Hybrid PROGRAM EXECUTIVE, AEGIS-BASED DEFENSE SYSTEMS en Department of Defense

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Duties

The incumbent serves as the Program Executive for MDA Aegis-Based Defense, developing strategic integrated strategies, initiating, planning, and directing complex efforts aligned with DOD, DoN, MDA, and Congressional goals. They oversee advanced MDS initiatives, managing a workforce of over 600 personnel, including civilian, military, contractors, and interagency staff, while supervising an annual budget exceeding $2 billion. As the Commander for USN PD452, a NAVSEA field activity, the incumbent integrates approximately 90 personnel into a Joint Program Office with MDA Aegis-Based Defense. Responsibilities include supervisory functions such as hiring, dismissals, performance evaluations, and aligning NAVSEA policies with MDA standards. They lead the policy, budgeting, planning, and execution of Aegis-Based Defense products and services, ensuring integration with USN and MDA practices. This includes providing leadership across program management, Navy missions, corporate operations, program protection, and physical security. The incumbent directs strategic program management policy and innovation, delivering on legislative initiatives, resource management, and outreach. Additionally, the incumbent prescribes and oversees the Missile Defense Acquisition and Contracting Supplement (MDACS) to FAR and DFARS, serving as MDA's subject matter expert on maritime missile defense systems. They represent Aegis-Based Defense in engagements with key stakeholders, including DOD, academia, private industry, and international entities. Participation in high-level meetings and task forces ensures effective internal and joint efforts. The incumbent is responsible for Aegis-Based Defense's strategic vision, fostering ongoing assessments and directing efforts to meet goals. They manage resource allocation, ensuring personnel, funding, facilities, and equipment are available in a constrained fiscal environment. Their managerial expertise spans planning, programming, budgeting, contracting, and financial management, ensuring successful program execution. Strategic planning includes analyzing the feasibility of proposed plans, translating them into actionable projects, and securing resources to execute the Aegis-Based Defense mission. The incumbent evaluates cutting-edge, high-risk programs, requiring advanced technical and engineering expertise to address undefined challenges. They provide authoritative recommendations, often leveraging unconventional approaches to resolve unprecedented problems. The incumbent's leadership significantly impacts MDA's mission, influencing DOD, allied nations, and defense-related industries. They develop innovative management concepts for acquisition programs, logistics, and operational strategies, guiding multidisciplinary teams in an exceptionally complex organization. Their work demands expertise in scientific and technical principles, fostering relationships with internal and external agencies, including international stakeholders. Their responsibilities include supervising major MDA programs and acquisition projects that affect agency-wide and national interests. They coordinate interoperability tests, modeling, simulation development, and system-level engineering functions to support rapid prototyping and incremental fielding of missile defense systems. These initiatives influence major technical, programmatic, and policy decisions by MDA, USN leadership, and Combatant Commanders. The incumbent also manages foreign military sales programs, negotiating with senior foreign officials to implement and report MDA and USN initiatives. Their supervisory role involves decisions that impact organizational programs and personnel, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic goals. Their analyses, presentations, and reports significantly influence program development, policy establishment, and cross-agency operations supporting MDS initiatives.

Qualifications

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) and TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): There is NO requirement to prepare a narrative statement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) or the Technical Qualifications (TQs). However, to meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the ECQS and TQS within your resume - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit, will not be reviewed and will be disqualified. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): ECQ 1 - Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding: This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2 - Driving Efficiency: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3 - Merit and Competence: This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4 - Leading People: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5 - Achieving Results: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): 1. Demonstrated experience and expertise in the full spectrum of acquisition management to include technology development, product development, production, test and evaluation, program assessments, operations and sustainment for large-scale, complex weapons and combat systems programs, and the planning, programming, budgeting and execution process for such programs. 2. Demonstrated ability to successfully lead large, diverse research and development organizations and to collaborate with high-level officials, Industry and international partners on Aegis-Based Defense matters to achieve consensus on goals and objectives. DoD Joint Enterprise-Wide Experience Statement: In addition, DoD requires an Enterprise Perspective. This individual must have the ability to apply a broad point of view and an awareness and understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to DoD or government-wide strategic priorities is required. Executives must demonstrate the ability to work with internal and external partners to support national security objectives. This perspective is typically gained through a variety of diverse work experiences. A separate narrative statement is not required. This information should be within the resume.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this position.

Other Information

Background Investigation - This position is designated as critical sensitive and requires that a background investigation be conducted and favorably adjudicated in order to establish eligibility for Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearances, to include managing compartmentalized missile and radar programs. Financial Disclosure - Senior Executives are required to comply with the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521, which requires the submission of a financial disclosure statement {SF-278), upon assuming an SES position. This must be submitted annually and upon termination of employment. REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS: https://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25- V300.pdf Acquisition Certification - This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). Unless specially waived by the appropriate official, the following are statutory mandated requirements: Selectee must execute, as a condition appointment, a written agreement to remain in Federal Service in the position for at least three years. In signing such agreement, the employee does not forfeit any employment rights, nor does such an agreement alter any other terms or conditions of employment. This CAP requires Program Management, Advanced acquisition certification. The incumbent has 48 months to achieve this certification. The incumbent must complete 80 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every two years. Travel to national and international locations may be required. Applications MUST be submitted through USAJobs. Submit resume and all other required documents online by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.