Summary

There is one position located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C., or one of the area or regional offices.

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $295,000.

Duties

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• Assists the Division of Risk Management Supervision's (RMS's) Executive Management Team as a technical expert, responsible for planning and directing the Business Process Modernization Initiative (Initiative). Working across the Corporation to ensure the Initiative is properly scoped by developing, maintaining, and successfully executing the program work.
• Collaborates with senior and executive management across Divisions to ensure that the Initiative's technical requirements, such as those relating to enterprise architecture, security, integrations, data, program work sequencing, and other strategies under consideration or in development are successfully aligned.
• Participates in conferences, forums, and meetings with Corporation staff nationwide, as well as other regulatory agencies, outside organizations, and bank personnel as necessary regarding RMS supervisory procedures.
• Prepares Initiative briefings for executives, management, employee groups and conferences. Coordinates and collaborates on the development of briefing materials. Creates documents, including policy documents and directives related to the Initiative. Identifies and raises policy and program issues and recommends solutions to issues and provides alternatives for consideration.
• Develops and prioritizes the Initiative's program work. Partners with product managers, sponsors, and/or stakeholders to establish the strategic direction.
• Advises executive management on operational, systems, and technical risk issues arising from automating the Division's end-to-end business processes, which requires complex analyses of technical matters, such as those that impact legal, policy, specialty areas, and others.
• Oversees the Initiative's most complex assignments, such as monitoring Scrum Teams; oversees budgets and project plans; approves staffing plans; and educates the Chief Information Officer Organization (CIOO) contracting staff.
• Advises on the business requirements needed to develop contractual documentation (Statements of Work (SOWs) and Statements of Objectives (SOOs)) for acquiring Information Technology (IT) systems, equipment, and services (both in the cloud and on premises) required for the program.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

2-page Resume Requirement: Please limit your résumé to 2 pages (minimum 10-point font). If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

Employment Conditions

High Risk - Background Investigation (BI) required.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be serving in a position in Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service. You will obtain competitive status after two years of service in this position [if applicable]. Your employment in this position will be at-will. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals of adverse actions concerning performance, discipline, and other matters arising under chapters 23, 43, and 75 of title 5, United States Code will not be available to an individual serving in this position. Prohibitions on prohibited personnel practices will be enforced by the Office of General Counsel [or agency equivalent position] and not the Office of Special Counsel.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through serving in roles that require managing projects/teams or guiding the technical work of others.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised).

Leadership Experience: Experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, leading and coordinating projects, including establishing expectations, reviewing work products/services, monitoring progress, and providing guidance and feedback to team members; AND

Technical Experience: Experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, leading and directing initiatives that require coordination across multiple divisions and senior executives and/or involve multidisciplinary work, including prioritizing program deliverables, overseeing project teams, and ensuring alignment of resources and technical requirements.

Selective Placement Factor: Candidates must be a Commissioned Risk Management in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

This position is a Corporate Expert, CX-00, which is equivalent to above the CG/GS-15.

This position is in the Excepted Service.

The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 18.97% to a high of 51.75%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the selectee is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.

All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:

1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.

Exceptions:

a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.

b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.

2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.

3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.

4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.

5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

The FDIC offers comprehensive benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

In addition, under FDIC's Group Life Insurance Program, basic life insurance coverage for Corporate Experts and Executive Managers is automatically equal to 3 times their salary (rounded to the next higher thousand) up to a maximum of $800,000. Executives may also choose from two other lower coverage options. The Corporation pays for the cost of the basic coverage unless employees also elect to be covered under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI).

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.