Program Manager

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.

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.

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.