This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Associate Director - Product Design and Development. As an Associate Director (Product Design and Development), you will be a primary member of the BEP Senior Executive Team (SET) and chair the United States Currency Program (USCP) technical committees that make decisions for investments in new technologies, research and development (R&D) initiatives and new banknote development.

Duties

As an Associate Director (Product Design and Development), you will: Primary responsibility of currency technology development, security feature portfolio management, continual improvement of existing banknotes, and product/banknote design and development. Set specific goals for the Offices of Technology Development, Product Development, and Process Management, focusing on 1) Researching, identifying, evaluating, testing, qualifying, selecting, integrating and developing new currency technologies and features; 2) Designing, and developing secure US banknotes (including integration of technologies/features); and 3) Support for R&D equipment and testing activities across the BEP. Oversee all phases of development to help ensure that security features are maturing at an appropriate pace to address emerging counterfeiting threats.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. As a basic requirement, you must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical/Professional Qualifications (TQs) listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent within state or local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Evidence must be provided that clearly demonstrates the applicant has the necessary level of executive potential, skills, abilities, specialized knowledge, and technical qualifications to perform as an SES executive. This evidence must include clear, concise examples that emphasize the applicant's level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of assignments, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and long-range planning. EXECUTIVECORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): The ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed in the SES and provide the focus for OPM certification of executive qualifications. ECQ 1 - Leading Change - The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision. ECQ 2 - Leading People - The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team build ECQ 3 - Results Driven - The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility. ECQ 4 - Business Acumen - The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: financial management, human capital management, technology management. ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions - The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating Fundamental Competencies - Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Written Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation are cross-cutting and provide the foundation for success in each ECQ. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain one or two examples per ECQ describing your experiences and accomplishments/results using the challenge, context, action, and result (CCAR) model described on OPM's SES website listed below. The narrative should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken and the results of your actions. Applicants should not enter "Refer to Resume" to describe your experiences. Applications directing the reviewer to search within the application or to see the resume are considered incomplete and may not receive further consideration. The narrative must not exceed a total of 10 pages. Additional information about the ECQs can be found on the OPM SES website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. TECHNICAL/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): The following qualifications are required for the incumbent to perform the duties of the position. You must demonstrate all of the TQs to be rated eligible for this position. Please limit the responses to 1 page per TQ. TQ #1: Describe your knowledge of and executive-level experience in design, research and development, and implementation of new technologies and/or security features. TQ #2: Describe how you have demonstrated your ability to develop and implement organizational vision that integrates key program goals, priorities, values, and other factors. Inherent to this is the ability to balance change and continuity, to continually strive to improve research and testing methodologies and program performance; to create a work environment that encourages creative thinking; and the ability to maintain focus, intensity, and persistence, even under adversity. TQ #3: Describe how you have demonstrated your skill and ability to analyze and evaluate complex technical design related issues, calculate risks, recommend practical solutions, and effectively communicate the issues and solutions, both orally and in writing to management, Senior Executives, or private sector equivalents, internal and external to the agency.

Contacts

• Address Associate Director - Product Design and Development Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]