USA remote
Program Manager (Division Chief)
About this role
Experience: You qualify for the GS-15 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Advising leadership on mission-support processes; aligning programs with strategic plans; leading national program implementation; managing mission-readiness and internal controls; and resolving significant issues. Developing and improving mission-support methods, service delivery, facilities, staffing structures, and IT capabilities; coordinating requirements, ensuring standards compliance.
Directing sector budget, financial, logistics, facilities, procurement, quality assurance, training, systems, and resource-management programs; assessing performance, allocating resources, addressing deficiencies, and partnering with the CFO and headquarters to improve financial and lifecycle-management processes. Leading and developing mission-support staff by setting priorities, managing performance, resolving workplace issues, approving personnel and resource actions, ensuring training, and maintaining compliance with workforce-management, employee-relations, and equal-employment-opportunity requirements NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.
Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. 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. You must: Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 10/14/2026.