IT Program Manager

**Duties**:

- The ITPROG oversees contractors responsible for the design, development, testing, analysis, deployment, and maintenance of IT solutions.
- Enforces information assurance activities not only related to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but also to the safety, privacy and recovery of information processed by the IT solutions in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ensures team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery. Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves them using network of peers and formal channels including escalation if required.
- Ensures conformance to the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices for project management.
- Provides financial management, cost estimating and acquisition support for all phases of the program management and system lifecycle.
- Develops and/or reviews an investment’s risk management plan, which ideally will be nested beneath the enterprise level plan.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You must be a US Citizen or US National
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.- Must possess a Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)certification or PMI's Agile Certified Professional (ACP) or PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Must obtain Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) senior training and certification within 18 months.- 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 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**:
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc) should contact: USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).
- Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

**How You Will Be Evaluated**:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using category rating. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in one of _two or three_ categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Category placement will be determined based on applicants' quality of experience and the extent they possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) or competencies:

- Applications Software
- Customer Support
- Internet
- Oral Communication
- Policy and Planning
- Systems Analysis
- Written Communication

Note: If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service.

- Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.