
SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER
Naval Systems Management Activity
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DCFull-time$150–197K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Supervisory Program Manager serves as Domain Support Group Deputy Director, sharing responsibility for executive management of daily operational, programmatic, and policy activities. The role partners with executive leadership on agency goals, multi-year plans, and budget strategies; directs cross-functional workflows and customer support operations; and leads management improvement and performance analysis to address organizational issues and advance program milestones.
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Summary
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER of NAVAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY.
Duties
- You will serve as the Domain Support Group Deputy Director, sharing full responsibility with the Director for the executive management of daily operational, programmatic, and policy activities.
- You will partner with the Director and the NSMA executive leadership team in formulating strategic agency goals, multi-year program plans, and long-range budget and resource strategies.
- You will direct and coordinate the operational workflows of lead functional groups and Program Office Support Teams, manage day-to-day workload distribution, resource balancing, and personnel requirements across a complex, cross-functional workforce.
- You will oversee the execution of customer support operations, delivering high-quality, timely business and security support in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
- You will direct comprehensive management improvement activities to evaluate and elevate functional support effectiveness.
- You will serve as a key senior operational liaison to proactively identify and resolve complex organizational issues, mitigate adverse mission impacts, and drive program milestone execution.
- You will leverage advanced analytical techniques and operational data to evaluate performance gaps, determine root causes, establish and update Key Performance Indicators, and implement data-driven systems.
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 relate to the following: 1) Planning, organizing, and directing team studies, implementing, interpreting policies, and effectively negotiating with management to accept and implement recommendations.; 2) 2) Setting strategies, providing support, and establishing standard business processes, setting performance measures and goals, and determining resource requirements.; 3) Planning, programming, and budgeting regulations to prepare long range and short range planning guidance in accordance with agency program policies and objectives.; 4) Budgeting financial transactions, contract administration, security oversight, and logistics activities. 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: Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire, Structured Resume Review. 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 subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,754 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$150–197K/yr
- Washington, D.C. median$138–197K/yr186 salary ranges
- US median$126–202K/yr8,109 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $174K, is 4% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($167K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Washington, D.C..
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 240 open Program Management jobs in Washington, D.C. and 10,754 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 Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,173 postings).
- Education
- 3,905 of the 10,754 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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