Director, Program Management Office

About the company

This position is located within Human Resources and Administration (HR&A), Center for Enterprise Human Resources Information Services (CEHRIS), and serves as the Director, Enterprise Program Management Office (PMO). The incumbent supports the organization's Program Executive for Federal government-wide Human Resources (HR) system modernization initiatives by providing executive leadership for enterprise program management, portfolio governance, program delivery, and organizational readiness.

Your tasks

The incumbent serves as the senior accountable official responsible for directing enterprise program management, portfolio governance, PMO operations, and program delivery supporting the Department's Core Human Capital Systems modernization portfolio. The incumbent provides executive-level leadership for planning, governance, execution, monitoring, integration, organizational readiness, and successful delivery of major enterprise human capital modernization initiatives. The incumbent provides program and portfolio leadership for two major programs/investments and multiple projects, products, or workstreams, representing approximately $40M in planned and ongoing Federal investments, and supporting enterprise human capital capabilities affecting approximately 450,000 employees/users nationwide. Responsibilities span multiple organizational components and require coordination and integration of Federal employees, contractors, Office of Personnel Management officials, shared service providers, vendors, business owners, technical organizations, cybersecurity organizations, acquisition officials, and other Federal partners. The incumbent exercises broad delegated authority to establish program and portfolio priorities; develop and implement enterprise program strategies; approve integrated program plans and roadmaps within delegated authority; direct corrective actions; establish governance requirements; allocate assigned resources; resolve cross program dependencies; and make program execution decisions necessary to achieve approved modernization objectives. Matters exceeding the incumbent's delegated authority are elevated to the Program Executive and/or senior executive leadership with analysis and recommended courses of action. The incumbent serves as the accountable leader for assigned programs and portfolios and is responsible for ensuring initiatives are delivered within approved cost, schedule, scope, quality, performance, security, and business outcome expectations. Establishes strategic direction for enterprise program management activities and ensures modernization investments remain aligned with Departmental priorities, Federal government-wide modernization initiatives, legislative and regulatory requirements, and organizational strategic objectives. Directs enterprise portfolio management and balances competing organizational priorities, resource requirements, dependencies, risks, and investment demands across multiple complex modernization initiatives. Develops and maintains long-range strategic implementation roadmaps designed to achieve modernization objectives while maintaining continuity of mission-critical human capital services. Establishes and leads enterprise governance structures, as appropriate, including Executive Steering Committees, Change Control Boards, Portfolio Review Boards, Release Governance Boards, Integrated Product Teams, and executive decision forums. Ensures governance bodies receive timely, accurate, and actionable information necessary to make decisions affecting enterprise investments, program priorities, risks, resources, and implementation strategies. Other duties may be performed.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/29/2026.

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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

1. Directed workforce, capacity, and resource analysis for an enterprise management function, including defining workload and competency requirements, assessing staffing and contractor capacity, developing resource scenarios, and implementing approved workforce decisions.
2. Established reporting standards, review cycles, and quality controls for portfolio reviews, executive dashboards, decision briefs, and risk reports, and synthesizing information across programs to identify concerns requiring management action or executive decision.
3. Represented the management authority for a functional area in governance, acquisition, and risk forums with senior leaders, shared service providers, oversight bodies, and contractors, negotiating operating practices, resolving cross-functional issues, and securing commitments to corrective action.

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.

To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

• At least one year of supervising program managers, analysts and contractor personnel while leading enterprise governance forums regarding investments, priorities, risks, resources, and implementation strategies, improving cross-program alignment and accelerating issue resolution.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period or two year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your one year probationary period or two year trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

What we offer

Telework: Available

How to apply

Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list the grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.

Other

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in affect and selectees will be required to report to in person work unless they have an approved exemption.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD004840

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Will be required to report to a VA or other Federal facility office space.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel and to attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Some employees may carry light items such as papers, folders, or books. The work does not require any special physical effort.

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/.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington DC 20420. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington DC 20420.