Program Manager - Tactical Aircraft and Vessel Acquisitions

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Tactical Aircraft and Vessel Acquisitions located in Washington, D.C. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 150 applications have been received, whichever happens first.

Join Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations for an exciting career safeguarding our nation from security threats supporting our aviation and maritime law enforcement mission. Utilize your skills overseeing critical aircraft and vessel acquisition processes. This position starts at a salary of $121,785.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $187,093.00 (GS-14, Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position. Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts. Typical responsibilities include: Planning, organizing, coordinating and evaluating the activities of acquisition programs to include programming, budgeting, and timely execution. Leading complex acquisition projects across organizational lines, to include project management, team building, collaboration, strategy development, process improvement, and development of business cases and other program planning and reporting documentation. Developing acquisition program performance measures to proactively manage program risk and report status to senior leadership, officials in other agencies, and various governing boards/committees. Managing acquisition program development, assignment, and achievement of goals and objectives. Collaborating and communicating with other acquisition program managers and stakeholders to ensure awareness of program status and alignment with goals and objectives. Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement. Further selections may also be made for additional organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Security Clearance: You may be required to obtain a Secret or higher level clearance for this position. Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions - NTEU. For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU.