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The Deputy Program Manager will monitor operational day-to-day activities of the contracted support to USAMMDA and serve as the Program Manager in his/her absence.  The Deputy Program Manager coordinates coverage for all Program Management Offices (PMO’s) and Special Staff as well as provides training and oversight of established USAMMDA processes, procedures, and standardization of acquisition support tasks. Additionally, the Deputy Program Manager will provide Program/Project Management Support to USAMMDA within the realm of the DoD’s acquisition process as required.  The Deputy Program Manager will apply pertinent laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and work processes to requirements involving the major issues and goals and objectives for product development.   Organization Wide Support: Develop and improve USAMMDA’s processes for acquisition planning, milestone and documentation preparation, and reporting. Support development of templates, Standard Operating Procedures, and checklists for acquisition processes. Conduct analysis of policy and guidance to identify impacts and opportunities related to USAMMDA’s acquisition programs. Lead and direct technical and administrative project teams.Execute and monitor project activities.Manage changes to scope, cost and schedule of project work.Coordinate priorities and resources between multiple projects.Prepare and update project plans and status reports.Provide updates on customer and corporate issues by leading scheduled operational meetings with team leads and employees.Coordinate cross-functional meetings of personnel related to project.Facilitate sessions to effectively resolve issues if any.Allocate appropriate resources to ensure projects are completed within given time and budget.Utilize corporate ISO processes to track project schedule and cost.Report status, develop project-related documentation and implement lessons learned.Participate in project performance review meetings and discussions.Participate in corporate business development activities.Update and maintain production and quality metrics of projects.Program Support.  In an advisory role, assist Program/Product Management Offices and Special Staff with: Preparing and maintaining project management integrated master schedules, Gantt charts, and action item lists for assigned programs, based on input from the organization, outside consultants, and key USAMRDC staff according to project management best practices and DoD guidelines to monitor program progress.   Editing and maintaining technical, budget, programmatic, administrative, and acquisition milestone documentation, to include program briefings IAW applicable DoD 5000 series regulations to ensure successful decision reviews, such as Business Case Analysis (BCA), Strategy Plans, Integrated Program Summary, Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCEs), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), and operating and maintenance instructions, considering elements such as reliability, maintainability, availability, and cybersecurity (Risk Management Framework). Supporting the development of technology transition strategies, integrated risk assessments, and tailored acquisition strategies, program briefings, integrating the unique aspects of medical product development with the DoD acquisition processes.   Employing effective risk management practices in support of the program acquisition strategy.   Internal Project Management: Communicate and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to meet program objectives and will document their coordination; including the achievement of concurrence and/or non-concurrence with comment as directed by USAMMDA.   Assist in coordinating any needed support agreements with extramural customers, DoD stakeholders, or commercial entities.   Monitor, coordinate, and report responses to external requests and tasks for information, ensuring responses are timely and accurate. Follow established industry best practices to determine the effectiveness of current operational activities and to determine problem areas and develop solutions.   Manage the electronic filing, maintenance, and recovery of all program documentation on existing electronic records management systems.   Copy files from network servers to their corresponding location within Opentext Livelink and/or MS Sharepoint.  Organize and prepare for meetings, schedule teleconferences, create and distribute agendas, create meeting minutes to include draft/final minutes, and deliver assessments in the form of information products including packages and briefings to the organization.Technology Assessment.  In an advisory role, assist Program/Product Management Offices and Special Staff with: Conducting market research, support analyses, review existing tech base programs, and recommend acquisition strategies to strengthen and engage medical requirements and/or medical capabilities in support of force health protection and provide information packages based on the results of these analyses.   Participating in task forces and surveys, studies, and other investigations of areas of management operations to determine adequacy of medical equipment.   Supporting the management and execution of product evaluations and responses for the New Products and Ideas submissionsSupporting management of the progress of projects/products and provide recommendations on acquisition strategies, maturity, and risk of technologies, assess capability gaps for the focus areas for further development and/or investment. Skills and Experience. Apply interpersonal skills and knowledge of the DoD 5000 to products being supported.   Integrating the DoD acquisition processes with the FDA regulatory processes and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) process.  Expert level knowledge of Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS); PPBE; and DoD 5000 processes, including adaptive acquisition framework pathways, to support strategic analysis and acquisition planning for Army and DHA ACAT designated medical programs.   Utilize MS Office, to include MS Outlook, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, and MS Word, at an intermediate level.