Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters, Strategic Planning and Analysis Directorate, located in Washington, D.C. Additional selections may be made to include other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above. Major duties: In this position, you will provide expert support and guidance to senior leadership by independently gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing critical information, managing key stakeholder relationships, and leading large-scale projects that advance organizational programs and operations.
The work has a direct and substantial impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of operations and on advancing the agency's mission by enhancing decision-making, improving collaboration, and ensuring programs are aligned with strategic goals and policy requirements. This position starts at a salary of $143,913.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $187,093.00 (GS-14, Step 10). As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for a broad range of program activities, including developing directorate-wide coordination strategies and complex business operational products, and advising leadership on best-practice methods to maximize knowledge sharing.
Typical duties will include: Ensuring leadership is fully prepared for decision-making by developing executive decision-support products and reviewing important and sensitive matters for accuracy and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. Proactively identifying operational challenges, conflicting priorities, program shortcomings, and risks while leading corrective and preventive actions and maintaining accessible program and administrative reference materials to streamline processes and ensure consistent application of requirements.
Serving as a critical liaison across divisions and external stakeholders by managing interdependencies, facilitating collaboration, resolving conflicts, and aligning stakeholders on common goals. Directing, implementing, coordinating, and overseeing large-scale, long-term projects focused on information and knowledge sharing, including planning, budgeting, progress tracking, reporting, and applying project management methodologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service delivery.
Playing a key role in strategic planning and forecasting by analyzing trends, applying program management policies to define goals and metrics, recommending program improvements, developing high-level executive briefings, and advising leadership on policy changes and implementation strategies. 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. Requirements: 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