TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER in the Advanced Radars Systems Division, in the Electromagnetic & Sensor Systems Department of NAVSURFWARCENDLD.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band, ND-04 (GS 12/13 equivalency), in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional Engineer or Scientist with experience in radar, sensor, combat system, and/or systems engineering principles managing complex technical efforts.

Examples may include: (1) developing and administering financials, tracking project execution to budgets; (2) developing program plans and schedules for integrated efforts; (3) identifying, assessing, monitoring, mitigating, and managing technical risks; (4) advising and proposing technical recommendations to leadership and collaborating across internal and external organizations; (5) knowledge of the Department of War Acquisition process, systems engineering process, and radar system development, sensor system development, and/or combat system development.

Examples of Qualifying Experience: Expertise with providing technical and administrative leadership including developing project plans, managing task execution, and providing oversight to contractors and government teams.

Thorough experience with communicating technical and programmatic information orally and in writing.

Written material may include technical documentation, test plans, memoranda, official correspondences, presentations, speeches, etc.

Audience may include senior Government leaders, senior Military leaders, junior personnel, contracting community, academia, private industry, etc. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.

Extensive experience in the area of program management. Thorough understanding of DoD acquisition process and execution.

Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of engineering/mathematical concepts to understand complex problems.

Proven ability to plan, coordinate and influence projects managed by SYSCOMs, PEOs and senior NSWCDD project managers work well in a teaming environment; and effectively interact with Naval Flag Officers, SES personnel and other senior managers.

Demonstrated ability to balance technical solutions within project constraints (budget, schedule, personnel, processes).

Proven ability to form and effectively lead large technical teams that span across multiple organizations and disciplines, including military, civilian, contractor, and academic personnel.

Understanding and working knowledge of large-scale Agile frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, etc.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Engineering Series, 0801 Electrical Engineering Series, 0850 General Physical Science Series, 1301 Mathematics Series, 1520 Computer Science Series, 1550 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 be responsible as the Expeditionary Radars Technical Project Manager for the programmatic leadership of a dynamic team of scientists and engineers across two branches.
• You will oversee the engineering and software development of current productions systems as well as the development of new capabilities intended for integration into Expeditionary Radars systems.
• You will conduct program execution, resource management, strategic planning, budgeting/scheduling, and active engagement/collaboration with the program sponsor and other external organizations to include industry partners and Marines.
• You will provide oversight of all current and future efforts and are responsible for representing the program at meetings, working groups, release boards, and sponsor-driven events, both internal and external to NSWCDD.
• You will cultivate/maintain a close working relationship with sponsors, external government and industry partners, as well as other stakeholders to achieve program objectives, develop efficiencies, and strengthen the technical and business portfolio.
• You will apply program management principles, methods, and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing projects and resources, including technical performance.
• You will prepare, justify, and administer the program budget as well as apply sound resource management principles and align resourcing decisions with policy, strategic direction, programmatic priorities, and management insight.
• You will oversee procurement and contracting to achieve desired results, monitoring expenditures and use cost-benefit analysis to set priorities and negotiate with the sponsor.
• You will oversee all program technical and functional activities such as system engineering, software engineering, testing, configuration management, and safety to enable successful execution of customer requirements.
• You will communicate with line management and other leaders regarding program status, challenges, risks, and opportunities via ad hoc communication, formal Program Reviews, and Project Technical Execution Metrics submissions.
• You will apply risk management concepts and best practices to identify, assess, monitor, mitigate, and manage technical risks to maintain project cost, schedule and performance objectives.
• You will develop project execution objective quality evidence to include technical execution reports, risk assessments, and project execution briefings.
• You will develop and coordinate project engineering requirements and activities during all phases of the Expeditionary Radars production effort.
• You will provide project engineering support of radar systems and their development, test, integration, and software development for functional testing and software certification.
• You will collaborate and maintain communication with the Expeditionary Radars technical staff, production product owners, business financial manager, and contracting officer representative for the execution of Expeditionary Radars portfolio.
• You will collaborate with line management, to mentor, team-build, and develop a solid succession planning model to ensure enduring success.