Deputy Manager Artemis Program

About the role

The Deputy Manager, Artemis Program, serves as a senior executive within the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate (HSMD), providing strategic leadership, unified governance, and enterprise integration across the Artemis campaign.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership across Artemis Programs and Offices to ensure development and mission execution plans are fully aligned with HSMD strategic direction, requirements, and transformation initiatives.
• Strengthens governance discipline by ensuring unified decision-making, technical and programmatic baseline integrity, and alignment with Agency expectations for increased cadence, risk-informed execution, and operational excellence.
• Oversees enterprise-wide systems engineering and integration, operations integration, programmatic planning, and budget alignment to ensure Artemis missions holistically advance lunar and Mars-forward objectives.
• Champions the integration of HSMD architecture guardrails, strategic guidance, and exploration priorities into program plans, cross-program interfaces, and mission execution.
• Safeguards robust campaign-level risk management across Artemis and Mars, promoting proactive posture, transparency in risk elevation, and unified risk governance.
• Led coordination across HSMD Programs to integrate analysis, schedule synchronization, mission planning, operations readiness, and resource alignment to meet campaign goals.
• Oversees transition from development to operations for Artemis elements, ensuring continuity, stability, and operational excellence.
• Integrates analytical insights, alternatives analysis, and strategic studies to guide the evolution of Artemis and its alignment with long-term Artemis objectives.
• Represents the Artemis Program across Agency, Directorate, Center, academia, industry, and partner forums, serving as a principal spokesperson and subject matter executive on human exploration strategy, campaign plans, and technical integration.
• Strengthens domestic and international partnerships essential for Artemis implementation and long-term lunar and Mars-forward cooperation.
• Advocates for the Artemis Program within NASA Headquarters and externally, including engagement with the Legislative and Executive Branches and the Office of International and Interagency Affairs.
• Ensures organizational alignment, communication, and cross-center collaboration necessary for unified execution of Artemis and Mars strategic imperatives.

Requirements

• Conditions of employment: Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probationary period. Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by the position. Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Qualifications: As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment, you must clearly articulate and describe within your 2-page resume that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) related to this position. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and MTQs, you may be disqualified. Any additional pages over the 2-page limit will not be reviewed. Your resume should include evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent. If you are (1) currently serving under a career SES appointment, (2) eligible for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probationary period), OR (3) have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and certified by OPM, you do not need to address the ECQs in your resume. However, your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for SES reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification. Please DO NOT submit separate documents addressing the ECQs or MTQs. Only your 2-page resume will be accepted and considered. Any additional documents submitted will not be accepted.
• ECQ 1 - Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding: This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. Competencies: Knowledge of the American System of Government, Commitment to the Rule of Law, and Civic-Mindedness
• ECQ 2 - Driving Efficiency: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. Competencies: Fiscal Responsibility, Managing Resources, Leveraging Technology
• ECQ 3 - Merit and Competence: This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. Competencies: Technical Skill, Problem Solving, Agility and Resilience
• ECQ 4 - Leading People: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. Competencies: Accountability, Developing Others, Executive Judgment
• ECQ 5 - Achieving Results: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. Competencies: Operational Mindset, Innovation, Strategic Thinking
• MTQ: Demonstrated experience leading systems engineering, program integration, and mission execution for complex human spaceflight or comparably complex aerospace programs, including responsibility for programmatic baselines, risk management, interoperability across multiple programs, and governance processes that ensure technical and programmatic coherence across development, operations, and planning. Competencies: Systems Engineering and Program Management.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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