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To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity, click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nLearn more about this agency\n\nThis job is open to\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\n\nDuties\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) at the Pentagon is searching for a TMM Program Manager to support SYD 81 (NH-0343-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nThis position is an Acquisition Program Manager working in the Space Force Personnel Data Management office responsible for developing two Space Force Wide programs - a new Human Resources IT program and Continuous Fitness Assessment Wearables (CFAW) program to utilize fitness devices for PT testing. This office develops and maintains the acquisition baselines and program strategies for enterprise business capabilities in support of the Space Force and mission partners. This includes driving cost, schedule, and performance for HR IT and CFAW. This position leads cross-functional IPTs, which ensures acquisition integration across SYD 81, defines and enforces all program management processes in support of HR IT, CFA, and SYD 81, provides statutory compliance guidance (e.g., Clinger-Cohen Act), and manages contract execution and direction for A&AS/SETA personnel in SYD 81. This office is also responsible for creating, coordinating, and synchronizing acquisition strategies, spend plans, and other official programmatic documentation through SYD 81 staff functions for current and future HR IT and CFAW operations and activities. Will lead a mixed team of approximately 5 to 10 Government civilian, military, and support contractors.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nIdeal candidate would possess at least 5 years of experience in defense acquisition and program management. Possessing a background in leading enterprise capability acquisitions, navigating Defense Business Systems (DBS), and executing agile software methodologies is highly desired. Knowledge of the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC - DoDI 5000.75), Software Acquisition Pathway (DoDI 5000.87), Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties, and APDP Practitioner Certification in Program Management is also highly desired. Must be able to lead a team of Government civilian, military, and support contractors. Must be an effective communicator, able to receive, interpret, and communicate programmatic information from senior leadership to the rest of the organization.\n\nKnowledge, Skill & Abilities:\n1. Knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.\n2. Knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.\n3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.\n4. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate the activities of a multi-disciplinary program team; analyze project requirements to set priorities, make sound technical and business decisions, and integrate work operations to achieve organizational acquisition goals.\n5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.\n6. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.\n7. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nEmployee must within 30-days of assuming this position and annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “confidential Financial Disclosure Report.” Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nEmployee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.\nThis is a Centrally Managed position, PCS / relocation/ recruitment funding may be authorized.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 21 days per year.\nThis position has been designated by the Air Force as a Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).\nQualifications\nThe 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.\nAdditional information\nEmployed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\nBenefits\nA career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\nReview our benefits\nEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\n\nRequired Documents\nResume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\nEducation must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\nFailure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.\n\nHow to Apply\nDo not email your application. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity, click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.\n\nAgency contact information\nUS Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nOverview\nAccepting applications\nPosted this week · Apply in 2 days\nDue by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 13, 2026\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\nPentagon, Arlington, VA\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$102,415 - $158,322 per year\nPay scale & grade\nGS 3\nPromotion potential\nNone\nLearn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n1101 General Business And Industry\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. 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To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity, click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nLearn more about this agency\n\nThis job is open to\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\n\nDuties\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) at the Pentagon is searching for a TMM Program Manager to support SYD 81 (NH-0343-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nThis position is an Acquisition Program Manager working in the Space Force Personnel Data Management office responsible for developing two Space Force Wide programs - a new Human Resources IT program and Continuous Fitness Assessment Wearables (CFAW) program to utilize fitness devices for PT testing. This office develops and maintains the acquisition baselines and program strategies for enterprise business capabilities in support of the Space Force and mission partners. This includes driving cost, schedule, and performance for HR IT and CFAW. This position leads cross-functional IPTs, which ensures acquisition integration across SYD 81, defines and enforces all program management processes in support of HR IT, CFA, and SYD 81, provides statutory compliance guidance (e.g., Clinger-Cohen Act), and manages contract execution and direction for A&AS/SETA personnel in SYD 81. This office is also responsible for creating, coordinating, and synchronizing acquisition strategies, spend plans, and other official programmatic documentation through SYD 81 staff functions for current and future HR IT and CFAW operations and activities. Will lead a mixed team of approximately 5 to 10 Government civilian, military, and support contractors.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nIdeal candidate would possess at least 5 years of experience in defense acquisition and program management. Possessing a background in leading enterprise capability acquisitions, navigating Defense Business Systems (DBS), and executing agile software methodologies is highly desired. Knowledge of the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC - DoDI 5000.75), Software Acquisition Pathway (DoDI 5000.87), Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties, and APDP Practitioner Certification in Program Management is also highly desired. Must be able to lead a team of Government civilian, military, and support contractors. Must be an effective communicator, able to receive, interpret, and communicate programmatic information from senior leadership to the rest of the organization.\n\nKnowledge, Skill & Abilities:\n1. Knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.\n2. Knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.\n3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.\n4. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate the activities of a multi-disciplinary program team; analyze project requirements to set priorities, make sound technical and business decisions, and integrate work operations to achieve organizational acquisition goals.\n5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.\n6. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.\n7. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nEmployee must within 30-days of assuming this position and annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “confidential Financial Disclosure Report.” Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nEmployee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.\nThis is a Centrally Managed position, PCS / relocation/ recruitment funding may be authorized.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 21 days per year.\nThis position has been designated by the Air Force as a Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).\nQualifications\nThe 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.\nAdditional information\nEmployed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\nBenefits\nA career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\nReview our benefits\nEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\n\nRequired Documents\nResume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\nEducation must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\nFailure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.\n\nHow to Apply\nDo not email your application. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity, click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.\n\nAgency contact information\nUS Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nOverview\nAccepting applications\nPosted this week · Apply in 2 days\nDue by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 13, 2026\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\nPentagon, Arlington, VA\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$102,415 - $158,322 per year\nPay scale & grade\nGS 3\nPromotion potential\nNone\nLearn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n1101 General Business And Industry\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. 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