Job Summary

This position serves as a Supervisory Program Manager in the Acquisition Lifecycle, Governance and Oversight (ALGO) directorate within the Office of Acquisition, Program Management, and Performance (OAPMP). The incumbent serves under the general direction of the ALGO Director. The incumbent is responsible for leading the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Department's acquisition lifecycle, including policies, standards, governance architectures, and methodologies.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/09/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Applying advanced program and project management principles and practices to plan, manage, evaluate, or oversee complex programs or portfolios, including assessment of cost, schedule, performance, risk, requirements, dependencies, resources, or mission outcomes; Leading, developing, implementing, or improving lifecycle governance or program oversight processes, such as milestone or gate reviews, executive decision processes, program baselines, evidence requirements, risk and escalation processes, or performance reviews; Analyzing program or portfolio health and performance to identify risks, variances, systemic issues, or execution challenges and developing recommendations for corrective action, management intervention, or senior leadership decision; Leading multidisciplinary teams or organizational functions and coordinating work across multiple functional areas or stakeholder organizations to accomplish complex program objectives; and Developing and presenting analyses, recommendations, decision materials, or executive briefings concerning complex program management, lifecycle governance, performance, or risk issues to senior leaders or decision-making bodies. Evidence of this specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of like duties performed in positions held on your resume. You will also need to provide work experience information such as hours per week, full-time/part-time status, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of specialized experience at the required grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office setting. Some walking, standing, or carrying light items may be required. Occasional travel and extended hours may be necessary, but no special physical demands are typically involved. The work is performed in a typical office environment with normal safety precautions. The workspace is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Occasional travel may be required, but the work environment does not involve significant risks or discomforts. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: Leading or supervising complex program-management, lifecycle-governance, or enterprise-oversight work; Evaluating the health and performance of complex programs or portfolios using cost, schedule, performance, risk, or comparable evidence; Developing or operating governance, lifecycle, milestone, gate-review, or executive decision-support processes; Providing authoritative analyses and recommendations to senior leaders on complex program, performance, risk, or governance matters; and Coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders and resolving complex issues across organizational or functional boundaries. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC, Frederick, MD, Fredericksburg, VA. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20420, or 7485 New Horizon Way, Frederick, MD 21703, or 10300 Spotsylvania Ave, Suite 400, Fredericksburg, VA 22408.