Director, Program Management Office (Supervisory Management and Program Analyst)

Summary

This position is located within Human Resources and Administration (HR&A), Center for Enterprise Human Resources Information Services (CEHRIS), Program Management Office (PMO), and serves as the Chief, PMO Strategy, Governance & Performance. The incumbent is the supervisory management official responsible for directing a distinct major functional area of the enterprise PMO.

Duties

Serves as the accountable supervisory manager for the PMO Strategy, Governance & Performance function. Directs a continuing body of GS-13/14-level mission-oriented management and program analysis work that establishes and operates the management infrastructure used across the enterprise PMO for strategic alignment, governance, performance oversight, integrated risk and issue management, executive decision support, management controls, and organizational improvement. Establishes the strategic direction, annual priorities, operating objectives, and performance expectations for the assigned PMO management function. Directs development and maintenance of PMO strategic plans, integrated management calendars, governance charters, decision authorities, standard operating procedures, management controls, and organizational performance plans. Approves management products and operating practices within delegated authority and ensures they translate executive priorities into measurable requirements and accountable actions across PMO programs and workstreams. Directs the design, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise PMO governance processes supporting executive decision-making. Establishes governance procedures, decision criteria, escalation thresholds, records-of-decision requirements. action tracking, and accountability mechanisms for Executive Steering Committees, Portfolio Review Boards, Change Control Boards, Release Governance Boards, Integrated Product Teams, and other decision forums. Determines when matters require elevation and ensures decisions are translated into accountable organizational actions. Directs enterprise management and program analysis supporting PMO decision making. Assigns and oversees evaluations of program and portfolio information, organizational performance, resource utilization, dependencies, risks, issues, trends, and management controls; determines the significance of findings; directs development of alternatives and corrective actions; and provides authoritative recommendations to PMO and CEHRIS leadership on matters affecting multiple programs or organizational components. Establishes and controls the PMO performance management framework. Sets enterprise standards for key performance indicators, portfolio health measures, governance effectiveness measures, schedule and milestone reporting, management dashboards, benefits and outcome measures, and organizational maturity indicators. Directs reconciliation and validation of performance information across programs and requires corrective action when reporting, controls, or performance practices do not meet established PMO standards. Directs integrated executive reporting and management review processes for the PMO. Establishes reporting standards, review cycles, quality controls, and decision-support requirements for portfolio reviews, executive dashboards, decision briefs, risk reports, milestone status, acquisition and resource status, and other management products. Integrates information across programs, identifies systemic or cross-program concerns, and determines matters requiring management action or executive decision. Other duties may be assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in person work unless they have an approved exemption. Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD006000 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 building.

Qualifications

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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Directing the design and operation of enterprise governance processes for executive decision bodies, establishing decision criteria, escalation thresholds, records-of-decision requirements, and action tracking for steering committees, portfolio review boards, and change control boards. Establishing performance management frameworks and executive reporting standards, including key performance indicators, portfolio health measures, dashboards, and decision briefs, and validated performance data across programs to identify systemic concerns requiring executive decision. Directing integrated risk, issue, and dependency management across multiple programs by setting common taxonomies, thresholds, and escalation criteria, and by directing mitigation and corrective-action plans. Directing workforce, capacity, and resource analysis for a management function, determining workload and competency requirements, evaluating staffing and contractor capacity, and implementing approved resource decisions. 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 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. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking and standing in