Duties
The Program Manager serves as Division Manager and is responsible for overseeing the Policy and Administration, AIT Financial Planning, and Records Management Branches in the IT Regulatory Services Division of Strategy & Performance Directorate. The Division Manager is responsible for the following programs:
Guides initiatives focused on IT strategy, policy development, and business plan execution, ensuring governance processes are well defined and consistently applied. Oversees the full lifecycle of IT policies and standard operating procedures, manage the FAA AIT IT performance management system and executive dashboard, and coordinates internal audits and quality management activities, including independent verification and validation of IT products and deliverables.
Provides program management and compliance oversight for enterprise-level policy areas such as FAA Directives, FAA Forms, FAA Records Management, the Paperwork Reduction Act, Section 508, Orders, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, while managing and supporting the AIT Business Management System.
Oversees the management of budget formulation and execution while reallocating or requesting resources as needed to meet organizational requirements. Leads short- and long-term budget planning, ensuring resource needs are projected, justified, and aligned with strategic objectives. Through the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process, the Division Manager supports the CIO in overseeing the FAA IT investment portfolio, assessing the effectiveness of investment processes, refining policies and procedures, and evaluating investments for business value.
Establishes structured methods to categorize and prioritize IT investments, oversee spending plan development and monitoring, track IT expenditure across projects, and provide performance dashboards and data to support Business Plan and budget analysis. Also manage reporting for FAA capital investments, including Exhibit 300 and Exhibit 53 submissions, and ensure compliance with CPIC reporting requirements such as the Agency IT Portfolio Summary, Agency Cloud Spending Summary, and Major IT Business Case documentation.
Oversees and manages enterprise-wide records management policies and practices for the FAA. In this capacity, the Division Manager oversees the work of subordinate managers and staff supporting multiple programs, ensuring that records management policies are maintained, updated, and consistently applied. Coordinates compliance with FAA Records Management requirements and provide oversight of IT-related policies and programs associated with NARA standards.
Through your leadership, you will ensure that records, policies, and documentation across FAA IT Shared Services meet all legal, regulatory, and organizational compliance expectations.
Provides FAA/AFN policy guidance for AIT managers and employees. Prepares staffing reports and other documentation as required. Sets priorities; assigns tasks; monitors and evaluates performance; coaches, mentors, and develops employee capabilities; approves leave; and takes or recommends corrective/disciplinary action, as appropriate.
Contacts are routinely internal and external to the major subdivision. Internal contacts are with subordinates, peers, and higher-level management to discuss the statuses and results of projects/programs and plan for the future. May represent the major subdivision, LOB/SO, or the FAA externally as a primary point of contact for policies/ procedures or other project/program purposes. Has the authority, within guidelines, to make commitments for the major subdivision, to establish new policies/procedures, and to make exceptions.
Work is typically governed by established policies, procedures and mission objectives which leave considerable room for discretion.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
- A one-year supervisor/managerial probationary period may be required.
Qualifications
To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference OPM Program Management Series 0340
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/program-management-series-0340/
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J, FG/GS-14. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized Experience is: Experience advising leadership/management officials on programs and plans to meet current and future IT strategy, policy development, and business plan needs.
Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Interviews: Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional information
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSAs in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Duty location: Employee will be assigned to report to an FAA Approved Duty Locality/Facility at the time of the selection. This is not a remote position.
This is not a bargaining unit position.
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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.
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Required Documents
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50).
Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded faxed to 1 (609) 485-8995 before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are an FAA employee, you
MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system
https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
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.