The incumbent is responsible in the aggregate for successful data management practices and execution, data integrity, and data analysis supporting Program stakeholders, including internal and external, private and public, while ensuring accuracy, quality and timeliness of end-products.
Specific duties include: Provides direction and input into data-informed policy analysis and procedures; regulatory or legislative recommendations or changes pertaining to systems development, improvement, and deployment.
The Chief, BIDS, expends considerable effort planning, prioritizing, scheduling, assigning, and evaluating work based on its specific technical requirements, and matching that with appropriately skilled experience subordinates, for short-term activities, longer-term initiatives, and for ongoing production. The incumbent reviews and advises on progress through analysis, observation, and positive interaction articulating both successes and areas for further focus.
Establishes and sustains cooperative relationships with other resources in VBA and VA. Displays leadership skills in leading SAFe Agile teams executing software development through articulation and direction of strategic initiatives, LGY Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and special projects. Engages stakeholders throughout the development process. Provides organization expertise in developing measurable objectives and supporting various teams.
Coaches, counsels, provides feedback on the work to maintain positive communication, engagement, and transparency with staff individually and collectively. The incumbent's communication efforts focus both on performance and behavior.
Provides proactive, well-planned communications of all types and media to program participants and LGY leadership, including complete and accurate end products, recommendations regarding LGY business needs, self-serve program analytics capabilities and program analysis are provided to program participants, field stations, VACO staff, and others. Advises project and other stakeholders, including the Agile Management Office on status, directly and through Planview.
Ensures that teams effectively utilize a SAFe Agile lean environment for software development, including the application of core SAFe competencies throughout any effort, to the extent that Data team members sit on ART teams. Directly responsible for interpreting the VA/VBA/LGY All Employee Survey (AES) as it pertains to the PMDI/Data team and its members.
The Chief takes affirmative actions to cause improvements using realistic action plans to improve perceptions of employee experience as measured by, for example, future year AES scoring. Utilizes analytical skill, sound judgment, and the capability to understand, report, and address the implications and ramifications of program/project management, controls, and procedures applicable to the program.
Establishes and governs an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of analytics-based capabilities. Promotion Potential: Full performance level is GS-14. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday 06:00am - 06:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday.
Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management & Program Analyst; GS-0343-14 PD39792-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.
krystal.lake@va.gov · 410-230-4400 X11239
This position is with Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-08.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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