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Acquisition Program Analyst (AQP - TMT Workflow)

Ryde Technologies, Washington, District of Columbia, United States


Acquisition Program Analyst

AQP, Global Power Programs Directorate, directs, plans, and programs for development, procurement, and product support of $10B portfolio of global power programs. The portfolio includes legacy fighters such as the F-15, F-16 and A-10 as well as fifth-generation aircraft like the F-22 and F-35. It encompasses the entirety of the AF munitions procurements to include weapons currently used in OIR operations such as Joint Directed Attack Munition, Small Diameter Bomb, and Hellfire missiles. Finally, the Global Power portfolio captures the AF investments in nuclear triad to include the legacy and modernized ICBM and Cruise Missile programs.
The Acquisition Program Analyst will be responsible TMT workflow, which includes tasking, analyzing, tracking, and responding to taskers, under the Global Power portfolio. In addition, the Analyst will be responsible for developing documentation to support Air Force budget requests and generating quality information based on analysis for Air Force senior leaders.
Tasks for this position include:
Supporting Headquarters Air Force (HAF) budget preparation and defense, SAE oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution and oversight efforts of aircraft
Maintaining and analyzing planning, scheduling, and management
Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program
Providing honest broker assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational
Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending
Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program
Tracking compliance with stated program direction and identifying
Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and
Reviewing and providing recommendations on existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability area policies and
Reviewing and evaluating the impact of national, DoD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect Air Force acquisition programs and capability
Maintaining historical Air Force weapon program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training
Providing short notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, Major Air Command (MAJCOM), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), coalition, or bi-lateral
Preparing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) documentation to ensure they accurately articulate the current
Supporting the HAF review process - Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROCs), Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment (JWCAs), Defense Acquisition Boards (DABs), Congressional cycle, Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASPs), Air Force Review Board (AFRBs), Configuration Steering Board (CSB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports,
Reviewing and documenting Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Monitoring on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to weapon
Supporting program-specific efforts like Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development, Capability Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Information Exchange Requirements (IER), and requirements working
Reviewing and providing data to assist in preparation for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-aheads, Congressional staffer visits, and other events to ensure an integrated and consistent Air Force position in response to Congressional questions, issues, and requests for information on assigned program/portfolio.
Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as coordinated with the COR
Qualifications
Active Secret Clearance
5 years of acquisition experience in a System Program Office and/or Air Force Headquarters.
Familiarity with the following software programs: MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and MS Excel.
Working capability of TMT program.
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or Engineering discipline