Senior Program Manager

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for a Program Manager at the senior level to support our C2ISR Division requires infrastructure/enterprise support that oversees, assists, and advises the Division on a wide array of functions and tasks that support successful LCM to reach mission performance goals. The infrastructure/enterprise support defined in this PWS enables the C2ISR Division to execute LCM tasks that are on budget, on schedule, and meet performance requirements with minimal or no risk to mission success. The infrastructure/enterprise support works directly with the Division and Branch leadership to ensure business processes successfully executed and adhered to, that Division programs are compliant with law, regulation, and policy, and that program data is properly defined, documented, and utilized to meet mission needs.

The A&AS Contractor supporting this program ensure consistency in Division policy, serve as Quality Assurance (QA) to ensure programs are meeting law, regulation, and policy directives, and ensure the successful execution of both Acquisition  personnel shall provide contracting, financial/cost management, QA assistance, program integration, facility management, security program administration, administrative, clerical and management assistance, and logistics management A&AS as required by the Government.

Program Management Support personnel must have current acquisition and program management knowledge and experience in support of DoD weapon systems, preferably AF, to include experience in managing program cost, schedule, performance, and risk. These activities balance many factors that influence cost, schedule, and performance to include, but are not limited to, meeting organizational goals, meeting financial goals, risk management, schedule management, project(s) integration, financial management, and the ability to integrate the separate functions to plan and implement acquisition management according to DoD 5000 series policy and AFI 63-101/20-101.

• Create/support program documentation and activities such as Early Strategy and Issues Sessions, Acquisition Strategy Panels, IMPs/IMSs, Acquisition Program Baselines (APB), Clinger-Cohen Act compliance, cybersecurity strategy, Program Protection Plans (PPP), LCMP, risk management plans, milestone briefings, GFE management, budget/cost research and analysis, PWS development, CDRL development and coordination, and Security Classification Guide (SCG) development and coordination.
• Provide specialized acquisition and program management services to assist the Government with acquisition planning, execution, and program support.
• Develop, review, coordinate, and follow-up on cost estimate requests, cost impact requests, changes in scope, purchase requests, etc. Contractor personnel shall be cognizant of external agency points of contact required in the accomplishment of document coordination.
• Support PMRs, System Requirements Reviews (SRRs), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), CCBs, System Safety Groups (SSGs), production status meetings, design reviews, TIMs, provisioning and supply conferences, technical data conferences, Test Plan Working Groups, and other associated program meetings and conferences.
• Create, draft, update, and modify agendas, briefing materials, and minutes to support meetings.
• Draft/update and support documentation including, but not limited to, studies and analysis of provisioning lists, ACAT and Services Acquisition Category (SCAT) documentation, PPPs, LCMP, and risk management plans.
• Utilize the CCaRS system to initiate documentation and generate reports to define and coordinate program requirements, formulate budgets, forecast program execution, track the program execution, and reconcile execution data. With DoD acquisitions and LCM program execution

• Secret security clearance is required.
• Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in DoD acquisition.
  • Or bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in DoD acquisition.
  • Or 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight of which must be in DoD acquisition.

Required Experience and Skills

• Experience completing acquisition program management tasks that support the LCM of products and systems within the Defense Acquisition System processes using UCA, MTA, MCA, SW Acquisition or Acquisition of Services pathways.
• Experience developing pre- and post-award documentation, milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, briefing preparation, staff coordination, and decision documentation.

Required Professional Qualifications

• Acquisition Qualification

Job may require the employee to be:

• In a stationary position 50% of the time
• Able to ascend/descend stairs as required
• Able to move equipment not to exceed 25 lbs. as needed.

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