This vacancy is for a Project Manager in the Minority Business Development Agency, Office of the Under Secretary, Office of Management, Office of Administrative and Employee Support Services within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Project Manager, you will perform the following duties: Assist leadership in the formulation and execution of MBDA business operations and digital transformation projects to support MBDA mission expansion. Assemble and lead all levels of cross-functional teams throughout the process of developing project requirements and managing an initiated project. Assess the progress, staff coordination, and status reporting requirements for assigned project/program activities and ensures proper progress is being made. Coordinate project delivery of long-term strategic goals by analyzing MBDA's strategic objectives, business plans, IT infrastructure requirements, manage risk identification, mitigation, and resolution to minimize the impact on project success and overall enterprise risks. Ensure that new processes, applications, or software are consistent with agency application, enterprise architecture, and identifies requirements for infrastructure configuration or change management. Present briefings on all aspects of the project. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Project Manager GS-0301-14, Full Performance level (FPL) GS-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Formulating and implementing priorities, schedules, and plans for business applications and/or digital transformation projects. Monitoring schedules, scope, and budget to ensure established milestones are accomplished on time. Analyzing key performance information for the purpose of informing decisions, actions, communications, and accountability. Conducting briefings and providing technical guidance to customers and senior executive management.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Minority Business Development Agency 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Finn
• Email: [email protected]