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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER (TALENT MANAGEMENT).

Food Safety and Inspection Service
Urbandale, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/26/2026
Duties

  • Formulate an enterprise talent management strategy to support current and evolving agency public health missions.
  • Oversee the enterprise lifecycle of talent management to ensure operational excellence across the organization.
  • Review agency hiring goals on a regular basis with senior leadership to maintain strategic alignment.
  • Architect new and enhanced organizational talent management initiatives essential to future agency operations.
  • Align workforce projections with food safety, scientific, and emergency response readiness priorities.
  • Oversee workforce forecasting initiatives that utilize predictive analytics to identify future talent shortages.
  • Evaluate complex data sets to identify emerging trends affecting recruitment, retention, and workforce readiness.
  • Advise USDA OHRM regarding classification impacts and government-wide talent initiatives.
  • Cultivate and maintain complex multi-sector relationships with federal, state, local, tribal, and foreign governments.
  • Negotiate enterprise talent strategies and secure agreements with professional organizations, the scientific community, military, and academic institutions.
  • Lead the enterprise implementation of talent management policy mandates and federal regulation changes.
  • Identify, track, and mitigate enterprise-wide hiring risks, including critical vacancy gaps and high-volume surge hiring demands.
  • Identify and mitigate workforce stability risks, including impending retirement cliffs and mission-critical occupational shortages.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

  • You must be a US Citizen or US National.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.
  • Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
  • False statements or responses on a resume or application can jeopardize employment and may be grounds for disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service.
  • If you are selected, you may need to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) prior to being appointed to determine suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

For the GS-15: Specialized experience: Your resume must show one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade in the federal service, or its equivalent, obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks. ***Your experience must be described in as much detail, within your resume, as possible to show that you meet all the experience requirements. Failure to do so MAY result in not being qualified for the position.

  • Aligning corporate or federal human capital plans with multi-year organizational goals, changing agency missions, or public health priorities.
  • Partnering with senior leadership to provide sound recommendations on succession plans, talent pipelines, or risk-mitigation frameworks to handle waves of retirements or critical skill shortages.
  • Implementing corporate HR policies or federal personnel regulations (such as Title 5, Title 38, OPM mandates) across an entire organization or agency.
  • Evaluating recruitment programs using qualitative feedback and quantitative data based upon workforce analytics and labor market intelligence to track, diagnose and correct systemic recruitment or retention issues.
  • Managing recruitment/hiring for a large organizational footprint, including modeling or forecasting future headcount, budget, and skill requirements.
  • Leading multidisciplinary teams to execute high-volume surge hiring demands.

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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

There is no education substitute for this grade level.

Additional information

Selectees may be eligible for Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual

This announcement may be used to fill additional like vacancies should any occur in the announced duty location.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the

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.

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.

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.

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