Senior Deputy Director, Supervision and Examinations Branch, EM-0301-00 (Merit Promotion) Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. 2025-EM-MP-0112 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $275,000.00 to $310,000.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 8/8/2025 Close Date 8/15/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

This position is located in the Division of Risk Managment Supervision (RMS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C. 

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $310,000.

Duties

  • Directs the Deputy Director, Supervision and Examinations and all Regional Directors and advises the Division Director in developing, structuring, and implementing analytical and examination efforts to monitor and assess existing and emerging risks in insured financial institutions; provides oversight of all risk management and related supervision and examination programs.
  • Determines the need for new or revised procedures related to risk management examinations and supervision that have a nationwide impact. These procedures relate to technical risk management issues, including those that are complex, sensitive, and potentially have significant consequences for the Division’s programs.
  • Provides expert guidance and oversight regarding certain enforcement actions against individuals and institutions; oversees the development of complex cases for presentation to committees of the FDIC Board of Directors. Oversees the development, structuring, and implementation of the Division’s program for formal and informal enforcement actions.
  • Oversees the Division's review, evaluation, and processing of supervisory filings, including applications for deposit insurance, mergers, changes in bank control, and directs process and other changes as needed.
  • Oversees the supervisory strategy and reviews Reports of Examinations for large complex financial institutions, technology service providers, and other supervised entities that exhibit unusual or problem characteristics or that pose a systemic risk to the banking industry.
  • Ensures comprehensive analysis is completed when impactful matters relating to risk management arise and uses discretion and judgment in coordinating plans with counterparts, the Division Director, or other parties, gaining appropriate concurrence for proposed decisions or actions.
  • Serves as technical advisor to the Division Director, Board of Directors, and other executives in the Corporation for all matters pertaining to risk management supervision and related examinations.
  • Advises the Division Director in developing, structuring, and implementing analytical and examination efforts to monitor and assess existing and emerging risks in the financial services industry and to coordinate these efforts across the Division. Collaborates with counterparts across agency lines on potential coordinated actions to address existing and emerging risks in the financial services industry.
  • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with senior management and staff of other Divisions and Offices within the Corporation, officials of other domestic and international supervisory and regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions and other private sector financial services organizations.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) required.

Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Applicant tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and will be subject to random drug tests.

Must be able to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of security clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

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, 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertook; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership 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 1: Minimum five years of executive-level experience in the federal or state government or the private sector 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 2: Minimum five years of executive-level experience in the federal or state government or the private sector applying techniques for translating strategic vision and goals into actionable priorities and objectives to implement enterprise-level goals of national impact; AND

Leadership Experience 3: Minimum five years of executive-level experience in the federal or state government or the private sector applying techniques for identifying risk impacting the financial services industry; developing and implementing activities to address emerging or existing risks in the financial sector; and integrating risk management practices, procedures, and protocols into organizational policies, systems, and activities; AND

Technical Experience 1: Minimum five years of executive-level experience in the federal or state government or the private sector driving strategic changes in risk management supervision programs, policies and/or procedures in response to evolving conditions and aligning cross-functional teams to meet shared goals; AND

Technical Experience 2: Minimum five years of senior-level experience with financial institution supervision and with identifying and implementing enhancements to complex/technical financial institution supervision programs, regulations, or operations; AND

Technical Experience 3: Minimum twenty years of experience working for a bank regulator and/or private sector entity regulated by bank regulators with direct responsibilities related to bank supervision or examinations; AND

Technical Experience 4: Executive-level experience in the federal or state government or the private sector navigating complex relationships in supervision and examination activities, including serving as the senior point of contact for industry and regulators.

Selective Placement Factor: Candidates must have a Risk Management examiner commission from the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria approved by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision or have high-level risk management experience in the financial industry that is the equivalent to the knowledge of a senior bank examiner.

Education

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

Additional information

FDIC Employees: 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.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.

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.

FDIC Executive Managers (EM) are in the Federal competitive service and not the Senior Executive Service (SES). As an EM at the FDIC, you will provide executive leadership and managerial direction over substantive activities related to planning, developing, executing, and coordinating the Corporation's programs and policies.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.

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 Rating Panel (MRP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks. The rating panel will place applications in one of three quality categories, i.e., Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. 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 (Best Qualified) candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

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

  • Advising
  • External Awareness
  • Organizational Stewardship
  • Bank Supervision - Applies expert technical knowledge regarding the examination and supervision of banks, including policies, procedures, guidance, laws, and regulations.
  • Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying financial institution risk management and safety and soundness banking laws, regulations, and program activities, including those related to operational risk and large and complex financial institutions.

You do not need to respond separately to these competencies/KSAs. Your resume will serve as responses 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 specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.


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Required Documents

If you are applying under any special hiring authority you MUST submit proof of eligibility with your application.

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:

  1. VETERANS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (VEOA) ELIGIBLES AND SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITIES FOR VETERANS:  If you are applying for consideration under VEOA and special hiring authorities for veterans, click here.  You must submit documentation (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans’ eligibility.

  2. SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, i.e. SCHEDULE A:  If you are applying for consideration under special appointing authorities for people with disabilities, you will be required to provide proof of disability documentation to specify that you are a person who (1) has a severe physical disability; (2) an intellectual disability; or (3) a psychiatric disability.  The documentation does NOT need to detail your specific disability, medical history, or need for accommodation, however; the letter MUST clearly state that you are eligible for appointment under this authority and that your eligibility is based on a severe physical disability; an intellectual disability; or a psychiatric disability. THE DOCUMENTATION MUST HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM: (a). Licensed medical professionals; or (b). State or private vocational rehabilitation specialists; or (c). Any Government agency (e.g., VA, etc.) that issues or provides disability benefit.  THE DOCUMENTATION MUST INCLUDE: a statement that you are eligible based on one of the following: severe physical disability, an intellectual disability, or a psychiatric disability. To view sample Schedule A proof of disability letters, click here, and for more information on this special appointing authority, click herePlease note that employees hired under this Schedule A hiring authority will be required to complete a Standard Form 256 to identify their disability status.

  3. CURRENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OR REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBLES WITH COMPETITIVE STATUS: A copy of your most recent SF Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action, that shows: (1) permanent or career-conditional tenure (codes 1 or 2, in block 24); and (2) position occupied in the competitive service (code 1, in block 34), and the pay plan, series, grade and salary for the position you are relying upon to be considered for this position.  If reinstatement eligible include your Career/Career-Conditional SF-50.  To be considered as a noncompetitive eligible candidate, the SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level the applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying.

  4. EXCEPTED SERVICE EMPLOYEES: Your current agency must have an interchange agreement with OPM (for a list of agencies with current interchange agreements please click here); Excepted service appointees without an interchange agreement are eligible to use any other applicable special appointing authorities or must apply under the public non-status announcement for consideration.

  5. CURRENT OR FORMER CAREER SES MEMBERS: You are eligible for reinstatement to a competitive service position if you were previously employed under a career or career-conditional appointment prior to the SES appointment. SES members without competitive service career status are eligible to use any other applicable special appointing authorities or must apply under the public non-status announcement for consideration. Multiple SF-50s showing current or former career SES appointment and proof of career or career-conditional tenure must be submitted by the closing date to receive consideration as a status applicant. Both SES and Competitive Service SF-50s must be uploaded as one document to avoid overriding your first attachment or upload one SF-50 under the “SF-50” placeholder and the other under the “other supporting documentation” placeholder. If you have any questions regarding which SF-50s to submit or how to upload them, it is highly recommended that you contact the person listed on this job opportunity announcement before the closing date.

  6. FDIC EMPLOYEES: 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.

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

Andrew Coppage
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources, Executive Resources
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-D3027
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States

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