SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER

About the role

You will serve as a Supervisory Program Manager on the Staff of the Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command within N042, an Echelon II command of COMMANDER US FLEET FORCES COMMAND.

Responsibilities

• Direct the comprehensive planning for Force Protection (FP) readiness at both strategic and operational levels.
• Manage the comprehensive identification, assessment, and validation of all security and force protection resource programming actions.
• Provide FP strategic direction and develop Program Objective Memorandum (POM) based strategies to articulate and advocate for Navy-wide FP requirements to OPNAV.
• Ensure administrative and operational compliance with all DoW and DoN FP program guidance, and develop and implement objectives via the NAVNORTH FP OPORD 3300.
• Manage an annual AT/FP budget for Higher Headquarters Operational Assessments (HHOA) and protection-related travel, initiating action to secure future funding and mitigate the impact of budget reductions.
• Provide direct oversight of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy and its execution, ensuring fairness and equity in all personnel management actions including hiring, promotions, training, and awards.
• Direct the establishment, planning, and execution of FP Operational Exercises and HHOA.
• Coordinate the programming and fielding of equipment and systems to deter, detect, defend against, and mitigate attacks in support of these missions, ensuring long-term sustainment and configuration control Navy-wide.
• Lead coordination with the Joint Staff, U.S. NORTHCOM, OPNAV, and other partners to leverage emerging technologies and provide mitigation strategies against all-domain unmanned threats to naval forces executing MHD and MHLS operations.
• Ensure all NAVNORTH Force Protection efforts, plans, and requirements are fully aligned with U.S. NORTHCOM and U.S. STRATCOM Campaign Plans and Operational Orders.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites.
• You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• A successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
• Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
  • Experience directing the planning and execution of strategic and operational level force protection programs and theater-wide campaign plans, while supervising large, multidisciplinary teams of senior military officers and civilian personnel.
  • Experience leading the integration and compliance of maritime force protection, physical security, and law enforcement policies across diverse organizational boundaries from executive service headquarters to operational units.
  • Experience implementing national and service-level security directives, to include analyzing geopolitical and technological risks to establish protection plans for defense critical infrastructure.
  • Experience managing security resource programming within the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System, to include identifying capability gaps and defending program budget submissions to resource sponsors.
  • Experience orchestrating the development and global fielding of advanced threat mitigation capabilities, to include directing the strategic integration of counter-unmanned systems and artificial intelligence technologies.