The incumbent provides strategic leadership to a distributed workforce of analysts, data engineers, and supervisory staff, ensuring reliable data flows, modern architectures, secure system operations, and effective support to national program offices. The position requires deep understanding of program management, analytics workflows, data infrastructure, cross-functional coordination, and largescale system reliability in a healthcare environment.
Major duties include but are not limited to: Enterprise Infrastructure Strategy & Modernization Leads development, modernization, and operation of VHA applications and enterprise analytics platforms, ensuring availability, security, and performance across VSSC systems. Oversees modernization initiatives including migration to the Summit Data Platform (SDP), adoption of cloud and SaaS technologies, and transition of legacy systems to scalable, secure architectures.
Ensures reliable operation of enterprise platforms including Symphony, VAST, and HOMES, and directs development of enhanced organizational views, automated alerts, and intelligent search capabilities. Guides architectural improvements, performance optimization, and monitoring strategies to maintain stable enterprise reporting and data collection systems.
Coordinates with OIT, cybersecurity, privacy, and infrastructure partners to ensure compliance with VA security, accreditation, privacy, and data management requirements. Serves as principal advisor to senior leadership on information systems, analytics platforms, and data delivery strategies. Recognized as an expert in VHA operations, advanced analytics, and application development.
Enterprise Reporting & Data Operations Directs data engineering and analytics operations supporting enterprise reporting, dashboards, alerts, data collection, and performance monitoring. Oversees validation processes, metadata management, and data quality controls supporting enterprise reporting and compliance with VHA data governance standards.
Ensures VSSC-M's analytics infrastructure effectively supports national reporting requirements, including facility level metrics, operational dashboards, clinical performance indicators and early warning systems that enable proactive intervention by VHA leadership. Leads analysis and evaluation of complex programs, policies, regulations, and organizational effectiveness initiatives; plans and executes major enterprise studies and projects.
Advises senior leaders on data engineering, analytics, platform performance, and emerging technologies, including machine learning and Palantir-based solutions. Supervisory / Managerial Leadership Provides executive direction, oversight and performance management for VSSC-M, supervising analysts who each lead teams of data analysts across a virtual, nationwide workforce.
Establishes organizational priorities, allocates resources and defines goals and performance expectations for all staff within VSSC-M. Ensures performance plans reflect national objectives, VHA strategic priorities and API requirements. Evaluates performance, provides feedback, resolves personnel issues, and ensures consistent supervisory practices and equitable workload distribution.
Oversees recruitment and selection activities and ensures workforce capabilities align with evolving analytics, engineering, and modernization requirements. Mentors subordinate supervisors in program management, workforce administration, workload management, and technical leadership, ensuring staff receive appropriate professional development. Performs other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available Telework: This position may be authorized for ad hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Ad hoc is defined as occasional, non-recurring telework. Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual Work. Virtual Work eligibility is for current VA Employees that are already subject to the return to in-person work mandate in their current position.
Applicants without an existing assigned VA Staff Office must be located within 50 miles of a VA-owned or leased space. This is not a remote position. Definition of Virtual Work: Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at a VA-owned or leased space. Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption.
Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management and Program Analyst / PD836060
There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov · (844)456-5208
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $151244 – $196619/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-20 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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