
Supervisory Program Manager
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Pentagon, Arlington, VAFull-time$144–197K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Supervisory Program Manager works in the Digital Transformation Directorate, managing its personnel and tasks. The Directorate advances acquisition transformation objectives and data, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities in the acquisition and sustainment domain. The role includes supervising staff, managing workloads and resources, directing strategic planning, maintaining organizational procedures, evaluating program performance, and implementing corrective actions and process improvements.
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Summary
This Supervisory Program Manager is assigned to the Digital Transformation Directorate and provides day-to-day management over its personnel and tasks. The Directorate is responsible for achieving the acquisition transformation strategy objectives for Line of Effort 7, and data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within the acquisition and sustainment domain.
Duties
This is a Direct Hire Public Notice, under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection. This position is being filled using Direct Hire Authority (DHA) authorized under the Department of War Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) for position in the Business and Technical Management Professional Career Path (NH). Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following: Supervise government staff assigned to the Directorate. Monitor and adjust staff assignments to ensure efficient workload distribution and optimal utilization of employee skills consistent with organizational objectives. Establish Standard Operating Procedures for the organization and ensures processes remain current and are continually evaluated for improvement. Direct strategic planning efforts, including setting objectives, resource allocation, fiscal management, and professional development for subordinate leaders and staff. Provide corrective action to resolve issues and recommends process enhancements. Qualifications
In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below. You may qualify at the NH-04 pay band level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: Have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH III (GS-13 grade level) in the Federal Service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) which has given me the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties related to the position being filled. Specialized experience is defined as: Supervising or leading personnel and coordinating organizational operations to accomplish Directorate mission requirements. This includes managing workloads, staff assignments, leadership taskers, and suspense-driven actions; establishing internal controls; and analyzing personnel, funding, equipment, space, contractor, and other resource requirements; AND evaluating program performance, implementing corrective actions and process improvements, developing and maintaining policies and standard operating procedures, supporting strategic and workforce planning, monitoring contractor performance, and coordinating the execution of programs, projects, and initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and senior-leader priorities. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages. For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission.. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience. How You Will Be Evaluated
Note: Under this DHA, veteran's preference does not apply. You will be evaluated for this job based on whether you meet the basic minimum qualifications and eligibility requirements outlined above. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate your relevant work experience as it relates to the fundamental competencies required for this AcqDemo NH-0340-IV position. Direct Hire Authority (DHA) Procedures Apply: Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Your application (resume and supporting documentation) will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required as listed on the announcement under qualification requirements. Veterans' Preference eligibility under 5 U.S.C. 2108 and 2108a applies and is treated as a positive factor when making a selection from external sources. When making final selections, any candidate with Veterans' Preference should be granted preference in selection over nonpreference eligible candidates with substantially equal qualifications as described in the Best Meets Mission Requirements definition below. If you are a veteran claiming Veterans' Preference, as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. Best Meets Mission Requirements definition: Applicant has the knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or competencies to substantially exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. This equates to the best qualified assessment criteria established for the vacancy and based on overall demonstrated experience, education, training, appraisals/evaluations, job-related awards, certifications, honors and relevant outside activities. All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and submit a complete application package will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Hiring managers may use objective methods, such as interviews and reference checks, to further evaluate the candidates' relevant experience and performance appraisals prior to selection. Other Information
Probationary Periods: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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 probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. 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 an online application, you may request an alternative application. Please send an email to the following address for information on how to obtain an alternative application: [email protected] Reemployed Annuitants: Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. /www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DoD-Issuances/140025/ Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,749 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$144–197K/yr
- Virginia median$139–200K/yr450 salary ranges
- US median$127–201K/yr7,766 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $171K, is close to the Virginia median midpoint ($172K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 691 open Program Management jobs in Virginia and 10,749 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Serco103 open
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- 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 9,226 postings).
- Education
- 4,238 of the 10,749 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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