Senior Program Manager

AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD

The Senior Program Manager shall provide health and medical research support for 711HPW/RH in addressing USAF mission gaps. The contractor personnel shall interface with 711HPW/RH leadership and staff, 711 HPW Staff, as well as USAF experts and consultants in this field. The contractor employee shall provide research and basic science coordination, and general assistance in areas required to meet the stated work and objectives.

• Assist with program management activities including AF budget/financial assessment and support obligation and expenditure reporting to include communicating with financial support staff; and contract development, management, and reporting to include verification of deliverables against contracts; procuring/receiving supplies/equipment; noting and reporting program contractual discrepancies; communicating and coordinating contractual activities to appropriate parties.
• Assist designated technical professionals and management collecting procurement requirements, developing procurement packages, and disseminating information to include, project/program briefings, cut-off dates for submitting supply and equipment requirements, and changes or proposed changes to procedures affecting supply support services.
• Assist with compliance of policies, procedures, standards, and regulations in support of the contracting and procurement processes.
• Support the maintenance and updates of 711HPW/RH Project File System.
• Assist with contracting and procurement data maintenance created for Government use or legally controlled by the Government in support of the functional activity, or required by AF publication, IAW with the AF records management procedures in AF Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Communications and Information and the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule.
• Provide and maintain purchase transaction statistics to resource managers and program management, as requested.
• Provide capability to collect, analyze and appraise acquisition data required to draw conclusions and work with the 711HPW/RHB portfolio program managers to devise solutions to problems relating to improvement of acquisition effectiveness and compliance.
• Assist DMLSS staff with procurement processes for research equipment and supplies.
• Perform and complete assignments involving work with diverse and dynamic groups.
• Establish and maintain a constant and effective working relationship within the division, the directorate, 711 HPW, MAJCOMs, Air Staff, academia, business, and industry customers, partners, and stakeholders for coordination, support, and changes to the scope of assigned work.
• Maintain effective working relationships with principal investigators, other program managers, researchers, and support staff involved in the acquisition of medical systems and conduct of medical research.
• Provide briefings and tours related to designated work.
• Recommend solutions to improve processes and maximize mission accomplishment through efficient utilization of resources, assist with resource estimates for solutions for DoD modernization needs, and provide resource analysis support for execution of research and development projects.
• May occasionally be required to travel of duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience supporting research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or acquisition programs for the Department of Defense (DoD).
• Minimum two (2) years of  experience managing military medical system development and technology transition programs, including performing design reviews, risk management strategies, DoD stakeholder engagement, and advanced technology or system demonstration, test, and evaluation.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience working with DoD, Air Force or Defense Health Agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) projects.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience with the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) system preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information, considering the audience and the nature of the information (technical, sensitive, controversial)
• Experience providing senior military leader briefings and supporting project/program reviews.
• Ability to make clear presentations and reports; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, recognizes potential miscommunication, and communications issues in an appropriate manner.
• Posssess knowledge of industry acumen to assist with compliance of policies, procedures, standards, and regulations.
•  Ability to define or recognize the dimension of the problems involved, to collect the necessary data to establish the facts, and recommend action based upon application or interpretation of established guidelines.
• Possess a project/program manager background.
• Proficient in Microsoft software programs including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, and Project.
• Knowledge of the USAF En Route Care Mission Space preferred. 

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

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About the Company:
Ajanta Consulting