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Senior Program Manager, Additive Manufacturing
Job Location
Work remotely from home, with some travel required. Customers are primarily in Washington, DC.
Client Profile
The Senior Program Manager, Additive Manufacturing will join a team that supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering in Arlington, Virginia. The program is described at this web site: https://www.dodmantech.mil/Manufacturing-Collaborations/Joint-Additive-Manufacturing-Working-Group/
The DoD formed the Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group (JAMWG) to address common concerns regarding additive manufacturing (3D printing) and develop solutions that will speed the application of additive manufacturing into defense systems. The working group develops and aligns strategy, fosters collaboration, leverages resources, and provides guidance across DoD organizations for additive manufacturing development and implementation.
This position assists the OSD Manufacturing Technologies Program Director to manage the JAMWG and provide technical subject matter expertise to advance the DoD mission. The JAMWG consists of the AM leads and subject matter experts from the Military Services and Defense Agencies implementing AM to support the warfighter. The JAMWG spans the life-cycle from research and development, training and education, to application in maintenance and repair throughout forward operations.
Job Description and Responsibilities
The Senior Program Manager will assist the OSD Manufacturing Technologies Director and team with program management activities in support of the JAMWG. They will provide communications and stakeholder engagement support to internal and external audiences. They will provide technical and analytical support to the OSD Manufacturing Technologies Director and JAMWG members. The Senior Program Manager will perform tasks such as:
- Coordinate and conduct working group activities at the direction of the working group Chairperson and in collaboration with other team members. Analyze options and make recommendations regarding how to achieve the working group’s goals. Draft meeting agendas, take and distribute meeting notes, track action items, and maintain the working group schedule. Plan and perform projects and their related tasks as required.
- Gather and compile information from working group members regarding their organizations’ additive manufacturing programs, projects, and plans. Write reports, briefings, and other documents that present this information to various audiences. Coordinate working group reviews of these documents and incorporate their feedback.
- Write status reports/briefings to high-level Government audiences as required. Rapidly draft summaries, briefings, success stories, and point papers in response to requests for information.
- Support the working group’s development and maintenance of technology investment road maps and other strategic-level documents, including the annual joint focus area list. Facilitate workshops and other group activities. Document group findings and recommendations.
- Assist the client with developing additive manufacturing project plans, conducting project proposal solicitations and source selections, and managing/monitoring projects including international interoperability programs. Provide the client with inputs on program budgets. Support financial team to meet financial execution metrics.
- Assist with the development and implementation of a strategy for fostering government-wide engagement with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (www.americamakes.us), and other DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII). Help educate government agencies in how and why they should engage with America Makes. Support outreach efforts by participating in industry conferences and meetings, and writing press releases and success stories for stakeholder audiences.
- Participate in meetings and teleconferences with America Makes, DoD organizations, and the network of Institutes (Manufacturing USA), providing inputs and recording information as required.
- Interact with other government, industry and academic stakeholder organizations. Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagement meetings, workshops, exercises or other events to understand joint and service-specific operational needs, priorities and issues.
- Promote and garner sponsorship for joint force experimentation with active combatant commands and units. Responsible for coordinating and managing joint force experimentation initiatives to integrate and evaluate advanced manufacturing and repair capabilities, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense operational objectives and mission readiness.
- Facilitate and manage international engagements focused on Additive Manufacturing by coordinating with partner nations, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense (DoD) objectives, and fostering collaboration to advance joint strategic goals.
- Represent the JAMWG and Government team as requested at site visits, events, conferences, internal meetings, teleconferences, and other applicable forums.
- Develop, coordinate, and implement policies, procedures, and instructions for Additive Manufacturing on behalf of the Department of Defense.
Required Skills / Qualifications
The position requires the following skills and qualifications.
- Demonstrated excellent writing and communication skills for drafting in-depth reports, status reports, point papers, briefings, success stories, meeting agendas and notes, and formal letters written on behalf of clients. Ability to compile disparate information from working group members and other sources into a cohesive document.
- At least three (3) years of related experience with the additive manufacturing industry or technologies.
- Strong aptitude for quickly learning diverse technical topics, particularly relating to additive manufacturing.
- Ability to both develop plans at the strategic level and implement them at the tactical level.
- Excellent skills in organizational leadership and diplomacy and in addressing the concerns of diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in a program management or project management environment.
- Demonstrated ability to handle complex assignments for which the client or employer establishes top-level project goals and ability to figure out how to achieve them. Ability to meet those goals with limited supervision.
- Strong commitment to client satisfaction. Flexibility to take on other responsibilities as client requirements evolve.
- Strong skills in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows.
- The Senior Program Manager must have the ability to work from home as required using an employer-supplied computer and other office equipment. Ability to provide sufficient working space, maintain a high level of productivity, and be fully available to clients and teammates during the client’s normal business hours. Ability to prevent other occupants and visitors in the home from accessing business computers and files.
- Available for overnight travel as needed to attend meetings and conferences in various locations. Travel may require as much as one or more trips per month, with each trip usually lasting one to three nights or more. Airplane travel is required.
- Ability to comply with government- and employer-mandated policies and procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree plus 9 years experience OR Master's degree plus 7 years experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Have, or able to qualify for, a security clearance at the SECRET level.
Desired Skills / Qualifications
The ideal candidate also has the following skills/qualifications.
- Strong track record of serving clients (preferably government) and high client satisfaction. Demonstrated professional initiative and insight needed to: anticipate client needs; recognize opportunities and problem areas; recommend and implement action.
- At least five years’ experience in a government research & development or a manufacturing technology development environment. At least ten years’ experience in a project management / program management environment.
- Experience with government acquisition and contracting processes. Knowledge of DoD acquisition processes including solicitations, proposal evaluation, and source selection; knowledge of contract types including FAR contracts, IDIQs, GSA schedules, cooperative agreements, TIAs and OTAs.
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing their most relevant experience and qualifications using the response form near the top of this page.
Biomanufacturing Subject Matter Expert
Job Location
Work remotely from home, with some travel required. Customers are primarily in Washington, DC and Dayton, OH.
Background
The Department of Defense (DoD) is executing a multi-year investment program in bioindustrial technology and biomanufacturing development and maturation. These investments align with the principles and needs espoused by the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) and are executed through programs such as the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP), the Tri-Service Biotechnology for a Resilient Supply Chain (T-BRSC) Program, and BioMADE manufacturing innovation institute. The DBIMP program specifically, with well over $500 million in planned investment over the next three years, aims to transition domestic technologies from the lab to pilot scale, and pilot scale to full production scale manufacturing. The objective is to scale up production of government and industry developmental products into commercially viable production more quickly, support operational needs for advanced bio-based materials, and secure sources of critical materials for defense supply chains. Materials of interest include fuels, polymers and resins, energetic materials, and protective materials. This position is to provide wide-ranging subject matter expertise in the areas of biomanufacturing and biotechnology, as well as business, finance, and manufacturing, to assist DoD leadership, through the Principal Director for Biotechnology (PD Biotech), and the DBIMP Government Program Manager, with program strategy, planning, execution and oversight.
Job Description and Responsibilities
The Biomanufacturing SME will perform tasks such as the following:
- Provide independent analysis and recommendations to the PD for Biotech, DBIMP Program Manager, project teams, and other customers as directed, regarding strategy and tactics that support DoD and program objectives.
- Generate directed assessments, papers, documents, procedures, and support, as well as independently realize valuable pathways for informative products of the same type that support or impact overarching client programs and objectives.
- Support the government team by identifying technology areas of interest, developing technical roadmaps, drafting objectives, and determining project technical and economic requirements.
- Collaborate with industry partners executing government investment projects, providing appropriate guidance and direction where needed, to effectively achieve government objectives while supporting industry achievement. Deliver notes and reports to government clients regarding independent assessments of industry progress, roadblocks, risks and concerns, and achievements.
- Assist the Government Program Manager with executing investments through project acquisitions: defining proposal evaluation criteria, evaluating technical proposals, and documenting evaluations.
- Leverage and provide broad industry insights and perspectives, and focused assessments, to assist in developing Science & Technology (S&T) technology protection plans through industrial base expertise and related technology security assessments.
- Assist government teams and investment programs with identifying commercial transition opportunities.
- Actively engage on the integrated program team and with project principal investigators to assist with monitoring project technical performance, advising project teams, and assessing project performance.
- Represent the Government Program Manager and/or PD Biotech teams in in-person meetings or conferences and telecons, present permissible and relevant information, while collecting reciprocal insight and intelligence, and relay key information. Support regularly scheduled telecons and other communications with program leadership.
- Write draft reports, briefings, success stories, point papers, status updates, and other documents that present program information to various audiences including senior-level DoD audiences and other stakeholders.
- Assist with coordinating the DBIMP program with other DoD-led, other government agency, and/or international biomanufacturing programs of interest.
Required Skills / Qualifications
The position requires the following skills and qualifications.
- Advanced degree (Master’s degree or Ph.D.) in biology or biotechnology related field (preferred), or chemistry, is required.
- Master’s degree plus at least 12 years of relevant work experience, or Ph.D. plus at least 10 years of relevant work experience, is required.
- Education and experience in biomanufacturing is strongly preferred.
- Experience in manufacturing operations and business operations is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated excellent writing and communication skills for drafting status reports, point papers, briefings, success stories, meeting agendas and notes, and formal letters written on behalf of clients. Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources into a cohesive document.
- Ability to execute tasks and responsibilities professionally and without preconception; compartmentalizing information, avoiding conflicts of interest, and effectively navigating variable or conflicting opinions, to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients and the DoD.
- Strong commitment to client satisfaction. Flexibility to take on other responsibilities as client requirements evolve.
- Work primarily from home. The Biomanufacturing SME must have the ability to work from home as required using an employer-supplied computer and other office equipment. Ability to provide sufficient working space, maintain a high level of productivity, and be fully available to clients and teammates during the client’s normal business hours. Ability to prevent other occupants and visitors in the home from accessing business computers and files.
- Be available for overnight travel as needed to attend meetings and conferences in various locations. Travel may require as much as one or more trips per month, with each trip usually lasting one to three nights or more. Airplane travel is required.
- Ability to listen to, understand and follow instructions in a fast-paced environment without detailed supervision.
- Ability to comply with government- and employer-mandated policies and procedures including security policies, expense reporting, and recordkeeping procedures.
- Strong skills in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows.
- Have, or be able to qualify for, a security clearance at the Top-Secret level
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Desired Skills / Qualifications
The ideal candidate also has the following skills/qualifications.
- At least ten years’ experience working in an industry or government research & development or a manufacturing technology development environment.
- Experience with government-funded research or development projects (e.g., SBIR/STTR, grants, CRADAs, FAR technology development contracts).
- Experience planning and executing the scale-up of manufacturing operations, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, equipment acquisition, installation, start-up, and qualification.
- Business operations experience, including corporate operations and finance for manufacturing entities, financial viability measures, planning, and strategy, and broader understanding of capital markets, investments and investors, equity and financing, etc.
- Advanced business intelligence, including macro- and micro-economics, and domestic and international perspectives.
- Strong track record of serving clients (preferably government) and high client satisfaction. Demonstrated professional initiative and insight needed to: anticipate client needs; recognize opportunities and problem areas; recommend and implement action.
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing their most relevant experience and qualifications using the response form near the top of this page.
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