Senior Acquisition & Business Management Lead
Location: Linthicum, MD
Clearance: Active Secret required
Employment: Full-time
Program Status: Contingent upon contract award
Company: MKS2 Technologies
Target Salary: $150K-$165K
Position Summary
MKS2 Technologies is seeking a Senior Acquisition & Business Management Lead to support an anticipated DoD training and business-management program.
This position will lead acquisition planning, requirements documentation and acquisition-package development activities supporting a large federal training organization. The selected individual must bring hands-on experience developing federal acquisition packages, not simply general acquisition or contract-management familiarity.
The anticipated program could require support for up to 50 acquisition packages annually.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate acquisition-planning support in accordance with FAR, DFARS and agency-specific acquisition policies.
Translate mission and program requirements into actionable acquisition strategies and documentation.
Develop and support complete acquisition packages, including:
Performance Work Statements and Statements of Work
Market Research Reports
Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans
Independent Government Cost Estimates
Inherently Governmental Function determinations
DD Form 254 security documentation
Acquisition planning and supporting requirements documentation.
Identify and document acquisition costs, milestones, assumptions, dependencies and risks.
Coordinate Integrated Product Teams and requirements stakeholders.
Facilitate requirements-development sessions and document decisions and action items.
Support Government Requirements Owners, CORs and acquisition personnel throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
Provide business-management and analytical support to translate leadership objectives into executable programs and projects.
Develop acquisition schedules and proactively identify risks that could delay awards.
Perform quality reviews of acquisition documentation to improve completeness, consistency and regulatory compliance.
Support development of acquisition-related processes, templates, SOPs and performance metrics.
Required Qualifications
Active Secret clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Acquisition Management, Finance, Contracting or related discipline.
8+ years supporting federal acquisition, contracting or acquisition-program management.
Demonstrated hands-on experience developing complete DoD or federal acquisition packages.
Demonstrated experience personally developing several of the following:
PWS/SOW
Market Research Report
QASP
IGCE
Acquisition Plan/Strategy
Requirements documentation
IGF Determination
DD Form 254.
Strong working knowledge of FAR and DFARS.
Experience working directly with Government requirements owners, CORs, contracting officers and contract specialists.
Excellent technical-writing and analytical skills.
Ability to manage multiple acquisition packages concurrently.
Preferred Qualifications
Direct DCSA acquisition experience.
DAWIA certification or comparable federal acquisition/contracting credentials.
Master's degree.
FAC-C, FAC-COR or equivalent DoD acquisition experience.
Experience developing acquisition packages supporting training, professional services or knowledge-based services.
Experience developing workload, cost, schedule and acquisition-performance metrics.
Lean Six Sigma certification.
Experience supporting acquisition organizations in the National Capital Region / Fort Meade / Linthicum market.