Deputy System Program Director (SPD), SYD 88 & SYD 831

Deputy System Program Director (SPD), SYD 88 & SYD 831

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Los Angeles County, California

Salary Range: $145180 - $195200 Per Year

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Major Duties:

• The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Los Angeles Space Force Base is searching for 2 Deputy System Program Directors (SPD) to support SYD 88 & SYD 831 (NH-1101-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent). Description: SYD 88 - If selected, you will serve as the Deputy System Program Director (SPD) for the Protected Tactical SATCOM Acquisition Programs including the Protected Tactical Enterprise System (PTES), Protected Tactical SATCOM-Resilient/Prototypes (PTS-R/P), Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G), Engineering Management & Control (EM&C), and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS). SYD 831 - If selected, you will serve as the Deputy System Program Director (SPD) for the Navigation Warfare and Positioning, Navigation, & Timing programs for the United States Space Force. You will join a dynamic leadership team in the program office, providing Ultra High Frequency or wideband satellite communications to our nation and allied partners. This role requires strong leadership skills, attention to detail, creative problem solving, and motivation to achieve mission success by collaborating across a diverse, geographically-separated team. You must be able to work independently, planning, organizing and coordinating programmatic actions across various engineering, financial, legal, security, public affairs and contracting offices, both internal and external to Space Systems Command (SSC), USSF. Strong communication skills are critical, both oral and written, with a focus on clear, concise and technically-accurate dialogue that synchronizes efforts across government and contractor organizations. In addition, the duties of this position require the ability to analyze, negotiate, and resolve complex issues while maintaining good working relationships. As part of our leadership team, you are expected to train, develop, mentor, and motivate junior civilian and military program managers. Ideal Candidate: - Experience in Acquisition Program Management within a Systems Program Office (SPO) - Experience managing Contractor performance on warfighting system contracts through design, production, testing, and delivery phases - Experience in acquisition strategy, incentivized contract vehicles, other transaction authority, and pushing programs throughout the life cycle. - Experience supervising personnel including establishing employee contribution plans and conducting performance assessments SYD 88 - The position requires expertise in satellite communications knowledge. SYD 831 - The position requires expertise in navigation warfare and/or positioning, navigation, & timing domain knowledge. Key Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of the policies, practices, regulations, and laws concerning the acquisition management process and initiatives. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the DOD, Air Force, and organizations that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems acquisition process. Skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of development and production, support of systems, subsystems, or equipment and to coordinate various aspects of systems acquisition such as engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, test, and manufacturing. Ability to supervise, mentor, motivate, appraise, and work with subordinate supervisors and non-supervisory employees. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.

Qualifications: The 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

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Application Deadline: 2026-01-22