Program Manager - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Program Manager position is located in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), Mission Architecture and Process Innovation (MAPI) Division, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be responsible for directing the team in operating the governance mechanisms and processes for the OIA senior team to prioritize business/operational initiatives across the OIA enterprise portfolio. Typical assignments include but are not limited to:

• Applying understanding of broad organizational needs, program knowledge, strategic alignment, mission impact/efficiencies, alternatives, and anticipated impacts, risks, and issues to present recommendations to OIA senior leadership on priorities and investments.
• Creating and maintaining the OIA enterprise-level portfolio of initiatives, and presenting it to senior leadership on a monthly basis for action, and to enable greater awareness, unity of effort, communication and collaboration across the multiple divisions within OIA.
• Ensuring overall team delivery of OIA office-wide and interoffice strategic and core mission initiatives, originating from division level needs, leadership direction and agency/department mandate. Performing oversight of all tasks/activities related to the regulatory/legal/privacy requirements, planning, business development, technology integration, and implementation for these initiatives to meet significant TSA goals, and directing/monitoring the work of multiple teams across multiple TSA offices.
• Directing the team in the formulation and recommendation of positions on major projects/policies/issues/changes to senior management, related to large programs/initiatives (e.g., Secure Flight, RBS) that directly impact the goals and objectives of TSA.
• Coordinating deliverables from multiple contractors, ensuring timelines and scope of work are met; approvals are obtained and coordinated through TSA and the Office of Acquisition.
• Serving as the hiring manager for the Governance and Architecture Branch. Assessing resource needs and developing accurate and up to date position descriptions for vacancies; and ensuring appropriate recruitment and selection.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes experience in designing and operating agency and office wide governance policies, mechanisms and structures to facilitate leadership level decision-making processes.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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