PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Program Management Specialist in the Automation and Control R&D Branch; Machinery Research & Silencing Division; Machinery Research, Logistics and Ship Integrity Department of NSWC PHILA DIV.

You will serve as Strategic Cyber Physical Security Initiative (SCPI) Program Management Specialist.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector managing or analyzing a program's financial or contractual operations, metrics, or goals.

Examples of specialized experience may include: overseeing program financial operations to track and monitor funding documents, identify discrepancies, and recommend solutions; developing program financial plans and schedules, estimating resources, and determining program milestones or deliverables; monitoring financial or contracting activities to resolve discrepancies or ensure program goals are met.

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 serve as the senior lead and expert responsible for funds administration, contract management, and financial management of the Strategic Cyber Physical Initiatives (SCPI) team’s portfolio.
• You will serve as the primary point of contact for all financial matters, including providing assistance to the Customer Advocates with financial data calls related to the SCPI team’s portfolio and efforts in Philadelphia.
• You will resolve extensive, difficult and sensitive issues, such as rapidly changing financial program deadlines and objectives.
• You will serve as a liaison between NSWCPD technical and programmatic managers and NAVSEA Program Office budget managers to develop programmatic and contractual execution strategies for task execution.
• You will manage program or project schedules, milestones, scopes, quality controls, risks, issues, communication management, and budgets from preliminary stages through design, development, operation and decommission/close-out as needed.
• You will develop programmatic and technical presentations across the SCPI team’s extensive portfolio and provide programmatic briefs to senior program leaders in NAVSEA program offices.
• You will serve as the SCPI team’s point of contact for all contracting issues and represents the team at meetings and on contracting teams.
• You will analyze the effectiveness of line program operations in meeting goals, develop financial evaluations, advise on methods and procedures for providing administrative support systems, and develop program evaluation plans and methods.
• You will identify resources required to support program operations, review data and reports to determine changes or actions, and evaluate proposed changes in the operation of the program or operating procedures.
• You will monitor the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through ongoing dialogue with program managers and their staffs, government contractors, reviews of written documentation, and examination of accounting records.
• You will coordinate meetings, both small internal sessions and large externally facing events with visitors.
• You will serve as an alternate custodian of secure spaces and security containers.