PROGRAM MANAGER, CHIEF DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL INTEL OFFICER

Your tasks

• Serves as a senior advisor to the DCAA Director and principal advisor to the CIO on enterprise data, analytics, and AI. Includes representing DCAA in various forums and directing rapid-response data and digital support for urgent agency requirements.
• Leads efforts to reduce barriers to the adoption of analytics, automation, and AI. This involves directing workforce-enablement activities to improve data literacy and overseeing the evaluation and scaling of pilot programs for broader agency use.
• Develops, recommends, and maintains the DCAA Data, Analytics, and AI Strategy. This includes creating associated governance, compliance, and implementation plans, and aligning them with the agency's mission and strategic plan.
• Exercises first-level supervision over four GS-14 Branch Chiefs and second-level supervision over the subordinate workforce. This includes planning work, setting priorities, evaluating performance, and managing personnel actions.
• Plans, organizes, and directs the integrated CDAO portfolio. This duty involves establishing priorities, roadmaps, and resource requirements, and overseeing enterprise data and analytics capabilities, automation, and AI initiatives.

Requirements

One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade, GS-14, within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Specialized experience includes formulating and championing enterprise-wide digital, data, or artificial intelligence strategies that align advanced technical capabilities with organizational mission goals and governance frameworks; OR directing a complex program portfolio of advanced technology or automation initiatives, which includes establishing performance metrics, evaluating life-cycle risks, and managing resources through a tiered organizational structure of subordinate supervisors; OR leading executive-level stakeholder engagement and coalition building to negotiate agreements, drive cultural adoption of digital capabilities, and represent your organization as a principal advisor on high-profile panels.

Definition of Well Qualified: Experience establishing and executing enterprise-wide governance, strategic plans, and performance metrics for a complex portfolio consisting of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives; Managing, justifying, and executing multi-million dollar program budgets, and dynamically redirecting financial and personnel resources to meet shifting agency or organizational priorities; Supervising and leading a multidisciplinary workforce, including directing the work of subordinate supervisors, establishing performance standards, and managing personnel actions; Integrating technical, legal, and cybersecurity risk parameters to make authoritative recommendations and drive strategic decision-making across competing business units; Leading complex change management initiatives to overcome barriers to modern technology adoption and scaling enterprise-wide digital capabilities.

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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education is not substitutable for specialized experience for this position

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