Title:

F-22 Test Business Manager/EPASS Deputy PM

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Program Manager to coordinate Test Business activities across the F-22 Test Enterprise and provide Test Management Support and acquisition-related support to the F-22 program office at Wright-Patterson AFB. The candidate will function as the KBR Deputy Site Lead and supervise other KBR EPASS personnel. This role requires a deep understanding of the relationships between various test phases and the ability to optimize program execution through innovative approaches.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Apply critical thinking across all facets of duties, assisting the customer in optimizing program execution through traditional and non-traditional approaches to developing and delivering capability to the user, while demonstrating adaptability and flexibility to manage deadlines and change.Understand the relationships between lab, developmental, operational, weapons, and live fire test IAW AFI 99-103.Analyze, plan, and lead efforts to streamline system flight efforts while continuing to remove barriers to communication, efficiency, and effectiveness between labs and flight tests.Analyze, plan, and lead efforts to streamline Continuous Improvement/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipeline, subsystem labs, and system integration labs that support F-22 development testing while striving to remove barriers between labs and flight test.Interface with Air Force Headquarters, Air Combat Command (ACC), AFMC, Air Force Test Center, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC), AFLCMC, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), F-22 Engine Program Office, and user communities to accomplish tasks including, but not limited to, managing cost, schedule, and performance, responding to audit requests, managing schedules, and setting priorities.Assess the necessity of multiple supplier labs to support development testing and determine the best approach to fund supplier labs.Liaise with the CTF and other Government agencies regarding the process to transfer aircraft from ACC to AFMC for developmental test.Understand Agile principles and adapt those principles to a service contract.Support KBR Site Lead in overseeing tasking of KBR EPASS team in execution of tasking for support to the F-22 Program Office.Provide direct supervisory management of KBR employees assigned.

Work Environment:

Location: The position is an On-Site billet supporting the F-22 Program Office at Wright Patterson AFB, OH.  Based on specific tasking, the customer does support a Hybrid schedule for both on-site and telework completion of taskingTravel Requirements: There will be minimal (up to 25%) travel associated with the positionWorking Hours: Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. The working hours are a standard workday with core hours running from 0730 to 1630

Basic Qualifications:

MS/MA is required and 12+ years of directly related experience with a minimum of five years within the DoD, orBS/BA is required and 15+ years of directly related experience with a minimum of five years within the DoD, or23+ years of directly related experience with proper certifications, with eight of which must be in the DoD.U.S. Citizen.Clearance: Top Secret (TS) or TS/Special Compartmentalized Information (SCI).

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture.

These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.