clearance.

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting AFSOC operations centers.
• Experience with DoD Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) and Platform IT accreditation.
• Experience supporting SOCOM C4ISR programs.
• Knowledge of MQ-9 or comparable remotely piloted aircraft systems, including acquisition, fielding, operations, maintenance, or sustainment.
• Experience with aircraft supportability, certification, readiness, depot transition, Contractor Logistics Support, or technical-data management.
• Agile or project management certification such as PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or equivalent.

About Sumaria Systems

Sumaria Systems is a leading provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management services to the U.S. Government. We are committed to delivering mission-focused solutions through technical excellence, responsive leadership, and a highly qualified workforce.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Sumaria Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

This requisition summarizes the position requirements and may be updated to reflect final customer, contract, security, work-location, or staffing requirements.