Summary You will serve as a PROGRAM MANAGER in the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Field Activity of AEGIS BMD. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption. Responsibilities You will be responsible for daily management of the technical and acquisition efforts across a spectrum of development and engineering. You will develop and execute the strategy and necessary plans, procedures, and other documents required for technical development of the program within Aegis BMD. You will develop out year acquisition strategies, including contract @types, fees and evaluation criteria, formal technical documentation and prepare presentations to support program advocacy and major milestone decisions in Department of Defense/War. You will prepare and defend budgets to higher authority; define and manage task planning foreach development phase, integrating associated Navy center/laboratory, support contractor and prime contractor efforts. You will direct execution and coordination of tasks in-process, review progress, resolve technical problems, and upon approval redirect efforts within cost and schedule constraints. You will manage engineering requirements and approach for the BMD modifications covering specification development, reliability, maintainability, safety, training, integrated logistics, configuration and data management. You will provide for transition to production with consideration for producibility, life cycle/unit cost, reliability, logistics, maintainability, safety, configuration and data management. You will develop innovative and path finding concepts or procedures requiring imaginative approaches to problems not normally solved by conventional methods. You will execute/evaluate programmatic issues, involving risk, cost, schedule and performance. You will develop, motivate, and train a comprehensive, diverse workforce to meet current and anticipated program management goals and requirements; implement employee education, training requirements, and expectations. You will ensure that employees are appropriately empowered and accountable for assigned work and be provided with professional and personal challenges that will enable them to grow in technical knowledge, responsibility, authority, and team building. You will assess the health of the program's technical capability and capacity, analyze the long-term workload plans and expectations, develop and maintain the staffing plan, and recommend strategic workforce development initiatives. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band, NH-03 (GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Working in a multi-functional Weapons Systems Office performing complex and multi-faceted activities which provide direct support to the Command improving efficiency and effectiveness in Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and other operations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
