Senior Program Manager F-16 WAM (Top Secret)-79

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Position Summary
Credence has an upcoming need for a Senior Program Manager who will be primarily responsible for supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center WAM (AFLCMC/WAM) directorate, F-16 division at WPAFB, OH.
F-16 “Viper” AFLCMC/WAM is headquartered at Hill Air Force Base with units located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base, Eglin Air Force Base, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The F-16 “Viper” is a multi-role fighter jet delivering air-to-air, air-to-ground, and surveillance capabilities for the United States Air Force (USAF) and Coalition Partners.
The F-16 program has the largest Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program in U.S. history producing over 4,500 jets for 24 countries. Each F-16 FMS case is uniquely tailored to country requirements / development / funding. Presently, FMS production orders exist through 2030. Additionally, the F-16 program includes the Multi-National Fighter Program (MNFP). MNFP is not a typical FMS program, but a unique, cooperative USAF and development program implemented through the FMS process under the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). MNFP began in 1975 with the countries of Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway; Portugal joined in 2000.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below

• Assist in risk management, cost, schedule, and performance of various software development efforts in a program management role, and report on them monthly through use of the Project Management Resource Tool (PMRT).

• Assist to interpret, organize, execute and coordinate assignments within the context of the Government acquisition process.

• Assist to explore software development and integration, definition of scope, and selection of problems for investigation.

• Support the program director at executive levels within the Government and other Contractor organizations, including major program reviews, inspections, conferences, and other program evaluations and major milestone events.

• Assist to establish and maintain contacts between the program office, supporting Government offices, other Contractors, and higher headquarters’ mid-to upper-level staff.

• Assist with the analysis of war fighter requirements with ACC and serve as key advisor to F-16 Division leadership on mission-critical capability trades.

• Support war fighter Urgent Operational Needs (UONs), and support UON execution teams through recommendation of accelerated test concepts, minimum levels of integration required to satisfy operational need, and trade-offs among risk, schedule, performance, and cost.

• Support the OFP software development and testing processes, interpreting user requirements, and possesses a thorough understanding of the MNFP cost-sharing process.

• Assist with strategic planning, program planning, systems integration, weapons integration, requirements assessment, and program evaluations.

• Assist to apply integration, communication, coordination, organizational, and planning expertise to technical and acquisition efforts across multiple F-16 integration activities.

• Support Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and working groups, serving as a liaison between user requirements and organic engineering activity.

• Assist to develop concise, coherent program status briefings to senior staff.

• Support the chief engineer in investigation and resolution of fielded program deficiencies, to include support of Crisis Management Teams (CMTs).

• Support and conduct studies and analysis of tradeoffs for incorporation of potential capabilities in future USAF OFP software.

• Advise and assist the Government with complex program management tasks, coordinating and managing multiple contracts, and identifying and confirming the annual funding requirements for those contracts.

• Assist with project cost estimates and have knowledge of the system engineering process and project Configuration Management (CM) requirements.

• Assist to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, and evaluate solutions for project / program efforts; provide expert-level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes to situations that may include, but not be limited to, the following functional areas: program management, logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management (FM), test, security management, information management, and contracting.

• Support efforts including, but not limited to, strategic planning, program planning, systems integration, weapons integration, requirements assessment, and program evaluations.

• Assist to apply broad user war fighter requirements and applying solutions through the acquisition process.

• Define requirements with ACC and serve as key advisor to System Program Office (SPO) leadership on mission critical capability trades.

• Support programs in an international environment, including support to implement the requirements of foreign governments.

• Support development and test activities required to support warfighter UON.

• Suppport UON execution teams by recommending accelerated test concepts, minimum levels of integration required to satisfy operational need, and trade-offs among risk, schedule,…