Acquisition Program Analyst, SME (Operational Airlift/Executive Airlift)

Acquisition Program Analyst, SME

This opening is for an Acquisition Program Analyst, SME who will work with the Secretary of the Air Force Global Reach Programs office supporting Headquarters Air Force (HAF) budget preparation and defense, oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution and oversight efforts of aircraft platforms.

This office serves as the focal point within the HAF for Global Reach matters associated with integrated product life cycle management and facilitates Global Reach stakeholder collaboration in addressing lifecycle issues. The portfolio includes current and future mobility, special operations, trainer, and special mission aircraft programs, as well as related systems. Programs include C-5, C-17, C-130J variants, C-130H, VC-25, Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR), C- 12/20/21/32/37/40, KC-10, KC-135, KC-46A, CV-22, HH-60G, Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH), UH-1N Replacement, T-1, T-6, T-38, Advanced Pilot Trainer (APT or T-X), Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM), Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM), Combat Air Forces/Mobility Air Forces (CAF/MAF) Distributed Mission Operations (DMO), and the Air Force Academy Powered Flight and Glider programs.

**This position is currently telework eligible, with in person meetings happening approximately 4 days per week. This position may be 100% onsite in the future.

The tasks for this Acquisition Program Analyst, SME position include:

• Supporting Headquarters Air Force (HAF) budget preparation and defense, SAE oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution and oversight efforts of aircraft platforms.
• Maintaining and analyzing planning, scheduling, and management data.
• Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution.
• Providing honest broker assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational issues.
• Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending solutions.
• Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program direction.
• Tracking documentation for compliance with stated program direction and identify issues.
• Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and schedules.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability area policies and implementation.
• Maintaining historical Air Force weapon program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training material.
• Providing short-notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, Major Command (MAJCOM), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), coalition, or bi-lateral activities.
• Preparing PPBE documentation to ensure it accurately articulates the current program.
• Supporting the HAF review process: Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROC); Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment (JWCA); Defense Acquisition Board (DAB); Congressional cycle; Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP); Air Force Review Board (AFRB); Configuration Steering Board (CSB); Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports, etc.
• Performing the Secretariat function for ASPs, AFRBs, and CSBs.
• Reviewing and documenting Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
• Reviewing capability area analysis and compare current and programmed capabilities/scenarios to determine and clarify Air Force weapon system acquisition requirements.
• Monitoring on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to weapon systems.
• Supporting program-specific efforts like Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development, Capability Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Information Exchange Requirements (IER), and requirements working groups.
• Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as coordinated with the COR.

Qualifications:

Active TS-SCI Clearance

Masters' degree in a Business, Finance or Engineering discipline.

Over 10 years of defense acquisition experience with at least 1 year in a HQ staff position.

At least 5 years supporting OSA/EA programs, or experience relevant to OSA/EA programs including operational experience with OSA/EA-related platforms and Senior Leader Communication programs.

A firm understanding of the various organizations involved in OSA/EA (Air Mobility Command (AMC), Special Air Missions Division (CVAM), etc.)