Clarification from the agency

This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees, current permanent Federal employees of other agencies, and other status eligible applicants. See the eligibility section in the questionnaire for a list of all eligible statuses and the How You Will Be Evaluated section below for more details.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

The incumbent must have strong and specific experience and expertise in program management principles through leadership and management positions in leading and implementing major programs; the development and implementation of program documentation, plans, and briefings, and specific expertise in qualitative and quantitative problem solving using critical thinking and decision making. Additionally, the Supervisory Program Manager will provide portfolio oversight, governance framework implementation, and compliance monitoring activities that ensure VA's major acquisition programs execute effectively, remain aligned with strategic objectives, and deliver intended mission outcomes.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Leads, directs, and supervises a multidisciplinary workforce responsible for acquisition lifecycle governance, program and portfolio oversight, performance assessment, risk management, and related program management activities. Establishes priorities, assigns and evaluates work, develops performance standards, identifies workforce and developmental needs, and ensures effective use of Federal and contractor resources.
• Leads the implementation, operation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of enterprise lifecycle governance frameworks for complex, high-risk, and high-visibility acquisition programs. Develops and implements governance processes, decision structures, lifecycle gates, evidence requirements, escalation mechanisms, and accountability structures that support informed executive decision-making.
• Provides enterprise-level oversight of major acquisition programs and evaluates program health and execution across cost, schedule, performance, risk, requirements, resources, dependencies, and intended mission outcomes.
• Applies advanced program and project management principles, methods, and analytical techniques to evaluate program execution, lifecycle readiness, performance trends, baseline integrity, risks, interdependencies, and organizational effectiveness.
• Assesses program and portfolio information to identify systemic performance issues, emerging risks, cross-program dependencies, and conditions requiring corrective action, escalation, re-baselining, or senior leadership intervention.
• Develops authoritative analyses, recommendations, decision materials, executive briefings, and other products supporting senior leaders responsible for major program investment, lifecycle, governance, and oversight decisions.
• Translates Federal statutes, regulations, policy, oversight recommendations, and Departmental requirements into practical lifecycle governance policies, standards, processes, controls, and implementation mechanisms.
• Leads or facilitates cross-functional governance activities and executive-level program reviews involving mission owners, program and project managers, acquisition professionals, financial management, information technology, human capital, and other enterprise stakeholders.
• Establishes and monitors approaches for assessing program performance, risk, governance effectiveness, compliance, and corrective actions and uses qualitative and quantitative information to recommend improvements in program execution and enterprise oversight.
• Builds effective relationships across organizational boundaries and provides authoritative advice to senior leaders, program executives, program managers, and other stakeholders on complex acquisition lifecycle governance and major program management issues.

Conditions of employment

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

• 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/09/2026.

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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Applying advanced program and project management principles and practices to plan, manage, evaluate, or oversee complex programs or portfolios, including assessment of cost, schedule, performance, risk, requirements, dependencies, resources, or mission outcomes;
• Leading, developing, implementing, or improving lifecycle governance or program oversight processes, such as milestone or gate reviews, executive decision processes, program baselines, evidence requirements, risk and escalation processes, or performance reviews;
• Analyzing program or portfolio health and performance to identify risks, variances, systemic issues, or execution challenges and developing recommendations for corrective action, management intervention, or senior leadership decision;
• Leading multidisciplinary teams or organizational functions and coordinating work across multiple functional areas or stakeholder organizations to accomplish complex program objectives; and
• Developing and presenting analyses, recommendations, decision materials, or executive briefings concerning complex program management, lifecycle governance, performance, or risk issues to senior leaders or decision-making bodies.

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.

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 series and 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.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office setting. Some walking, standing, or carrying light items may be required. Occasional travel and extended hours may be necessary, but no special physical demands are typically involved. The work is performed in a typical office environment with normal safety precautions. The workspace is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Occasional travel may be required, but the work environment does not involve significant risks or discomforts.

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

• Leading or supervising complex program-management, lifecycle-governance, or enterprise-oversight work;
• Evaluating the health and performance of complex programs or portfolios using cost, schedule, performance, risk, or comparable evidence;
• Developing or operating governance, lifecycle, milestone, gate-review, or executive decision-support processes;
• Providing authoritative analyses and recommendations to senior leaders on complex program, performance, risk, or governance matters; and
• Coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders and resolving complex issues across organizational or functional boundaries.

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 Washington, DC, Frederick, MD, Fredericksburg, VA. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20420, or 7485 New Horizon Way, Frederick, MD 21703, or 10300 Spotsylvania Ave, Suite 400, Fredericksburg, VA 22408.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accountability
• Acquisition Lifecycle Integration
• Analytical Problem Solving and Risk Management
• Customer Service
• Decisiveness
• Executive Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal Skills
• Leadership and Supervision
• Lifecycle Governance and Executive Decision Support
• Problem Solving
• Program and Portfolio Performance Management
• Program and Project Management
• Resilience

Area of Consideration: Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred in the following order:

• All current, permanent VA Employees in the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
• All other current, permanent VA employees
• All other applicants (if status)

Applicant Count: This announcement will remain open until the closing date, 10/09/2026, or when the applicant count is reached, whichever is earlier. The applicant count is the point at which the first 60 applications are received. All applications submitted that day up to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the date the applicant count is reached will be accepted and considered.

During the application process, you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.