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Program Manager

Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer · Department of Agriculture

Program Management

Salary
$147,945–$192,331/year
Grade
15
Work location
Telework eligible · New Orleans, Louisiana
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Oct 14, 2026
Apply by
Oct 21, 2026
Category
Program Management

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Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Transformation Management Organization (TMO), in New Orleans, Louisiana. This position serves as the senior functional lead responsible for planning, directing, integrating, evaluating, and continuously improving enterprise modernization initiatives supporting the National Finance Center (NFC), Financial Management Services (FMS), and other OCFO organizations.

Duties

Provides leadership for strategic transformation portfolios that advance organizational effectiveness, process modernization, customer experience, workforce transformation, decision making, operational excellence, and enterprise modernization.

Serves as a principal advisor to the Chief Transformation Officer in the formulation of modernization strategy.

Provides executive leadership for planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating transformation initiatives affecting multiple organizations, customer agencies, and enterprise shared services.

Exercises substantial managerial direction and authority in setting priorities, governance processes, program management standards, performance measures, and mechanisms for executive oversight of the program.

Focuses on the changes inside the NFC resulting from modernization.

Examines existing business processes and determines how they should operate in the future.

Leads process redesign, operational excellence, customer-experience improvements, business governance, benefits realization, and adoption of new ways of working.

Requirements

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. Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period unless previous federal service is creditable. During this time your employment will be evaluated, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Certifications are required and must be maintained in one or more of the following: Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers Senior (FAC-P/PM Senior), or equivalent recognized senior program/project management certification. A physical copy of these certifications must be provided with your application package.

How you will be evaluated

Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using Category Rating. This means you will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses to the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in one of 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: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. All applicants are required to complete the online USA Hire assessment administered by OPM in order to be considered for this vacancy. This announcement will also include the following assessment: Resume Review by Subject Matter Experts Structured Resume Review: Subject matter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience. SMEs will review ONLY two (2) pages of your resume, starting at your work experience. SMEs will not review additional information beyond your resume (e.g., links embedded in your resume will not be opened). Applicants passing the resume review will move on to the next phase of the assessment process. To preview the application questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13088600

About this listing

Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer has 7 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. See all Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $147,945 to $192,331 a year. That covers GS-15 on the General Schedule, where pay also depends on step and locality; how GS pay works.

This announcement is open for 7 days, from Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026. Among currently open Program Management postings, the typical advertised window is about 14 days. As of Oct 15, 2026, it closes in 6 days.

Who can apply: the public (U.S. citizens), plus federal employees eligible for career transition programs. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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