Sr. Space Acquisition Specialist - Clearance Required
Logistics Management Institute
- El Segundo, CA
- $110,000-200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Providing the Government with solutions to all aspects of SSC space sensing acquisition portfolio financial and program management.
- Applying critical thinking and analysis to develop, brief, integrate, correlate, and review various phases of Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution (PPBE) as it pertains to the SSC space sensing portfolio.
- Delivering solution-based products to Space Systems Command leadership on accelerated acquisition approaches, architecture analysis, and development of future missile warning and tracking (MWT) and/or space-based sensing and targeting (SBST) programs.
- Operating as an individual contributor and collaborating with a team of high-performing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Operations Research Analysts, and software developers that directly support the Government through lifecycle systems engineering and management processes to deliver critical space capabilities.
- Frequently interacting and developing productive relationships with program managers, financial managers, SETAs, FFRDCs, and external stakeholders.
- Spearheading risk management processes and methods for identifying, assessing, and adjudicating program risk; Conduct analysis to identify program risk areas and recommend/implement mitigation approaches and lead tasks to closure.
- Organizing and lead efforts across multiple simultaneous studies and/or tasked efforts.
- Developing documents and briefings to communicate work status, briefs to government as required.
- Producing various FAR and/or OTA-based contracting artifacts (SOWs, RFIs, RFPs, Market Research Reports, Technical Evaluations, etc.)
- Interfacing and managing progress of current and potential commercial providers for various SSC contracts on behalf of the government
- Bachelor's degree in related field with 10+ years of professional experience.
- Significant background in space acquisition, PPBE processes, operations, and/or satellite system architectures.
- Able to work independently and thrive and work collaboratively across disciplines in a fast paced, dynamic, and small team environment.
- Strong organization and communication skills, verbal and written.
- Proven ability to work within integrated Government, FFRDC, and SETA teams.
- Ability for occasional travel.
- Active Top Secret Government security clearance. US Citizenship required.
- Active Top Secret/SCI Government security clearance.
- Five (5) or more years of USSF, USAF, IC acquisition or operational experience.
- Space domain experience and understanding in Space Sensing programs (e.g. TacSRT, MW, SBEM)
- Demonstrated strong technical leadership, interpersonal, and team building skills.
- High level of creativity, initiative systems thinking, and innovation.