**Description** Quantum Sky is searching for an **Acquisition Program Manager** to support Mission Delta 3's 3rd Sustainment Training Squadron (3 STS). The 3 STS is responsible for providing product support, life-cycle sustainment, and operational maintenance managementfor the Space Force's mobile and fixed electromagnetic electronic warfare weapon systems **Responsibilities:** + Serves primarily as an Executive Assistant to the 3 STS Commander and provides advice, expertise and consultation in acquisition program management (PM) lifecycle activities, in concert with sustainment engineering, logistics and test and evaluation members to the government/squadron integrated planning team + CORE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES: + Calendar & Schedule Management:Coordinates the Commander's daily itinerary, balances competing priorities, and schedules high-level meetings across Mission Delta 3 leadership. + Travel Coordination (DTS):Authorizes and manages complex official travel profiles via the Defense Travel System (DTS), ensuring prompt voucher processing and compliance with Joint Travel Regulations. + Correspondence Control:Reviews, formats, and routes official taskings, awards, performance evaluations, and memorandums to meet strict military writing standards. + Meeting & Event Logistics:Arranges conference spaces, prepares agendas, coordinates briefings, takes minutes, and tracks action items for commander-led staff meetings. + Visitor Protocol Support:Manages base access requests, coordinates building security entry, and assists with distinguished visitor (DV) protocol for incoming military and civilian leaders. + Information Flow Management:Serves as the primary gatekeeper for the Commander, filtering incoming emails, phone calls, and actionable requests to ensure timely responses. + Office Operations Management:Tracks squadron office supply budgets, coordinates facilities maintenance requests, and maintains digital and physical records management systems. + Tasking & Suspense Tracking:Monitor incoming directives from higher headquarters and ensure squadron staff submit their inputs before the suspense deadline hits. + Document Quality Control:Review all official military letters, evaluation reports, and award packages for perfect formatting and grammar before the commander signs them. + Meeting Logistics:Set up conference rooms, distribute slide decks, record action items, and ensure meetings start and end exactly on time. + Distinguished Visitor Protocol:Coordinate base access, parking, and building entry for visiting senior leaders or corporate defense contractors. + Information Screening:Filter massive volumes of daily emails and phone calls, ensuring the commander only sees issues requiring their direct attention. + CORE ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES: + Lifecycle Strategy Execution:Leads the execution of program baselines, acquisition strategies, and system modifications for fielded electromagnetic warfare assets like Counter Communications System (CCS) or Meadowlands. + Cost, Schedule, & Performance Tracking:Monitors contractor progress against strict cost estimates, milestone schedules, and technical performance metrics using Earned Value Management (EVM) data. + Risk Management:Identifies, assesses, and mitigates technical, supply chain, and financial risks that could delay critical system upgrades or cause budget overruns. + Budget Execution & Planning:Manages program funding, monitors current year financial execution, and builds future budget requirements for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle. + Contractual Oversight:Collaborates with contracting officers to draft Statements of Work (SOW), Requests for Proposal (RFP), and evaluates incoming defense contractor bids. + Stakeholder Synchronization:Bridges communication gaps between operational space crews, higher Space Systems Command (SSC) leadership, and civilian contractor engineering teams. + Rapid Acquisition Pathways:Utilizes Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) pathways to bypass traditional military bureaucracy and rapidly field urgent electronic warfare capabilities. + Milestone Reviews:Prepares and briefs readiness documentation for high-level program reviews, design reviews, and operational test readiness reviews. + Experience working on classified government systems and networks **Qualifications** **Required:** + Bachelor's degree + At least 17 years experience in Program Management and/or Executive Assistant (Government PM time preferred) but preferably 20 or more years of DoD and related Space operations combined experience, specifically acquisition program management, executive assitance and/or operational experience + In lieu of a Bachelor's degree and 17 years of relevant experience, a Master's plus 8 years of related experience or PhD plus 4 years of related experience is acceptable. + Experience with Air Force and/or Space Force operations, command and c