Air Vehicle Mission Systems, Program Control, Program Manager - Serco North America

Serco is excited to begin support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO). This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition lifecycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain/transfer your DoD Secret clearance.

Our Air Vehicle Mission Systems, Program Control, Program Manager, located in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, provides senior-level program management support to the F-35 Air Vehicle (AV) Mission Systems (MS) Program Management Office (PMO) and directly supports the AV MS PMO Chief of Program Control, F-35 JPO.  This is a Hybrid/Telework position. 

You will be part of a dynamic team of F-35 JPO Program Managers and Analysts who works closely with the customer and other key F-35 National Security and Allied stakeholders to deliver quality F-35 systems.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for providing senior-level program management support for the management and execution of the F-35 program. Specifically, providing assistance and support through continuous and meticulous orchestration and coordination efforts, enabling the most effective performance of the program control and program operations duties. 
• Ensure that all forms of information are optimally and completely prepared and presented to AV Mission Systems PMO program strategy formulation, analysis and decision making, often within significant time constraints. 
• Support and ensure the results of strategy formulation and decisions are communicated appropriately both internal and external to the office, providing follow up to assure that intended messages and actions are understood.
• Perform critical program management, technical, or business analysis of major DoD acquisition systems and provides recommendations to ensure program success. Provides program analysis support for all aspects of the program.
• Collect, complete, organize, and interpret technical data and financial information relating to aircraft acquisition and product programs.
• Track program/project status, costs, technical performance, contract performance, schedules, and risks. This includes integration with AV Mission Systems PMO, Enterprise Teams, and PMOs.
• Be responsible for assisting in the coordination efforts regarding programmatic, technical, and sustainment areas, including taskers and inquiries from the GAO, OSD, the services, program management, systems engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Be expected to be extremely well informed and conduct a high level of dialogue and decorum that employs a diplomatic and professional communication and interaction style that carries with it the accountability and significant weight of speaking directly on behalf of and in support of the AV Mission Systems PMO.
• Be able to provide clear and concise responses to respond to a variety of programmatic taskings and inquiries.
• Spend thirty percent of your time on Execution Management duties, twenty five percent of your time on Communication duties, twenty five percent of your time on Integration and Programmatic Tracking / Reporting duties, ten percent of your time on Planning, Budgeting, “POMing” duties, and ten percent of your time on Continuous Improvement and Cost Savings / Affordability Initiatives duties.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• An active DoD Secret clearance.
• A Master’s Degree in the stated discipline or a Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years additional work experience related to the labor category functional description.
• The ability to provide on-site support at F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) located in Crystal City, VA no less than 2-days per week, each week. Exact days in office at the JPO must be coordinated with F-35 customer and approved by your Serco manager. (Your onsite days in JPO office including ad hoc meetings may increase to support the needs of the customer.)
• At least ten (10) years’ experience in program management, technical, or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management
• Six (6) years out of 10 years of recent work experience related to analysis and planning.
• At least three (3) years in support of a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP).
• Leadership experience in US Service-related military operations or defense acquisition program management related to weapons system acquisition, employment, and life cycle management.
• Knowledge in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2 (Operation of the Defense Acquisition System), DoD Directive (DODD) 5530.03 (International Agreements), and the International Cooperation in Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (IC in AT&L) Handbook
• To provide subject matter expertise to support F-35 program in delivering the weapons system.
• To assist with task support of acquisitions, financial management, risk management, systems engineering, total ownership cost determination, acquisition coordination, and communications.
• To demonstrate knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, and deployment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
• To demonstrate knowledge of the system equipment life-cycle phases and the documentation, analyses, and reviews associated with those phases.
• The ability to travel 10%.

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

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