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JOB DESCRIPTION: S&T Programmatics Officers apply technical and programmatic management expertise to investigate Government and industry R&D programs, determine resource requirements, and direct activities that create customized methodologies and products to address a variety of geospatial-intelligence problems. They recommend ways to facilitate technology transfer and insertion and may develop multiple intellige
Major Duties
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NGA is seeking a Science and Technology Programmatics Officer to serve as a R&D; Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Solicitation Manager (SM) for the Research Program Execution (RPE) team. The RPE team provides complete life-cycle management for Award actions for Research activities, with a goal to obtain timely and seamless provision of goods, talent, and services by the best acquisition solutions possible. The SM will work closely with the Research Scientists to translate technical requirements and challenges into Requests for Information (RFI), Research Announcements, BAAs, and Challenges for the purposes of obtaining proposals for innovative solutions. He/She will ensure the programmatic structures have answered Heilmeier criteria and that they meet critical project technical objectives, particularly with respect to appropriate proposal milestones, schedule and cost. The SM will be responsible for coordinating with the Office of Contract Services (OCS), General Counsel (OGC), and Financial Management (FM) staff to ensure documents are properly vetted and NGA, Federal and Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Guidance and Regulations are followed. The SM will also be responsible for coordinating and leading the source selection evaluation process for proposals submitted through Research solicitations. The SM will educate Research Scientists on source selection procedures, to include the evaluation of technical merit, mission relevance, cost realism/reasonableness, and schedule realism of proposals with respect to the BAAs. Further, the SM will set expectations and manage timelines associated with proposal review to ensure timely contract award and execution of funding. The SM will serve as a conduit for questions and provide assistance to industry and academic partners seeking new business opportunities with NGA-Research. He/She will also lead and conduct customer meetings including Industry Days, Program Kickoff Meetings and demonstrations. This is an Acquisition Position requiring either Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Program Management (PM) Level 2 certification or the ability to obtain DAWIA Level 2 certification within 24 months of assignment. Additional Application REQUIREMENT: To qualify and be selected for this job announcement you must complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires that require you to describe your experience and/or level of expertise with mandatory or desirable job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. 2) Additional skill-based assessments you may be asked to complete during the selection process. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.
Qualifications
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: 1. Experience in the following: managing a Solicitation process, e.g. Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for both open and targeted solutions for R&D; drafting and/or editing pre-solicitation and solicitation documentation such as Requests for Information (RFIs), Market Research, Justification and Approval (J&A), Statements of Objectives (SOO), BAAs, and/or documentation that conveys program concepts, metrics, milestones, and deliverables; 2. Experience in the following: Reviewing Statements of Work (SOW) and/or technical and cost proposals for alignment with Heilmeier criteria and for responsiveness to solicitations; review of cost and schedule realism;
3. Experience in customer service role that required development of training materials, process and tools, and the delivery of training presentations to users and stakeholders;
4. Experience leading programmatic discussions with government, academic or industry teams. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science, Computer Science, or a related discipline that included 24 semester hours in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science, and/or a related Engineering Science such as Dynamics, Electronics, Mechanics, and Properties of Materials. Such coursework includes, but is not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Geographic Information Systems, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, or Statistics. Although not mandatory, coursework in differential and integral calculus is preferred. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework as listed in option A, plus experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals to 4 years.DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired: 1. 5+ years of experience in an R&D environment providing programmatic support to contracts or programs of size, scope and complexity similar to those at NGA Research.
2. 5+ years of experience managing schedule, budget and programmatic risks for fast-paced advanced technology programs.
3. Experience developing training materials, tools and/or software to enable efficient tracking of proposals and/or a source selection process. 4. Experience with innovative solicitation opportunities is desired; examples include FAR deviations (e.g Commercial Solutions Opening) and non-FAR based awards (e.g. Other Transaction Awards that are not consortium based).
Pay Range
$99,172.00 - $152,352.00