Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV) logo

PROGRAM MANAGER

Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)

Pentagon, Arlington, VAFull-time$144–197K/yrPosted today

Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.

Watch jobs like this.

At a glance

Compensation
$144–197K/yr
Location
Pentagon, Arlington, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.

Job overview

The Program Manager serves in the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition in Washington, DC. The role leads strategic planning and manages complex engineering or scientific program work, advises on technical challenges, directs development of tests and advisories for new technologies and methods, and integrates planning, design, cost, contracting, and legal functions with customer needs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems Program ManagementScientific Technology ProgramsStrategic PlanningEngineering ProgramsScientific ProgramsEngineering MethodsScience MethodsEngineering PracticesScience PracticesEngineering ProcessesScience Processes

Qualifications

One Year Specialized Experience

Full job description

Summary

You will serve as a PROGRAM MANAGER in the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition in Washington DC.

Duties

  • You will lead strategic planning to determine goals, objectives, direction, and priorities of assigned organization, program, or project to meet mission critical requirements.
  • You will plan, execute and evaluate highly complex program work to meet long-term strategic priorities, providing expertise and advice on planning across a broad range of engineering or scientific programs.
  • You will direct the development of tests and advisories on new technologies, methods, approaches and guides for assigned organization, program, or project.
  • You will advise on technical problems and challenges and make substantive recommendations for solutions.
  • You will negotiate and integrate functions (i.e., planning design, cost, contracting, legal reviews and interpretations, etc.) with customer needs in support of managing efforts into a comprehensive management plan.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Planning and managing systems and scientific technology programs. Planning and strategizing critical priorities. Experience working on engineering and scientific programs. Experience working with engineering and science methods, practices, and processes. 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 PARTNERING PLANNING AND EVALUATING STRATEGIC THINKING This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review & 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. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. 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 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. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,062 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–197K/yr
  • Virginia median$127–196K/yr449 salary ranges
  • US median$120–202K/yr8,697 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $171K, is 6% above the Virginia median midpoint ($161K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 558 open Program Manager jobs in Virginia and 11,062 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
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 9,391 postings).
Education
5,034 of the 11,062 open Program Manager jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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.

Similar jobs, posted recently

Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.

You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.