Serco is excited to begin support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office. This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition life-cycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment.

You will service, International Partners, and Foreign Military Sales programs to ensure ID integration throughout the F-35 enterprise and to ensure the delivery of 5th Generation combat capability to Warfighters in support of coalition operations. The Contractor shall provide support to the National Deputies who are the F-35 Program’s senior national representative for their Participant country within the JSF Program Office and are responsible for providing day-to-day representation of the cognizant Partner nation on all matters related to the F-35 Program. The Contractor shall provide support to the U.S. Service Deputies who are assigned to the JPO to ensure immediate/critical U.S. Service insight to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The Contractor shall provide support to the Foreign Military Sales USG Program Managers who represent the Foreign Military Sales Foreign Liaison Officers for country within the JSF Program Office and are responsible for providing day-to-day representation of the cognizant Foreign Military Sales nation on all matters related to the F-35 Program.

Our Partner Program Analyst/Deputy applies knowledge and experience in acquisition program management to F-35 Program throughout its life cycle. Demonstrates complete competency in all aspects of acquisition management and is capable of evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Identifies problems and recommends solutions with little or no supervision and devises new approaches to encountered problems. Develops the management of acquisition strategy for assigned projects as directed by the Directorate. Evaluates program and mission requirements to establish detailed objectives and integrate these activities with other program and functional elements within the joint program office and outside organizations. Implements plans by preparing and reviewing program documents such as detailed acquisition plans, development and production schedules, engineering change proposals, design studies, etc. Defends the program position at program reviews, conferences, and other functions, providing higher level management with status and decision information on assigned program(s).

In this role, you will:

• International Integration and support – assist ID in facilitating the programs of two types of countries associated with the F-35 program: “Partners” (also referred to as “Participant”), –who are signatories to the JSF Production, Sustainment and Follow-on Development Memorandum of Understanding (JSF PSFD MOU), and “FMS Customers,” which have a signed Letters of Requests (LORs) and Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs) for purchasing aircraft, related material, and services
• International Programs – Assist ID in supporting National Deputies and their assistants in representing each of the F-35 Partner nations resident in ID.
• International Agreements – Assist ID in the development, management, negotiation, and implementation of International Agreements, to include MOUs (such as JSF SDD MOUs [2001] and JSF PSFD MOU and in implementing arrangements, and LOAs.
• Coordinated Capabilities – Assist ID in serving as a cross-PMO coordination focal point for ID country requirements, PMR action items and ongoing, non-U.S. development, sustainment, and production challenges.
• External Interfaces – assist ID in coordinating with U.S. agencies on any programmatic or policy matter pertaining to the USG’s F-35 cooperative and FMS programs established with ID countries.
• International Communication – Assist ID in maintaining open lines of communication and maximum transparency between the F-35 program and external stakeholders (i.e., industry and international Ministries of Defense) with and through Partner National Deputies and FMS Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs).

• The ability to provide onsite support at one of the following F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) locations no less than 2-days per week, each week. Exact days in office at the JPO must be coordinated with F-35 customer and approved by your Serco manager. (Your onsite days in JPO office including adhoc meetings may increase to support the needs of the customer.)
• Crystal City, Arlington, VA
• Patuxent River, MD
• Eglin AFB, FL
• Wright Patterson AFB, OH
• Jacksonville, FL
• Hill AFB, UT
• Fort Worth, TX

• Experience in defense acquisition program management related to weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management. Four (4) out of the past six (6) years of work experience related to international acquisition programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or discipline, or associate degree plus four years of acquisition program management experience (total of 10 years).
• Familiarity with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2(Operation of the Defense Acquisition System), DoD Directive (DODD) 5530.03 (International Agreements), and the International Cooperation in Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (IC in AT&L) Handbook
• Demonstrated experience in the development, management, and execution of international cooperative projects/programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, deployment, and sustainment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the system equipment life-cycle phases and the documentation, analyses, and reviews associated with those phases.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Security Assistance/Security Cooperation (SA/SC) programs to include the understanding of the FMS sales process from case development, implementation, execution, to closure, in accordance with the Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM), DoD 5105.38-M
• Must have an active secret DOD clearance
• Up tp 25% travel