ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGER

DUTY 1: In a career broadening capacity, develops, implements, and controls contractual, financial, and technical aspects of a project/program through designated phases of the acquisition cycle for which no closely related precedents exist. Plans the management and acquisition strategy for assigned projects/programs within cost, schedule, and performance baselines as directed by the Program Director. Assigned programs/projects are characterized by unusual factors and pressures that create a management situation resulting in a substantial element of uncertainty and risk as to the foreseeable outcome of acquisition efforts that are within the state-of-the-art. Vital aspects of the program require the development of new approaches to problems and the pursuit of alternative courses of action. Generates specific plans, goals, and objectives consistent with policies and requirements. Provides input into source selection and contractor monitoring of acquisition phases from development through