Job Summary

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), Office of Grants (OG), Division of Information and Solutions (DIS).

Job Description

Specialized Experience: Applicants must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or above the GS-15 level, or equivalent, providing senior-level technical, analytical, and strategic leadership for large-scale Federal financial assistance or grants-management technology programs, enterprise platforms, or shared services. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate experience in all four of the following areas: Federal Grants Management Systems and Business Processes: Applying substantive knowledge of Federal financial assistance and grants-management operations to the planning, development, modernization, integration, or operation of enterprise technology systems supporting multiple stages of the Federal grants lifecycle, including pre-award, award, post-award, reporting, or oversight functions. Enterprise Grants Technology Strategy and Shared Services Architecture: Developing, evaluating, or implementing enterprise technology strategies, architectures, standards, governance frameworks, or modernization plans for Federal financial assistance or grants-management environments involving multiple interconnected systems, business functions, programs, or organizational components. Modernization and Integration of Mission-Critical Grants Technology: Providing senior-level technical direction for modernization or integration of Federal financial assistance or grants-management technology environments involving cloud technologies, enterprise data management, cybersecurity, automation, digital services, APIs, or other modern technology approaches, while addressing operational continuity, interoperability, and applicable Federal requirements. Enterprise Technology Investment and Cross-Organizational Leadership: Providing authoritative technical analysis, recommendations, or strategic direction to senior executives on significant technology investments, modernization alternatives, enterprise risks, or shared-service decisions affecting Federal financial assistance or grants-management systems serving multiple programs, organizations, agencies, or customer communities. Experience must demonstrate responsibility for addressing complex enterprise technology issues and influencing strategic technology or modernization decisions beyond a single application, project, or organizational unit. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. TQ 1 - Federal Grants Management Domain and Enterprise Technology Expertise Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of Federal financial assistance and grants management, and the ability to apply that knowledge to the development of enterprise technology strategies and solutions for large-scale Federal grants-management platforms or shared services. Experience must demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the Federal grants lifecycle, including funding opportunity development and publication, application intake, award formulation and issuance, post-award administration, reporting, oversight, closeout, grants data, and associated financial and business processes. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to address complex grants-management business, policy, regulatory, data, and interoperability requirements through enterprise technology solutions serving multiple Federal programs, organizations, or agencies. TQ 2 - Modern and Emerging Technology Applied to Federal Grants Modernization Demonstrated expert-level technical leadership in evaluating, selecting, and applying modern and emerging technologies and engineering approaches to the modernization of large-scale Federal financial assistance or grants-management technology environments. Experience must demonstrate the ability to develop and evaluate enterprise modernization approaches incorporating technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, automation, enterprise data and analytics, APIs, cybersecurity and zero-trust principles, digital services, and modern software engineering. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to address complex architectural and technology trade-offs, reduce technical debt, improve interoperability and operational efficiency, and establish secure, scalable, resilient, and sustainable solutions while maintaining mission-critical operations and compliance with Federal requirements. TQ 3 - Enterprise Grants Architecture, Shared Services, and Executive Technical Leadership Demonstrated expert-level ability to establish and influence enterprise technology strategy, business and technology architecture, governance, integration strategies, data standards, target operating models, and long-range modernization direction for large-scale Federal financial assistance or grants-management platforms or shared services supporting multiple organizations, agencies, programs, or customer communities. Experience must demonstrate the ability to resolve complex enterprise architecture, governance, interoperability, and technology investment challenges; provide authoritative technical recommendations to senior executives; and influence significant modernization and investment decisions across organizational and agency boundaries. Applicants must demonstrate accomplishments in aligning enterprise technology direction with Federal grants-management mission requirements, resolving competing stakeholder priorities, and advancing enterprise-wide or interagency technology initiatives.