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.
• Ensures robust campaign-level risk management across Artemis and Mars, promoting proactive posture, transparency in risk elevation, and unified risk governance.
• Leads 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

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.

Successful completion of pre-employment and random drug testing may be required.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by the position.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.

Qualifications

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.

Your application package must be in your own words. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement. To be eligible, you must clearly state in your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and college/university. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in engineering, physical science, mathematics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of science is required.

An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, click here.

Additional information

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

NASA may discuss and consider candidate duty station location after selection, which means that the duties can be performed at any NASA location. The selected candidate will need to relocate and report to an on-site NASA location or duty station, which may be different from where he/she currently resides.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. We will review your resume to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your application will be referred to and evaluated by an executive panel. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and/or be asked to provide a list of references or additional documents to confirm eligibility. Upon selection, if the selectee does not have Qualifications Review Board (QRB) certification by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she must undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM before being appointed to this position.