SUPERVISORY ATTORNEY-ADVISOR (CONTRACT) - ACCELERATED HIRE AUTHORITY
Air Force Materiel Command
Posted: January 16, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Missile Defense Agency
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$130,987 - $197,200
per year
Type
Full Time
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Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves leading and overseeing a major defense program, focusing on managing budgets, timelines, risks, and team efforts to ensure a complex weapon system moves smoothly from design to deployment.
A good fit would be someone with strong leadership experience in government or defense projects, who can communicate effectively with high-level officials and handle detailed planning under pressure.
It's ideal for professionals passionate about national security and skilled in coordinating across organizations.
The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo).
For more information please see: AcqDemo You may qualify at the NH -04 broadband level if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service and must meet two of the four specialized experience listed below to be qualified: Applying systems acquisition processes, policies, procedures, and practices necessary to develop and assess technical and economic feasibility, including cost, schedule and performance.
Managing Cost, Schedule, and Performance of a complex weapon system spanning design, development, test, deployment, and sustainment activities.
Communicating information to senior leaders orally, in writing, and with presentation material.
Leading teams, providing program support, and collaborating across programs, organizations, and functional integrated product teams including external stakeholders.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:
As a Supervisory Program Manager at the NH-0340-4 some of your typical work assignments may include: Document all program details; assess, manage and eliminate risk related to program cost, schedule, risk and performance; and report across the Agency to senior SES and Flag/General Officers on the progress of the program.
Respond to DoDOSD, GAO and Congressional requests for information on the progress and challenges of the program.
Manage programmatic activities to define the technical requirements, the acquisition documents IAW MDA processes and oversee the funding execution in the current year of execution and propose budgets to fund future years IAW MDA POM PPBES process.
Prepare, review, and document acquisition documents for internal and external communications to include Agency leadership, other government Agencies, and prime contractors.
Analyze financial and acquisition strategies and recommend courses of action to keep programs on or ahead of schedule including establishing a full set of receivers and givers with established delivery dates for integration, metrics for measuring periodic progress to those dates and clear definition regarding what is to be delivered.
Performs other duties as assigned.
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