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Supervisory Program Manager

Drug Enforcement Administration

Atlanta, GAFull-time$126–164K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$126–164K/yr
Location
Atlanta, GA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Supervisory Program Manager serves as the DEA Operations Division’s senior Business Operations Program Manager and principal advisor to the Special Agent in Charge. The role directs financial, administrative, personnel, and resource management programs to support operational efficiency, fiscal accountability, and compliance. Worksites are in Atlanta, Georgia, or Houston, Texas.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Financial ManagementBudget ExecutionProperty AccountabilityFleet ManagementFacilities ManagementAdministrative ProgramsInternal ControlsPerformance MeasurementCompliance ReviewsStrategic PlanningResource AllocationWorkforce ManagementPolicy DevelopmentAccountabilityCustomer ServiceDecisivenessFlexibilityInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingResilience

Qualifications

One Year Specialized ExperienceGS-14 Equivalent ExperienceTime-in-Grade Requirements

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Summary

This position is located in the DEA, Operations Division (OC), with locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. This position's primary purpose is to serve as the Division's senior Business Operations Program Manager and principal advisor to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), directing and overseeing financial, administrative, personnel, and resource management programs to ensure operational efficiency, fiscal accountability, and compliance with applicable policies and regulations.

Duties

As a Supervisory Program Manager your typical work assignments may include: Directs and oversees Division-wide business operations, including financial management, budget execution, property accountability, fleet management, facilities, and administrative programs. Provides administrative and financial support to complete the agency's mission. Establishes and evaluates internal controls, performance measures, and compliance reviews to identify deficiencies, safeguard government resources, and improve operational effectiveness. Advises senior leadership on strategic planning, resource allocation, workforce management, policy development, and complex operational matters. Qualifications

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of the announcement. Applicants applying for the GS-15 must meet the following requirements: Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-14 grade level and your experience includes performing at least 4 of the tasks below as part of your regular duties. Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing the operations programs related to policies, procedures, and systems supporting administrative and financial organization's objectives. 2) Providing administrative and financial support to complete the agency's mission. 3) Managing business operations program activities, may include general services functions or financial and procurement functions. 4) Facilitating the development of short and long-range business operations program plans to support the agency goals and objectives. 5) Coordinating with internal and external organizations and headquarter. Specialized 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. How You Will Be Evaluated

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 (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13111366 The assessment questionnaire includes four short, free-response essay questions which provides an opportunity for you to highlight your dedication to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question in 200-words or less. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and have not used a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot. Applicants will only be considered for the Eligibilities for which they claim in the job questionnaire AND must provide the supporting documentation. Applicants will not be considered for Eligibilities for which they did not claim, regardless of the documentation submitted with the application. All qualified Non-Competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Agency and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP and ICTAP) candidates must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for selection priority. Candidates are considered well qualified if their knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) exceed the minimum qualifications described in the announcement. Other Information

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire CompetencyBased Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. (https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information) Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If an applicant is currently, or has been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, applicants must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office listed in this announcement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Relocation Incentives may be considered and approved under conditions specified provided the agency has determined that the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,760 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$126–164K/yr
  • Georgia median$127–210K/yr154 salary ranges
  • US median$126–202K/yr8,116 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $145K, is 17% below the Georgia median midpoint ($175K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Georgia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 234 open Program Management jobs in Georgia and 10,760 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,175 postings).
Education
3,904 of the 10,760 open Program Management jobs (36%) 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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