The objective for this person is to provide specialized expertise to complement the organization’s inherent resources for effective and efficient mission accomplishment and continuity, introduction of innovation, and enhancement of technical competence.

They will support the progression of the Air Superiority 2030 Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team and the subsequent Combat Air Forces (CAF) fighter force restructure activities. This position will directly support Headquarters-level actions regarding the Air Superiority 2030 implementation and modernization of the CAF fighter force structure to provide continuity, operational experience and technical expertise for force structure implementation.

The 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 platforms.
• Maintaining and analyzing planning, scheduling, and management data.
• Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution.
• Providing honest broker assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational issues.
• Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending solutions.
• Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program direction.
• Tracking compliance with stated program direction and identifying issues.
• Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and schedules.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability area policies and implementation.
• Reviewing and evaluating the impact of national, DoD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect Air Force acquisition programs and capability areas.
• Maintaining historical Air Force weapon program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training material.
• 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 activities.
• Preparing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) documentation to ensure they accurately articulate the current program.
• 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, etc.
• 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 systems.
• 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 groups.
• 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.
• Have at least 5 years’ experience working on Air Force fighter programs, with participation in technology development, requirements, acquisition or test programs.
• Have at least 5 years’ experience working on or directly supporting advanced technology efforts involving the integration of new capabilities into combat platforms
• Have extensive knowledge of the Air Force requirements development process
• Have demonstrated experience collaborating decisions across multiple and diverse stakeholders to meet a common and challenging technical objective, particularly objectives that address current and emerging threats
• Have a strong background on the process for transitioning a technology from the lab environment to an executing program

• Active TS/SCI Clearance

• Master’s degree in a Business, Finance or Engineering discipline
• 10+ years of acquisition experience in a System Program Office and/or Air Force Headquarters
• 5+ years’ experience working on Air Force fighter programs, with participation in technology development, requirements, acquisition or test programs
• 5+ years’ experience working on or directly supporting advanced technology efforts involving the integration of new capabilities into combat platforms
• Must have extensive knowledge of the Air Force requirements development process
• Must have demonstrated experience collaborating decisions across multiple and diverse stakeholders to meet a common and challenging technical objective, particularly objectives that address current and emerging threats
• Must have a strong background on the process for transitioning a technology from the lab environment to an executing program

Highly Desired Experience:

Prior experience in SAF/AQP, SAF/AQL, SAF RCO, SAP/SAR experience

Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)

Experience with 5th Generation Fighters - F-15E, F-22, F-35