Acquisition & Program Content Reviewer / SME (0013)

Acquisition & Program Content Reviewer / SME (0013)

OCT Consulting LLC is a boutique management and strategy consulting company that provides support to Federal Government clients. We provide consulting services in the areas of Strategy, Process Improvement, Change Management, Program and Project Management, Acquisition/Procurement, and Information Technology.

Responsibilities and Duties

OCT Consulting has grown significantly within the last 3 years and continues to grow. We are looking to bring onboard an Acquisition and Program Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) to participate in a critical review process and team on behalf of a government client’s high-level acquisition and program management review board. This review process is led from within the procurement line of business; the “review team” directly supports the high-level “Committee” (i.e., the acquisition and program management review board) ahead of a formal Committee session where a given program is reviewed. You will be expected to serve on the team of reviewers that are vetting procurements / programs with a lifecycle value of $500 million or more.

This process is new to the given Federal government agency, and you will also be expected to continue developing existing review strategy, evaluation frameworks, processes, and procedures alongside the review team lead. Serving as a SME, you

will work side-by-side with the programs that you evaluate to iterate on their submissions to the review Committee and serve as a key point of contact (POC) to help programs with the content of their submissions. You will also aid in the development and facilitation of a new program management Community of Practice. This role requires program management and Federal acquisition expertise to ensure that acquisition / program management reviews are performed to high quality standards.

Responsibilities and duties include:

● Serve on a team of reviewers to evaluate documents submitted to the acquisition / program management review Committee. These documents will include acquisition plans, statements of work, program management plans, program budgets, program milestone schedules, analyses of 2 alternatives, market research reports, risk registers, and other acquisition

and program management documents. Notably, these planning documents will pertain to both the acquisition process and the sustainment of the program beyond acquisition.

● Aid in the development of an informational memo, key issues list, key questions list, and other relevant writeups and outputs of evaluation which will be formally sent upwards to the Committee ahead of each of the

Committee’s formal 2-hour meetings / program reviews.

● Support the development of acquisition and program management templates and best practice resources.

● Aid in the continued development and facilitation of a program management Community of Practice.

● Answer questions from Committee members regarding your evaluation of acquisition and program management documents. Attend and participate in meetings / briefings, as needed, to ensure that Committee members are

adequately briefed ahead of their 2-hour formal meetings. Be available to attend Committee sessions if/when needed. Note that Committee members are generally at the Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary level.

● Work side-by-side with programs to ensure that they know exactly what documents and information must be submitted to the Committee. Answer questions from programs regarding their submissions.

● Assist in the continued refinement of a preexisting “Analytical Framework Breakdown” (AFB) that serves as the evaluation criteria for submission documents.

● Working with the Committee’s Liaison Office, help to evolve review processes and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of twenty (20) years of work experience culminating in senior-level acquisition and program management support to the Department of State, DHS, DOD, DOE, DOC, and/or other Federal agencies.
• Previous Federal government experience at the GS-15 level or above and/or previous experience as a senior executive in public sector consulting managing large-scale programs and acquisitions is preferred; deep experience in acquisition and program documentation for Federal agencies.
• The ideal candidate will have overseen Federal acquisitions with a value of over $500 million and managed programs of similar size and complexity.
• Experience at the GS-15/O-6 or SES/flag officer level desired
• Exceptionally proactive in approach, and capable of making decisions in the face of significant uncertainty.
• Excellent organizational and detail-oriented working style; you should be capable of creating executive-level mat