Program Manager (Assistant Director)

This position is in the Medical Disability Examination (MDE) office. The Assistant Director, MDE Acquisitions and Budget Staff, is directly responsible for the oversight of budget and high-value contracts. He or she is responsible for providing program performance data to the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, and MDE leaders to optimize operating and business activities.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/11/2026.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

• For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14 level.

The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

GS-15 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. The applicant must document experience: Directing and managing a large-scale program, including planning, organizing, and evaluating program operations; Providing technical and administrative supervision to an expansive team, effectively resolving administrative and operational issues, and ensuring adherence to agency policies and priorities; Evaluating the effectiveness of program goals and operations through quantitative and qualitative analysis, identifying trends, problem areas, and areas for improvement; Managing performance and delivery of program operations to meet organizational objectives, and providing high-level strategic guidance and advice to senior management; Collaborating with key stakeholders, overseeing data integrity and governance, and utilizing evidence-based decision-making to improve program performance.

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; religions; 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.

Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Responsibilities:

Specific duties include:

• Leading the following teams: MDE budget and acquisitions focused on applying a wide range of quantitative and qualitative techniques to collect, analyze, disseminate, and present large amounts of data that support data driven operational decisions.
• Serving as a key advisor to the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, MDE on program planning, measurement, analysis, and performance improvement.
• Planning, developing, directing, and assuring the implementation of an integrated operational and strategic planning in alignment with the budgeting process.
• Working closely with MDE budget team, MDE contracts team and VBA Performance Analysis and Integrity (PA&I), prepares necessary documentation for VA and Congressional submissions and monthly reports which includes performance goal which are tied into program effectiveness.
• Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with key VBA programs, MDE contractors and other Departmental staff in execution of operational goals.
• Completing and ensuring the correctness and quality of the data analyzed and presented.
• Providing authoritative guidance in the resolution of complex problems or issues impacting MDE.
• Providing technical expertise and advice to senior management officials on complex, sensitive, controversial, and highly sensitive issues, which may impact or shape the future direction of MDE program.
• Using system redesigning methods to improve efficiency through process improvement projects.
• Determining intent in interpreting existing policy for use by others within or outside the organization.
• Developing concise, accurate responses to Congressional, White House or other inquiries.
• Analyzing and forecasting MDE program requirements and monitors all changes to program throughout the year and identifies variances with analysis and corrective action, if required.
• Researching and investigating new or improved business and management practices for application to agency programs or operations.
• Assuring timely accomplishment of the assigned tasks by keeping in touch with the status and progress of work and adjusts in accordance with established priorities. Checking on work in progress and reviews completed work to see that supervisor's instructions on work sequences, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.

Salary : $169,279