LOCATION: Edgewood, MD

STATUS: Open/Actively Interviewing

TRAVEL: 10%

CLEARANCE: Secret

BENEFITS: 401K, Life/Health/ Dental/Disability Insurance, Flexible Paid Leave, Student Debt Relief Program and Tuition Reimbursement.

DESCRIPTION:

Patricio Enterprises is seeking a candidate to assist the team lead with the planning, development/refinement, initiation, and execution of new requirements, projects, procedures, and guidelines; apply the acquisition processes and policies as outlined in the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, relating it to product development, production, and sustainment.

Primary duties will include (but not limited to):

• Assist the team lead with the planning, development/refinement, initiation, and execution of new requirements, projects, procedures, and guidelines; apply the acquisition processes and policies as outlined in the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, relating it to product development, production, and sustainment.
• Write, review, and staff high-level staff action papers, studies, policies, and acquisition documents. These activities require the use of Microsoft Office suite of software, with specific experience in effective use of Outlook, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Word.
• Maintain awareness of program execution and milestones, as well as their strategic impacts; apply Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition and life cycle management policies, procedures, and practices.
• Consider affordability, technology maturity, and responsiveness to assist in the formulation of broad, time-phased operational goals and initial capabilities.
• The contractor shall assist in development, design, and implementation of annual and long-range plans to realize the product development components of strategic goals.
• Shall independently manage, synchronize, and track multiple, complex, and cross-functional actions.
• Facilitate milestone planning by preparing, reviewing, and updating technical briefing materials, documentation, and program schedules; and developing and implementing technical and programmatic plans and measures to track programs.
• Apply relevant skills to review, analyze, and evaluate program development, status/progress, risk and performance (i.e., acquisition strategies and documentation, acquisition phases and decision levels, and timing and scope of decision reviews), and make recommendations for tailoring an acquisition approach which best fits program conditions. Recommendations shall minimize the time it takes to satisfy the validated need, consistent with common sense, sound business management practice, applicable laws and regulations, and the time-sensitive nature of the users' requirement.
• Review and assess technical, cost, and schedule data and work with Government staff to identify shortfalls and potential corrective actions.
• Assist in identifying, assessing, developing, and mitigating program risk.
• Shall work at a senior level to stimulate customer alliances for portfolio, program, and project support, maintaining personal and organizational interactions to enhance stakeholder relations and actively promote rapport with customers.
• Draft, review, staff, file, and update a variety of documents, to include acquisition documentation, memorandums, information and issue papers, briefings, executive summaries, milestone review packages, e-mails, and meeting minutes. When applicable, documents shall be prepared in accordance with DoD policies and procedures for the research, development, test and evaluation, and procurement of materiel and shall be sufficiently complete, accurate, and timely to establish program goals, objectives, and milestones.
• Maintain a list of required documents for assigned programs with corresponding projected need dates.
• Lead an integrated product team (IPT) and/or participate and provide input to program functional IPTs, integrated program reviews (IPRs), milestone decisions, and required program updates.
• Coordinate both internal and external conferences, meetings, and reviews for relevant stakeholders, ensuring that locations, phone, and video teleconference lines are properly booked for use; scheduling speakers; developing and providing meeting materials (e.g., day-to-day schedules, agendas, presentations and displays, etc.); and tracking action items as needed. The contractor shall support each event in person and/or via teleconference, video teleconference, and web conference. In addition, for each meeting conducted, the contractor shall develop meeting minutes and/or an executive summary.
• Review and provide input to acquisition documentation in support of program milestone decisions and IPRs.
• Provide input to support annual, monthly, and weekly recurring reports, as needed.
• Brief leadership on the status of program reviews and recurring reports.
• Provide program status updates at regular senior staff meetings.
• Communicate programmatic issues, concerns, and information.
• Assist to develop and update top-level briefings for public presentation to be utilized at various conferences and events.
• Track the status of action items, meeting minutes, program milestones, and monthly reports.
• Assist in determining appropriate assignments; setting priorities, monitoring progress, and reporting on progress to meet established milestones and deadlines.
• Ensure that product teams are aware of deadlines, assignments, and objectives.
• Assist in maintaining program management tools and processes.
• Obtain and maintain all information regarding the projects and events he/she is responsible for managing and provide updates on issues, upcoming meetings, briefings, and taskers related to assigned projects, both orally and in written form.
• Assist in the review, preparation, and submission of responses to formal taskers related to acquisition and program office operations.
• Monitor/protect acquisition-sensitive materiel.
• Shall meet assigned deadlines.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: This is a normal office working environment.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 10%

EOE. Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Patricio Enterprises Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.