
PROGRAM MANAGER
Naval Systems Management Activity
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DCFull-time$169–197K/yrPosted 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Program Manager serves in the Naval Systems Management Activity and addresses difficult problems in advancing technology and research. The role fosters working relationships with officials, develops workforce structure with a long-term view, and establishes organizational and position structures and a working environment responsive to mission and program goals. The position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.
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Summary
You will serve as a PROGRAM MANAGER in the NSMA. ???????This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.
Duties
- You will address difficult problems in advancing technology and research.
- You will foster successful working relationships with officials to resolve highly complex problems.
- You will develop the workforce structure with a long-term view.
- You will establish an organization, position structure, and working environment that is fully responsive to mission and program goals.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience includes duties related to the following: 1) Leading highly challenging and innovative programs consistent with general guidance; 2) Delivering significant new and scientific and/or technical results; 3) Preparing and delivering communications at an appropriate level for various audiences; 4) Establishing controls, performance management, and incentive techniques that effectively monitor progress and achievements. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 directly to paid employment.
How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire, Structured Interview, You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,147 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$169–197K/yr
- Washington, D.C. median$130–200K/yr167 salary ranges
- US median$120–202K/yr8,721 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $183K, is 11% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in Washington, D.C..
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 201 open Program Manager jobs in Washington, D.C. and 11,147 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 9,592 postings).
- Education
- 4,437 of the 11,147 open Program Manager jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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