Deputy Regional Director, EM-0301-00 (New York Regional Office) Job

Vacancy No. 2025-EM-0127 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $275,000.00 to $300,000.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/22/2025 Close Date 9/26/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Braintree, MANew York, NY


Summary

There is one position located in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, New York Regional Office or Boston Field Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as follows: 

1. Braintree, MA, or

2. New York, NY

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $300,000.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.

Duties

  • Serves as advisor to the Regional Director on all substantive matters pertaining to the Region's insured depository institution supervisory functions. Assumes responsibility for the activities and operations of the region, in the absence of the RD.
  • Exercises independent authority to lead and direct the overall planning and timely execution of the Region's Consumer Protection supervision and examination functions for the purpose of strengthening and improving the condition of financial institutions and for minimizing individual and systemic risks to the deposit insurance funds. Makes binding decisions on matters pertinent to the region and provides recommendations on various divisional and FDIC matters. When controversial program or policy matters arise, uses discretion and judgment in coordinating plans with counterparts, RD or other impacted parties, gaining appropriate concurrence for proposed decisions or actions.
  • Recommends, develops and implements formal plans and programs designed to correct deficiencies in the operation of insured depository institutions under the supervision of the Regional Office. Initiates and conducts meetings with supervisory authorities and financial institution officials to obtain commitments on corrective actions. Determines extent of compliance with corrective actions and recommends civil money penalties.
  • Supervises the review of compliance and CRA examination and investigation reports and other correspondence, with delegated signature authority, and apprises the RD as appropriate. As delegated by the RD, exercises signature authority over certain applications and administrative matters.
  • Represents the Corporation on assigned matters pertaining to financial institution oversight and serves as an expert spokesperson on FDIC plans, policies, and procedures as they relate to risk management supervision. Participates as a planner and/or speaker in conferences and seminars conducted by the Division, supervisory agencies, banking authorities, and bankers' associations.
  • Coordinates bank supervision and other regional regulatory and managerial activities with risk management supervision counterparts.
  • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships across the corporation, and externally with state regulatory agencies, other federal agencies, financial institutions, bank trade associations, and private industry.
  • Responsible for the management and effective utilization of personnel; develops subordinate supervisors and promotes leadership and management skills through coaching and mentoring. Independently and through subordinate supervisors performs the full range of supervisory duties, including the following: assigning, managing, developing, training, mentoring, recruiting, and effectively utilizing personnel within the office(s); directing the timely and proper completion of the work assigned; assessing work performance and addressing noted deficiencies through corrective programs; promoting continuing employee development; recommending personnel actions to the RD, including promotions, awards, reprimands, and disciplinary actions; in coordination with the RD, administers Regional Office staffing levels and grade distribution; implementing the FDIC's Performance Management Program, including second-level review of appraisals; leading office meetings; and fulfilling labor relations responsibilities. Oversees and provides guidance on the region's training program to enhance the knowledge base, confidence, and effectiveness of staff.
  • Supervises a staff of corporate managers, senior level employees and subject matter experts and other subordinate staff. Ensures that all programs are administered effectively and in accordance with broadly stated objectives and priorities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Employment Conditions.

High Risk Position – Background Investigation (BI) required.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive-level assignments.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, skills, and abilities that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, and concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised). Leadership experiences identified must have been performed in an official supervisory role.

Leadership Experience: Experience in overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units directly and indirectly through subordinate supervisors, including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND

Leadership Experience: Experience in managing employee performance and growth directly and indirectly through subordinate supervisors, including evaluating employee readiness for successive roles; recognizing accomplishments, providing feedback and development opportunities, and addressing performance/conduct issues; AND

Leadership Experience: Experience in overseeing the implementation of and improvements to recruiting, hiring, training, utilization, and succession readiness of staff; AND

Technical Experience: Experience in directing staff responsible for a compliance/consumer protection function and preparing strategic planning and establishing program objectives.

Selective Placement Factor: Candidates must be a Commissioned Compliance Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC’s Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

The five-day notification process does not apply to corporate and executive manager positions. Failure to provide your up-to-date resume in support of your qualifications for this position by the closing date will limit your ability to receive maximum consideration. Take a moment to ensure that your resume reflects the qualification requirements of this position by the closing date.

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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.

If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

This position is an Executive Manager, EM-00, which is equivalent to above the CG/GS-15.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

The FDIC offers comprehensive benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

In addition, under FDIC’s Group Life Insurance Program, basic life insurance coverage for Executive Managers is automatically equal to 3 times their salary (rounded to the next higher thousand) up to a maximum of $800,000. Executives may also choose from two other lower coverage options. The Corporation pays for the cost of the basic coverage unless employees also elect to be covered under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI).

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your resume will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. 

If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Screening Panel (MSP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks. The rating panel will place applications in one of two categories, Pass or Fail. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies listed below. 

Top ranked (Pass) candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below.

  • Administrative Policies and Procedures
  • Advising
  • Bank Supervision
  • Critical Thinking
  • External Awareness
  • HR Management
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Oral/Non-Written Communication
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Planning and Organizing

You do not need to respond separately to these competencies/KSAs. Your resume will serve as a response to the competencies/KSAs. 

Applicants must provide details of the duties performed as they relate to the qualifying experience and competencies/KSAs. Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address the specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.


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Required Documents

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:

FDIC EMPLOYEES: Submit a final digitally signed copy of your most recent Annual Performance Appraisal and Evaluation form. The final PDF form is also acceptable. Please note that your form must be printed in landscape orientation for the required signatures to be visible. If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying. Multiple SF-50s may be necessary to determine your eligibility.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.

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Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.

Agency contact information

Melissa Jones
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources Branch, Executive Services Staff
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-E3012
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States

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