Job opening: PROGRAM MANAGER (BC CAT II)
Salary: $95 895 - 175 178 per year
Published at: Apr 12 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position:
This position is being filled under announcement number DAFN249323349719, Flexible Length Modified Renewable Term (FLMRT) employees MUST apply under announcement number DAFN249323348854 as Reinstatement eligible if you wish to be considered.
Duties
Manages a comprehensive program of research, development, procurement, production, supply and maintenance to provide a balanced, economical and effective system for customers within the assigned programs.
Apprises GVSC Deputy Director and/or Senior Executive of overall plans, policies and objectives, that involve new or unusual features having widespread ramifications or conflicting interests and objectives.
Ensures that new programs are planned and integrated within current operations, or identifies the shortfalls that such new programs will cause.
Collaborates in project planning, policy developments and represents GVSC at meetings with higher headquarters, other commands, and private industry.
Advises organizational leadership in strategic planning, and implements assigned strategic objectives.
Collaborates in interagency planning and standards committees, and seminars of national and international importance.
Interacts with OSD, Army Staff, AMC and AFC Staff, CFT’s, DEVCOM Staff, Other DEVCOM Engineering Centers, DLA, ILSC, Depots, ACC, PMO, Civilian Industrial Base and other stakeholders on a regular and routine basis.
Provides technical, programmatic, and managerial support to the Division Chief in the areas of Obsolescence Management, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and Reverse Engineering (RE).
Leads highly specialized or complex development, logistics and engineering activities to meet performance to promise.
Provides strategic leadership to the team in the form of advanced subject matter skills, guidance, and military platform knowledge.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This position requires a Non-Critical Sensitive Secret security clearance.
- This position requires a three-year probationary period.
- This position may require temporary duty (TDY) business travel up to 25%.
Qualifications
DEVCOM-GVSC is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project. The DE-03 CAT II pay band is equivalent to the GS-12 step 1 to GS-14 step 10 level.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Collaborating and building strategic relationships with stakeholders and leadership across multiple organizations within and outside of GVSC; (2) Knowledge and experience in planning, managing and executing budgets; (3) Identifying potential issues and collaborating to create solutions; AND (4) Knowledge and experience in military combat and tactical vehicles.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DE-02 (GS-11 Equivalent). 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.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
LeadershipProject ManagementTechnical CompetenceWritten Communication
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
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.
Key Skills and Attributes:
- Strong knowledge of Army platforms and the logistics, technical and manufacturing data that informs their readiness. This includes system level knowledge, subcomponents, readiness/cost drivers, logistics data, etc. Should understand how the Army procurement of replacement components functions.
- Strong leadership capabilities with situational leadership and conflict management skills. Comfort with managing SME's and respecting their capability to execute mission without being the primary expert in the functional area.
- Experience with the part procurement process to include qualifying new Sources of Supply and resolving obsolescence issues. Must also have some understanding of how the complex analysis of available data relates to the description of risk in individual components procurement.
- Ability to plan, present, manage, and execute resources amongst team priorities. Must be familiar with the different types of funding used in the sustainment arena and limitations associated with them. Must be comfortable dealing with uneven cash flows across the fiscal year and developing flexible strategies to ensure performance to an overall budget.
- Business Development skills with the ability to teach across multiple associate and leadership levels and a comfort with cold-selling techniques to continue to maintain and grow the DORE competency across the Detroit Arsenal.
- Experience working with the cross functional sustainment mission area stakeholders and internal GVSC SMEs to resolve sustainment and readiness issues.
- Knowledge/experience with Technical Data Packages. This includes some level of expertise with producibility and overall technical review of the drawings/specifications.
- Strong Business Acumen and the ability to independently and entrepreneurially apply that skill set in providing core mission capabilities to a varying set of customer requirements in a value focused manner.
- Experience with Engineering Change Management and knowledge of ARs 750-10, 750-1 and 700-127.
- Skills in oral and written communications to present briefings, proposals, and technical information as a spokesperson for DEVCOM-GVSC.
- Experience leading projects and teams in a technical environment.
Contacts
- Address FN-W4GHAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD
DO NOT MAIL
Warren, MI 48397
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@ARMY.MIL
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