Senior Acquisition Project and Portfolio Manager

• You enjoy working at the forefront of change with military, industry, academia, and investment communities to shape the future of technology in the Space Force.
• You excel at program management, data-driven decision-making, process improvement, and solving complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• You have strong attention to detail and are skilled in data management, data entry, data validation, data screening, and ensuring data quality and integrity.
• You understand how people, processes, technology, policy, funding, and contracts interact and can apply strong systems-thinking skills to complex challenges.
• You have experience with government contracting, federal acquisition, PPBE, budget planning and execution, and requirements development.
• You are highly organized and experienced in project documentation, governance, reporting, and executive-level briefings.
• You are passionate about continuous improvement, modernization, automation, and delivering measurable mission impact.

• Lead and coordinate SpaceWERX program and portfolio activities, including scope, schedule, budget, requirements, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Work with government clients, senior leaders, industry, and other stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, expectations, and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, status reports, risk registers, governance materials, decision logs, and other key program documentation.
• Support budget planning and execution, resource requirements, forecasting, financial tracking, and PPBE activities.
• Apply knowledge of federal contracting and acquisition processes to support requirements development, acquisition planning, contractor oversight, deliverables, and program execution.
• Ensure program activities comply with applicable federal regulations, policies, contracting requirements, security protocols, and budget constraints.
• Establish governance and reporting processes to track program performance, technology transition, investment value, risks, and return on investment.
• Identify opportunities to modernize, automate, standardize, and improve processes and information systems.
• Coordinate contractors, subcontractors, government stakeholders, and internal teams to maintain alignment with SpaceWERX objectives.
• Manage program data collection, entry, validation, screening, analysis, and reporting to ensure accurate, timely, and decision-ready information.
• Provide senior leadership with clear analysis, recommendations, and courses of action to address risks, resource decisions, and emerging challenges.
• Support transition of innovative technologies from development through evaluation, acquisition, and operational adoption.

• Master's degree in business, engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of progressive program, project, or portfolio management experience, preferably supporting federal government, defense, national security, or space programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex programs involving multiple stakeholders, budgets, schedules, contracts, and technologies.
• Experience with government contracting, federal acquisition, PPBE, budget planning and execution, and requirements generation.
• Experience with data management, data quality, data screening, analysis, and information management.
• Experience developing program documentation, governance processes, reports, schedules, and executive briefings.
• Experience advising senior leaders on program status, risks, policies, budgets, strategies, and courses of action.
• Strong ability to analyze large amounts of information and translate it into trends, insights, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated systems-thinking, problem-solving, process-improvement, and automation capabilities.
• Experience with space, satellite, defense, national security, or government innovation programs is highly desirable.
• Experience with SpaceWERX, AFWERX, or similar innovation organizations is a plus.

• Strong program and portfolio management skills.
• Strong data management and data quality skills.
• Strong knowledge of government contracting, acquisition, compliance, and budgeting.
• Strong systems-thinking and analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shifting requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• PMP, DAU, Agile, or similar certification is preferred.
• Proficiency with tools such as MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, or similar platforms.

• A SECRET Clearance is required. Top Secret security clearance desired.
• U.S. Citizenship is required

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com