Senior Principal Specialist, Program Management

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Senior Principal Specialist, Program Management

Program Summary

KBR’s Missile, Aviation, and Ground Systems (MAGS) division delivers mission engineering solutions for critical U.S. Army programs, specializing in aviation and ground systems, integrated air and missile defense, and threat and target systems. As a trusted partner of the U.S. Department of War, MAGS provides innovative, technology-driven solutions to enhance national security. With a global presence and a strong ethical framework, KBR ensures secure, effective, and mission-ready capabilities worldwide.

Job Summary

Provide support to the Product Support Manager in development and implementation of comprehensive product support strategies for a major Army weapon system.  Develop ideas and guide their development into a final product.  Ensure appropriate cost analyses are documented to validate the product support strategy.  At the Product Support Manager’s direction review product support arrangements between the Product Support Integrators and Product Support Providers to ensure the arrangements are consistent with the overall product support strategies.  Perform integrated product support analysis and life cycle procurement research to develop life cycle logistics support that provides best value.  Provide support in broad-spectrum System Training Development with experience in DoD materiel test, acquisition, operations, fielding, training and systems integration as it relates to Mission Command (Command and Control).  Coordinate cross-functional efforts to assist in training needs analysis, planning, sustainment, and validation/verification activities.  Interface with government personnel to identify required activities, perform collaborative planning, review deliverables, and resolve issues.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain administrative processes that reduce redundancy, improve accuracy and efficiency, and achieve organizational objectives.
• Monitor progress on actions, generate metrics to demonstrate accountability for meeting deadlines and quality expectations.
• Prepare periodic reports on action status and keep senior management aware of late, pending and new actions. 
• Develop and maintain presentations. 
• Review POI and Training material and observe instructor performance to improve the design and development of new/updated TSPs.  
• Participate in internal committees, Integrated Process Teams (IPTs), working groups and task forces. 
• Coordinate and manage Program Schedules for Senior Management Review.
• Support Technical Publication validation/verification and Logistics Demonstration (LD) process development and execution.
• Assist in the development of the Contracts Requirement Package.
• Determine the strategies required to meet the learning needs of the User.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to accomplish assigned tasks to support PM STARE.
• Support the Product Support Manager Life Cycle initiatives including LCSP, CARD, BOIP, Training, TM development and MR.
• Provide coordinated responses and assessments for accuracy for senior management review.   

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree in Logistics Management or equivalent experience (5-10 years of functional experience in Product Support Analysis across Acquisition and/or Sustainment Logistics).
•  The candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office products for the development, analyzing and presenting Program information.
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Functional experience in acquisition document development and fulfillment.
• Functional experience in developing Military training including certification in Military Drivers Training.
• Experience executing Logistics Demonstrations.
• Functional experience in FMS case development and/or support.

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