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Duties

Acquisition Key Billet Product Managers are chartered to provide materiel capabilities to Army or Joint customers. Product Managers are allocated resources to develop materiel solutions that achieve user requirements. They lead, direct and control the overall planning and execution of the work and resources required to develop, produce and sustain the programs, systems and associated products. Acquisition Key Billet Directors are leaders of major acquisition contracting or testing organizations. Contracting organizations can have either geographical responsibilities or provide in-plant oversight to a major Defense contractor responsible for producing materiel for Army and joint Customers. Testing organizations are responsible for providing and operating facilities in order to conduct tests, which ensure materiel solutions meet program or end user requirements.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certified Practitioner in Acquisition Functional Area (AFA) A (Program Management) or Foundational in AFA C (Contracting) at time of application.
• Must have completed, documented on the Acquisition Career Record Brief (ACRB), the following Defense Acquisition University Courses prior to appointment: PMT 3600/V, PMT 0120, PMT 3500, PMT 0130, ACQ 315/V, PMT 0170, PMT 3400.
• Position Requires Tenure Agreement
• Position Requires Secret Clearance
• Position Requires Financial Disclosure statement OGE 450

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Applications will be accepted only from current DoD competitive civil service Federal employees who are civilian DoD members serving on Career/Career Conditional appointments. Current DoD civilians eligible for promotion/re-promotion to GS14 or equivalent broadband converted grade. Current DoD civilians interested in lateral to GS14 or change to lower grade from an equivalent broadband converted grade or SES. DUTIES: Product Manager: Responsible for all matters relating to cost, schedule and performance for assigned program/system. Exercises technical and administrative program control and authority through various phases of systems development. Manages long range planning activities that include multi-year work plans. Exercises discretional authority to approve the allocation and distribution of funds within the organization's budget to best meet the program's objectives. Manages programs with risks and complexities characterized by compelling and conflicting requirements. Manages long range activities that include multi-year work plans that are products of subordinate organizational managers. Acquisition Director (Contracting): Provides acquisition life cycle and readiness/ sustainment support to Program Executive Offices, Program Managers, and Service/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) buying Commands. Manages contractor cost, schedule and performance as the single face to industry for recapitalization, modernization, technology insertion and Warfighter operational readiness support. Provides source selection support, past performance, industrial base assessments, financial analysis, engineering, earned value and software validation, production and acceptance/delivery of spares, and components assemblies for major weapon systems. Provides full range of acquisition management and command support. Manages industrial surge contract accelerations, alternate sourcing and mission critical direct deliveries to Warfighters during national emergencies or critical military shortages. Acquisition Director (Testing): Leads a Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB). Plans, conducts, and reports the results of technical, developmental and operational testing of the full spectrum of DoD materiel, foreign materiel and commercial items. Responsible for integrating the workforce of civilian employees, military personnel, and contractors, augmented during testing with civilian employees, contractors, and active-duty Army Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines. Manages an annual multi-million-dollar operating budget. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: To qualify, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to that of a GS13, step 1 pay grade. Specialized experience is defined as that experience related to matters in cost, schedule and performance for programs and/or systems. Applicants with program management certification must possess two years of cost, schedule, and performance responsibilities in a program office or similar organization. Applicants with contracting certification must possess at least four years of experience in a contracting coded position. Prior supervisory experience is preferred. Education Requirement: Must possess, at a minimum, an accredited undergraduate degree. Time in Grade Requirement/Restriction: These are DoD Demonstration Project positions. Under the Defense Authorization Act, personnel management demonstration programs are operating in numerous Army activities and various other organizations supported by Army civilian personnel centers. Under the streamlined personnel operations for demonstration projects, the familiar 15 General Schedule grade structure is replaced with broad pay bands that typically encompass a range of grades.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address AD-APF-W27PAA USA ACQUISITION SPT CNTR ASC DO NOT MAIL Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk