U.S. Department of Defense

Vice Director for Programs


Pay$184363.00 - $225700.00 / year
LocationFort Meade/Maryland
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 840364700
      If you enjoy a challenging job and would like to make a difference with our national defense and security, DISA is the place for you. DISA provides secure and reliable communications and computing support that enables the President and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video, and data transmission. DISA is a leader implementing "people programs" and offers a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

      Go to http://www.disa.mil/ for more information.


      Duties


      For the position of Vice Director for Programs responsibilities may include management of highly classified programs for the White House, Secretary of Defense, and DoD CIO, in addition to management of the 4th Estate Network Optimization (4ENO) IT reform initiative. The Vice Director for Programs Executive will work closely and coordinate with the Director, DISA, and the Director, J6, to ensure a successful and error-free execution highly classified and general commodity IT programs; and ensure their sustainment and lifecycle evolvement.

      Major Duties:
      Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

      a. Serves as the primary executive dealing with the planning, development, modification, and/or evolution, of commodity IT programs.

      b. As the single service provider of commodity IT for the 4th Estate, and single service provider for special access and highly classified commodity IT, the incumbent will receive broad guidance from the Director, J6, for establishing goals, priorities, and measures of effectiveness to ensure that IT reform activities and objectives are achieved and programs/projects are delivered on-time.

      c. Works closely with the National Leadership Command Capabilities (NLCC) stakeholders internal and external to the agency to provide executive lifecycle management of enterprise capabilities in support of the President and Cabinet-level Senior leaders.

      d. In collaboration with the DISA Deputy Director; Chief Technology Officer; Component Acquisition Executive; Director, J6; and the Risk Management Executive, serves as a key senior leader in identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, and supervising the development of data processing systems and enterprise, net-centric service initiatives; and deliver effective Information Technology capabilities and services to the J6 which will enable Mission Partners and warfighters to meet their functional, strategic, and operational goals.


      Requirements


      • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
      • This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
      • The incumbent must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph and maintain Special Compartmentalized security access.
      • The incumbent may be required to obtain and maintain Classified Courier orders.
      • This position is a Testing Designated Position, which requires the incumbent to submit to random testing of urine and illegal drugs or substances.
      • Per the Ethics in Government Act, Public Law 95-521, Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE 278, required.
      • This is an Acquisition Workforce Key Leadership Position (KLP).
      • This position may require pre-employment and periodic counter-intelligence polygraph exams.

      Qualifications


      To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, demonstrate that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), Technical Qualifications and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below.

      EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs):

      Applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs (2 page maximum per ECQ and 10 page maximum for all ECQs). Failure to submit ECQ narratives will result in being rated as 'ineligible.

      ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.

      ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide a workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.

      ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.

      ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

      ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.


      TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualification within their resume. Failure to meet the technical qualification requirements automatically disqualifies an applicant.

      TQ 1 - Expertise in the concepts, principles, and practices across a broad spectrum of information disciplines to identify integration issues that have a direct impact on a wide range of operations performed by the agency, to include in-depth knowledge of enterprise-class service delivery, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes, enterprise help desk support, enterprise architecture development and implementation.

      TQ 2 -Experience leading the development of technical, programmatic, and strategic planning that will enable programs or mission spaces to achieve integrated and secure capability solutions that extend across strategic and high-level enterprise operating levels.


      DoD Joint Enterprise-wide Experience: Possess a broad point of view and an awareness and understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to DoD or government-wide strategic priorities. Executives should demonstrate ability to work with internal and external partners to support national security objectives. This perspective is typically gained through a variety of diverse work experiences.
  • About the company

      The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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