F-35 LIGHTNING II JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE - PROGRAM MANAGER
Naval Air Systems Command
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Arlington County, VirginiaRemote Virginia$143,913 - $197,200GS-13Management and SupervisionMore Navy jobs →
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F-35 LIGHTNING II JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE - SUPERVISORY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team to manage logistics for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, focusing on budgeting, strategy development, and ensuring the planes stay ready for use.
You'll handle support plans, cost analysis, and resource coordination to keep the military aircraft in top condition.
It's a great fit for experienced leaders with a background in defense logistics who enjoy solving complex problems related to funding and maintenance.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at NM-04 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
- Experience managing support budgets through formal processes
- Leadership in developing, implementing, and managing product support strategies aligned with sustainment and readiness
- Evaluating program objectives to resolve conflicts in schedules, funding, and resources
- Knowledge of formulating support and maintenance concepts for weapon systems
- Providing cost data and life cycle costing analysis for unique system characteristics
- Coordinating efforts to improve aircraft readiness and material condition
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST in the LOGISTICS INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT, PLATFORM LOGISTICS INTEGRATION DIVISION of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (NM-04) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following: 1) Demonstrating experience exercising resource responsibility and authority over support budgets through formal budget processes; 2) Serving in a leadership capacity managing product support strategy development, implementation, and management, to ensure alignment with sustainment and readiness requirements; and (3) Demonstrating experience evaluating program objectives to identify and resolve conflict among schedules, funding, and resources.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will formulate the support and maintenance concepts and maintainability requirements for the assigned weapon system.
- You will provide cost-supporting data and develop tailored application of the elements of life cycle costing based on authoritative knowledge of the unique characteristics of the weapon system.
- You will coordinate efforts to improve aircraft readiness and overall aircraft material condition.
- You will provide the program office with visibility of staffing status to include all staffing Logistics Demand Validation and convey program priorities into the logistics resource allocation process.
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