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# Program Manager, F-3, Combat Data Systems- Crystal City, VA

- **Company:** Serco
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Outlook, Data Files, Data Systems, Database Development, Data Intelligence, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Verification and Validation (Software)
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dcjobsite.com/job.asp?id=3520315643&tx=JL9993FFR&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* The ability to provide onsite support at F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) located in Crystal City, VA 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.)
 * An active DoD Secret Security clearance.
 * A Bachelor's Degree plus 4 years out of 6 years of recent work experience related to analaysis and planning
 * OR an Associate's degree plus 4 years of additional work experience (total of 10 years of work experience).
 * Experience in program management, technical or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management.
 * 2 years in support of a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP).
 * Leadership experience in US Service-related military operations or defense acquisition program management related to weapons system acquisition, employment and life cycle management.
 * Knowledge in 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.
 * Provide subject matter expertise to support F-35 program in delivering the weapons system.
 * Assist with task support of acquisitions, financial management, risk management, systems engineering, total ownership cost determination, acquisition coordination, and communications.
 * Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, and deployment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
 * Demonstrated knowledge of the system equipment life-cycle phases and the documentation, analyses, and reviews associated with those phases.
 * The ability to travel up to 10%.

Additional desired experience and skills

 * Experience of creating products and working in Microsoft Office Suite- Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel (data types, formulas and functions in the workbooks), Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft TEAMS.
 * Experience with a task management tool such as ETMS2.

## Description

Serco is excited to continue support to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JPO). This contract provides program management support in support of the full acquisition lifecycle of the F-35 program, to include development, production, and sustainment.

Our Program Manager , located in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, provides program management support to the F-35 JPO, Combat Data Systems (CDS) Program Management Office (PMO) in in developing and sustaining the F-35 Mission Planning and Reprogramming Enterprise of infrastructure, tools, and labs that produce mission data to enable Joint air dominance for U.S. Services, Partner Nations, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Customers.

In this role, you will support CDS in the following:

 * Mission Planning Environment - assist Combat Data Systems PMO in providing Mission Planning tools to operational F-35 squadrons that enable Pilots and Mission Planners to develop and load the F-35 with mission-specific information.
 * Mission Data Reprogramming Tools - assist Combat Data Systems PMO in providing Mission Data Development Tools to operational reprogramming laboratories that enable sensor engineers to use intelligence data to develop Mission Data File Sets (MDFS), which are critical to equipping the F-35 with Aircraft/Airspace Situational Awareness, as well as in performing Combat Identification (CID), enabling weapon Cueing/ Targeting, and managing Electronic Attack (EA) and Countermeasures (Radio Frequency Countermeasures [RFCM] and Infrared Countermeasures [IRCM]).
 * Verification and Validation Systems - assist Combat Data Systems PMO in providing verification and validation systems to operational reprogramming laboratories that enable operational analysts to test and assure MDFS in a realistic electromagnetic environment that can support the F-35 combat mission.