The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) is the senior Department of Defense official responsible for the acceleration of the DoD's adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence to generate decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. The mission of the CDAO Acquisitions Division is to provide rapid, effective and efficient acquisition support to CDAO and Joint Warfighters.

Duties

Lead the development and issuance of contractual policies and procedures to ensure successful acquisition outcomes. Drive the research, development, technical requirements, prioritization, evaluation procedures, procurement forecast, and technology transfer strategy for the creation of innovative digital and AI-enabled capabilities. Supervises the planning, organizing, and execution of procurement activities supporting assigned procurement portfolio(s). Provides direction for the most urgent, complex, precedent-setting contracting actions, provides oversight with direction for all phases of acquisition planning, contract negotiations, award, and contract administration. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies Federal DoD guidelines, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), business and industry practices, market trends, General Accounting Office (GAO), Comptroller General decisions, public law, and case law and precedents.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• This position may require occasional travel away from your normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• If you are a current Federal Career/Career-Conditional employee, you will be placed on an Excepted appointment.
• This appointment does not confer eligibility to be non-competitively converted to an appointment in the competitive service.

Qualifications

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ You may qualify at the GG-15 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG-14 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector). Specialized experience is defined as: Experience your ability drive the research, development, technical requirements, prioritization, evaluation procedures, procurement forecast, and technology transfer strategy for the creation of innovative digital and AI-enabled capabilities essential to support mission and supervise the planning, organizing, and execution of procurement activities supporting assigned procurement portfolio(s). 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. All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

Contacts

• Address Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US
• Name: Washington HQ Services
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]