Total 23 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Linthicum Heights, Maryland

As the Chief Software Architect, the position will advise senior management by providing insights on the best design and development of complex software systems to meet the NBIS mission. NBIS is the federal government's one-stop-shop IT system for end-to-end personnel vetting - from initiation and application to background investigation, adjudication, and continuous vetting. NBIS will be one consolidated system designed to deliver robust data protection, enhance customer experience, and better integrate data across the enterprise. The Chief Software Architect will ensure the alignment of software development with the programs' s business strategy, technology direction, and priorities. The incumbent performs a variety of duties and is responsible for the following:

Strategic Leadership:
- Define and communicate the program's software architecture strategy, vision, and roadmap, ensuring integration with software development initiatives.
- Align software architecture with business goals, processes, and strategic objectives, focusing on software alignment across teams.

Architectural Design and Oversight:
- Design and oversee the architecture of complex software systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Develop architectural frameworks, guidelines, and standards for software development and testing to be followed by development teams.

Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with product managers to understand and incorporate requirements into the software architecture and integration processes.
- Regularly communicate architectural decisions and directions to senior management and key stakeholders, fostering transparency.
- Foster collaboration between software engineers, system architects, and other technical staff to enhance integration and alignment.

Technical Guidance and Mentorship:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software development teams, focusing on best practices in coding and testing.
- Conduct architectural reviews and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards, and effective software testing protocols.

Documentation and Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards in all software development, integration, and testing activities.

Quality and Performance:
- Ensure software solutions meet or exceed security, performance, and quality standards through rigorous testing and evaluation.
- Implement and oversee practices to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the software development lifecycle, emphasizing continuous integration and testing.

• Directs and oversees the integration, synchronization, coordination, planning, and execution of cyberspace and information operations, projects, and strategic policy initiatives.
• Develops, reviews, and implements all levels of information operations and information related capability planning guidance in support of cyber operations.
• Oversees Command-level special/innovation projects to improve information operations processes, tools, and overall capabilities.
• Directs strategic and operational level planning across the full range of response options for information operations.
• Performs analysis to improve effectiveness and efficiency of planning processes, coordination, and operations.
• Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors.

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.

As a Supervisory IT Specialist, Branch Chief you will be supervising the staff assigned to the Branch and providing feedback/suggestions to OIT management on all Branch activities relative to Enterprise Solutions and Application Management.

Your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Analyzing information security systems and applications to recommend security measures for protecting information against unauthorized access to systems and data modification or loss.
• Planning, researching, designing, implementing and maintaining robust security principles in the delivery of all IT systems.
• Planning, managing, organizing, and evaluating all related project activities.
• Providing quality IT support and in the delivery of cost- effective, customer focused products and services that support HRSA business needs and mission requirements.
• Providing technical oversight with hands-on experience on software-as-service (SaaS) solutions such as Jira, Salesforce, ServiceNow for new enterprise business solutions and performance metrics reporting systems.
• Supporting cloud-based architecture (Azure or AWS) for enterprise systems development to bring efficiencies in operations and maintenance.
• Performing the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised and establishes guidelines and performance expectations that are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.

• Oversee a communication program that conveys the NCI’s leadership role in cancer research, diagnosis, prevention and treatment through the application of state-of-the-art and unified public affairs and media relations activities.
• Advise CEA and NCI Directors, providing leadership to a complex communications program which is highly visible both nationally and internationally and has an extensive impact on a broad range of constituencies in the public and private sectors.
• Provide strategic advice on handling sensitive issues and the release of information for highly visible and publicized studies, projects, and events that receive intense scrutiny by the public, the media, and Congress.
• Coordinate with NIH, HHS and the White House on the handing of these issues and represents the NCI Director in related interactions.
• Articulate and defend NCI position orally and in writing to international, national, regional, and local media as well as other federal agencies and citizens groups.
• Represent the NCI at public meetings and hearings on a wide range of controversial and highly visible issues.

• Direct and oversee all resource functions of the program office to include financial operations, HR related operations, training, communications, and strategic planning.
• Manage and direct a staff of supervisors and their subordinates in carrying out the work requirements and undertaking special projects as assigned by the Chief.
• Provide leadership in strategic planning, organizational capability, and other long-term initiatives to ensure the continued effective and productive operations of logistics and HQ service areas.
• Resolve informal complaints and grievances, providing advice and counsel to employees related to work and administrative matters, effecting disciplinary measures as appropriate.
• Determine goals and objectives that need additional emphasis, develop measures that evaluate performance, and make recommendations for program improvement.
• Serve as a principal advisor to high-ranking officials in USCIS and other Federal agencies, various governing boards and committees, and private industry on all matters relating to logistics and HQ services.
• Formulate and implement policy as it relates to logistics and HQ service areas
• Research and write reports or other working documents that provide authoritative guidance on complex and far reaching program issues.

This position is a mission critical occupation for HRSA. This position is responsible for ensuring that operational and fiscal activities align with and enable accomplishment of Health Resources and Services Administration's mission, goals and objectives.

This position will be filled as a competitive temporary appointment not to exceed 1 year. The appointment may be extended for an additional 1 year and can be made permanent without further competition. This is a supervisory position, and the selectee may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.

As the Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, you serve as the Division Director for the Division of Program Operations OR Deputy Director for the Division of Customer Support, your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Exercising delegated authority in providing leadership and guidance regarding the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised.
• Participating fully with the Director in providing executive leadership for the Division staff, plan, execution, problem solving, delivery of outcomes, and integration/coordination with other Offices activities.
• Providing authoritative advice, recommendations and guidance to the Director and leadership on the appropriateness and direction of current program and policies and the need for policy or program changes.
• Serving as a principal advisor and consultant on broad issues by analyzing issues that arise from legislation, budget proposals, regulatory actions, and other program or policy actions.
• Developing, coordinating, and preparing reports, briefing papers and other documents for formal presentation.
• Supporting the Division Director in providing guidance and direction in the efforts of staff to develop and implement policy and program operations for the Provider Relief Fund and other programs administered by the Division including the evaluation and review of regulations, manuals, program guidance and memoranda, policy letters, and instructions for policy activity.

Independently manage, lead, and/or oversee data or tools programs that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with strategic or corporate objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project.

Provide oversight and support to the Financial Intelligence Research Integration Platform (FIRESHIP) program and platforms.

Working with commercial or government stakeholders, negotiate and draft data and tools MOUs to broaden IC access to information and capabilities.

Develop and communicate project plans and schedules based on a clear understanding of requirements and information on project cost, schedule, quality, and performance; provide expert oversight of cost and resource estimates; participate in budget planning activities and develop cost estimating strategies for future projects.

Develop, execute, and communicate spend plans and assess variances from cost and schedule baselines; oversee the reallocation of resources in response to change considering impact to cost, schedule, and quality of deliverables.

Manage and lead project implementation and quality assurance by effectively evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances from the plan, oversee the execution of necessary corrective actions; lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather important information, and make authoritative decisions about required next steps; oversee the development and maintenance of appropriate project documentation.

Plan, manage, and mitigate project risks by identifying the risk tolerances of customers and other stakeholders to determine overall acceptable levels of risk; conduct risk analysis to identify and prioritize risks; characterize threats and opportunities to determine mitigation strategies.

Based on assignment, may lead all aspects of contract management and oversight to include leading competitions and contract renewal from beginning to end; work closely with mission customers, organizational management, and the Contracting Officer (CO); serve as the Contractor's principal point of contact for technical management after contract award; direct and coordinate technical and program issues, establish objectives, develop requirements, establish schedules, estimate costs, develop budgetary controls, monitor technical aspects of the contract, and monitor the contractor's performance; work closely with the CO to assist in contract negotiations, including determining viable options for cost.

Serve as one of three team chiefs in the Investment Security Group (ISG) in the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technology (OESET). Oversee a team of contract analysts and staff officers in the development and coordination of all source analysis in support of the CHIPS Act process and Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), in accordance with Commerce Department-mandated timeframes.

In collaboration with ISG's other team chiefs, oversee the development and coordination of all-source analysis in support of the Treasury-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) process and the DOJ-led Team Telecom process.

Collaborate with ISG's other team chiefs to oversee the development and coordination of all-source analysis outside of these specific processes, including more strategic business intelligence analytic products for distribution to wider audiences through the PDB and ISG's in-house products.

Provide expert guidance and leadership to multiple teams in the production of well-crafted sophisticated, complex analytic finished intelligence products on sometimes controversial or particularly difficult issues in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security objectives; review final analytic products, written and oral, for clarity, organization, accuracy, and logic; effectively explain highly complex concepts and results to non-expert customers and tailor products to correspond to customer needs.

Serve as the IC lead for intelligence support to the Department of Commerce's CHIPS Program Office; back up the other Team Chiefs who have the lead for the other processes.

Conduct first-line review of analytic products for the CHIPS Program and BIS and, as necessary, conduct first-line reviews products for all the other processes. Draft or conduct first-line review of prep books for ODNI seniors participating in policy meetings for which ISG has the lead, as necessary.

Manage the CHIPS Act process and BIS support for ISG. Task out CHIPS Act Applications and BIS requests to staff and contractor analysts and ensure analysts meet deadlines.

Develop and maintain working relationships with senior ODNI officials and, as necessary, principals throughout the intelligence and policy communities; identify issues and developments with internal and external peers, communicating regularly to exchange subject information.

Develop and maintain a continuing substantive dialogue with analysts and managers within the IC on the key issues associated with foreign direct investment and participation in the US economy in high technology sectors, including, but not limited to, semiconductors, high-performance computing, quantum, and artificial intelligence, in collaboration with ISG's other Team Chiefs.

Help craft and implement a strategic program of analysis in ISG.

Stay abreast of major developments having to do with foreign acquisition of US businesses and corporations, particularly, but not exclusively, in high-tech sectors, focusing on a wide-range of potential threats to national security.

Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks with the ODNI and across the IC.

Plan, develop, utilize, and refine methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant analytic issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, sophisticated finished intelligence products.

Serve as a member of the ISG leadership team.

Help advance ISG's foreign engagement efforts by participating in analytic exchanges and/or delivering briefings to liaison on foreign investment security related topics.

Engage in analytic outreach with private sector interlocutors and events to advance ISG's, OESET's, and the ODNI's efforts to glean insights from outside of the IC related to investment and investment-security related trends, particularly in high-tech sectors.

Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development.

This position is a mission critical occupation for HRSA. This position is responsible for analyzing public health programs, policies and procedures to ensure that Health Resources and Services Administration meets its mission, goals and objectives.

As a Branch Chief of the Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems (DHVECS), you will be directing programs of national significance that inform the agency's mission and result in significantly improving access to high-quality essential public health programs, that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation's young children and their families.

Your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Advising departmental leaders on public health principles, trends, resources, evidence based interventions, and latest developments to build strategic alignment of grant and contract priorities across the Division to stimulate collaboration and advance the areas of perinatal health and early childhood development, data, analysis, and evaluation related to the fields of health promotion, optimal social and emotional development, injury prevention, prevention of child maltreatment, and advancements of system-based strategies to improve early developmental health and family well-being.
• Evaluating and analyzing the efficacy of programs to fully demonstrate program impact both qualitatively and quantitively; drafting reports, publications, and other materials to disseminate findings, and respond to internal and external data inquiries to communicate recommendations to advance the maternal and child health field.
• Advising on the development of logic models and program performance measures, ensures program data reporting systems, tools, and procedures for monitoring and analysis are included in program design, as well as assures that all activities are compliant with legislative authority.
• Leading Federal and non-Federal stakeholder engagement to identify gaps, advance evidence-based programs, reinforce the impact of ongoing activities, and develop innovative broad reaching programs that further the Branch's vision and approach to achieving optimal health for pregnant people, young children and families.
• Serving as a member of the leadership team within the Division and promoting innovative problem-solving, role-models integrity, acts fairly and respectfully, and fosters a diverse and accepting work environment.
• Supervising an interdisciplinary team of professionals with expertise in disability, medicine, public health, public policy, maternal and women's health, perinatal health, statistics, economics, data analytics, evaluation, impact analysis, modeling, program management, process improvement and/or administrative support.

As a SUPERVISORY PROGRAM SPECIALIST (EDUCATION CHIEF) you will be responsible for the following duties:

- Oversees the development, implementation, and evaluation of security education curricula.
- Provides direction on policy implementation, recommends actions to leadership, and manages strategic planning for the Education Division to ensure alignment with the evolving security environment.
- Orchestrates partnerships with key stakeholders within DoD, DCSA, and other federal agencies, ensuring collaborative efforts and the relevance of educational offerings.
- Supervises a team, managing staff performance, development, and alignment of resources to meet organizational goals.

• Serves as the Director of the Personnel and Security Directorate (J1).
• Plans overall work of the organization, including establishing goals, objectives, and priorities for subordinate organizations, allocating resources to meet priorities and budget constraints.
• Assigns work to subordinate organizations while ensuring subordinate supervisors review their employees’ work for technical adequacy and compliance with established policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Supervise subordinate supervisors while providing all facets of civilian and military personnel management to include human resources, performance management, employee relations, and manpower.
• Provides expert advice, assistance, program development, management, and evaluation in all areas of civilian personnel and workforce management to include strategic human capital planning and management; workforce planning and restructuring.

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science - Headquarters is looking for a dynamic, innovative, seasoned executive to lead the Nuclear Physics (NP) program, which supports fundamental peer-reviewed research to understand the forces and particles of nature as manifested in nuclear matter. The program fosters research to provide new insights and advance our knowledge on the nature of matter and energy and to develop the scientific knowledge, technologies, and trained workforce that will be needed to underpin the Department of Energy's missions for nuclear-related national security, energy, climate, medicine, and commerce. The program also operates accelerator-based user facilities in the scientific disciplines encompassed by these Nuclear Physics research areas.

As the Associate Director, Office of Nuclear Physics you will:

• Formulate program goals, strategic directions, priorities, and plans for NP, factoring in advice provided by scientific advisory committees, as appropriate.
• Serve as an international expert in the areas of research and the scientific user facilities supported by NP.
• Formulate, direct, implement, administer, evaluate, and defend programs and policies necessary for the efficient implementation of a complex, comprehensive program in nuclear physics research.
• Develop the budget requirements for activities at national laboratories, universities, and other research institutions. Assist the head of the organization in formulating budget requests and defending budget requests through DOE, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Congressional committees.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the DOE Site Office Managers, the Consolidated Service Center Manager, and other Field Managers responsible for national laboratories performing program-sponsored research in order to ensure integration of the Office's science programs with laboratory operations.
• Integrate the efforts of the program elements, particularly the elements that support research with those that support the design, construction, and operations of instrumentation and the scientific user facilities. Integrate the NP program with other Office of Science programs, other DOE programs, and other Federal research programs such as those of the National Science Foundation. Assure effective interagency planning, coordination, and evaluation of programs that cut across agencies.
• Provide interpretations of the organization and DOE regulations, policies, and technical facts while engaging in meetings with Federal government officials, national laboratory directors, Congressional committees, and other public and private institutions.
• Provide overall management direction for the program by performing supervisory duties for a staff of scientific, technical and administrative employees.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Formulates Agency budget policy; coordinates, interprets, and prepares formal Agency budget proposals and requests, both for annual appropriations and emergency funds.
• Directs and oversees the development, preparation, and review of all budget planning and presentation documents and materials.
• Determines the availability of funds, including appropriated reimbursable, trust, user fee, and transfers from all sources to meet Agency program and administrative needs.
• Evaluates and recommends allocation adjustments or transfers between programs, units, or locations and directs the implementation of approved recommendations.
• Serves and key spokesperson for the Administrator and Under Secretary in dealing with the Department Budget and Program officials, 0MB, and Congressional Appropriations Committees.
• Oversees the development and approval of jacketed correspondence having budgetary implications for the Administrator, Under Secretary, and the Secretary.
• Directly supervises the BPAS staff and advises other APHIS staff in the budget policy formulation, justification, and management activities.
• Assigns and reviews the work of staff to ensure timely performance, soundness, and value.
• Initiates recruitment actions for job vacancies. Evaluates applications, conducts interviews, and recommends selections.

We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is seeking a Deputy Director / Strategic Advisor to the National Counterintelligence Task Force (NCITF). The mission of the NCITF, which comprises 45 federal agencies, is to use a whole-of-government approach to counterintelligence to engage with executives at departments and agencies across the US government, as well as, the private sector to protect national security.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as NCSC's representative and Deputy Director / Strategic Advisor to the NCITF.

Participate in NCSC and NCITF leadership meetings and other engagements as needed to promote situational awareness and facilitate coordination and collaboration.

With the co-Deputy Directors, serve as a member of the NCITF leadership team to coordinate efforts within and across NCSC and the NCITF that support the National Counterintelligence Strategy and NCSC's mission. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Lead partners and stakeholders in developing approaches for strategic and policy solutions to foreign intelligence threats in accordance IC policies and processes.
• Coordinate with NCSC and ODNI partners to identify subject matter experts to participate in the NCITF strategic planning process, including identifying campaigns and projects.
• Lead assessments to identify and apply best practices and lessons learned; identify common themes to position the U.S. for strategic advantage; advise how to prioritize resources; and communicate risks, gaps, and results.
• Oversee ranking and prioritizing of competing requirements to ensure CI Community resources are effectively allocated.
• Prepare and provide briefings for senior IC officials and other major stakeholders.

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The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is seeking a Deputy Director / Strategic Advisor to the National Counterintelligence Task Force (NCITF). The mission of the NCITF, which comprises 45 federal agencies, is to use a whole-of-government approach to counterintelligence to engage with executives at departments and agencies across the US government, as well as, the private sector to protect national security.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as NCSC's representative and Deputy Director / Strategic Advisor to the NCITF.

Participate in NCSC and NCITF leadership meetings and other engagements as needed to promote situational awareness and facilitate coordination and collaboration.

With the co-Deputy Directors, serve as a member of the NCITF leadership team to coordinate efforts within and across NCSC and the NCITF that support the National Counterintelligence Strategy and NCSC's mission. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Lead partners and stakeholders in developing approaches for strategic and policy solutions to foreign intelligence threats in accordance IC policies and processes.
• Coordinate with NCSC and ODNI partners to identify subject matter experts to participate in the NCITF strategic planning process, including identifying campaigns and projects.
• Lead assessments to identify and apply best practices and lessons learned; identify common themes to position the U.S. for strategic advantage; advise how to prioritize resources; and communicate risks, gaps, and results.
• Oversee ranking and prioritizing of competing requirements to ensure CI Community resources are effectively allocated.
• Prepare and provide briefings for senior IC officials and other major stakeholders.