Deputy Manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program Position Available In Brevard, Florida

Deputy Manager, Explorion Ground Systems Program Nional Aeronautics and Space Administrion John F. Kennedy Space Center Summary Serves as Deputy to the Program Manager for Explorion Ground Systems (EGS) Program. In conjunction with the Program Manager (PM), is responsible for the management, leadership, and direction to ensure safe and effective execution of all EGS Program systems development and processing and integrion requirements and the implemention of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) goals and objectives in this area of responsibility. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/17/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $215,181

• $221,167 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Kennedy Space Center, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—NASA may consider reimbursement of relocion expenses based on Agency discretion and/or organizional needs; relocion expense reimbursement is not guaranteed. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

KSC-25-ES-12750211

Control number 838985500 This job is open to Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Clarificion from the agency The area of considerion for this position is all groups of qualified individuals within the civil service, Senior Executive Service (SES) reinstement eligible, and SES Candide Development Program certified gradues with noncompetitive eligibility. A person is considered to be in the civil service only if occupying a civil service position the time of applicion. Duties The Deputy Manager, Explorion Ground Systems Program is responsible for: The development, verificion and validion, activion, and sustaining engineering of complex and highly integred ground systems to support spacecraft and/or launch vehicle processing operions. Ground systems may include but not limited to launch pads, assembly facilities, recovery operions, launch control center, launch escape system, etc. Providing high-level executive leadership and assisting in the overall direction and management of the EGS Program systems processing. Ensuring the organizion’s employees are effectively developed and deployed to provide the skills and abilities to support development and operions KSC. Collaboring with the PM to develop long-range plans, mission stregies, and objectives consistent with NASA’s deep space explorion goals. Providing the executive leadership to manage multiple technical disciplines to ensure the success of assigned programs. Representing the PM on planning, policy development and implemention, and issues and problem resolution in assigned areas of responsibility. Promoting and establishing safety and health initiives to ensure safety remains the primary objective of the organizion. Ensuring th relevant policies, decisions, and positions are communiced and th issues reling to or impacting the Center, its mission, and its capabilities are considered and acted upon. Serving as the PM’s primary liaison KSC, coordining with internal and external stakeholders-including NASA Headquarters, federal agencies, Congress, industry, and academia-and leading stregic planning, policy implemention, and issue resolution within assigned areas. Promoting the goals, objectives, and accomplishments of NASA and KSC through a community outreach program th utilizes the unique skills and abilities of the organizion’s resources. Requirements Conditions of Employment The individual selected required to file an ‘Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report’ (OGE-278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probionary period. Successful completion of a background investigion commensure with the risk and sensitivity level of the position. Successful completion of pre-employment and random drug testing may be required. Must meet qualificions requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Qualificions As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), you must clearly articule and describe within your two (2) page resume evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organizion of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions the GS-15 level or equivalent. Your resume must provide informion regarding your professional experience and accomplishments th demonstre your ability to perform the duties of this position and meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Your resume must also clearly demonstre your ability to meet the Mandory Technical Qualificion (MTQ). If you fail to do so, your applicion red ineligible. If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probionary period) or have successfully completed a SES Candide Development Program and been certified by OPM, your resume must clearly ste th you are a current career SES, eligible for reinstement, or SES CDP certified and year of certificion. Please DO NOT submit separe documents addressing the ECQs or MTQ. Only your resume capped two (2) pages accepted and Any additional documents submitted will not be accepted.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQ): ECQ 1

• Leading Change:

  The ability to bring about stregic change, both within and outside the organizion, to meet organizional goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizional vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2

• Leading People:

  The ability to lead people toward meeting the organizion’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace th fosters the development of others, facilites cooperion and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3

• Results Driven:

  The ability to meet organizional goals and customer expections. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions th produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculing risks. ECQ 4

• Business Acumen:

  The ability to manage human, financial, and informion resources stregically. ECQ 5

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Building Coalitions:

The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, Ste and local governments, nonprofit and prive sector organizions, foreign governments, or internional organizions to achieve common goals.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

(MTQ): MTQ

• Demonstred experience in leading and/or managing the development, verificion and validion, activion, and sustaining engineering of complex and highly integred ground systems supporting spacecraft and/or launch vehicle processing operions.

Your applicion package must be in your own words. Experience stements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference merial constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualificion and losing considerion for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting applicion and assessment responses. Please to review NASA’s guidance on the use of AI tools during the applicion process.

RESOURCES

Additional informion about the SES and ECQs can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) . Educion This position has a positive educion requirement. To be eligible, you must clearly ste in your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and college/university. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major study in engineering, physical science, mhemics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of science is required.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a credential evaluion service th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs. These educion credentials must be deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, click . Additional informion Must be able to obtain and maintain a top secret/SCI clearance security clearance. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. All qualificions requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. We will review your resume to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. If you meet the basic qualificion requirements, your applicion referred to and evalued by an executive panel. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and/or be asked to provide a list of references or additional documents to confirm eligibility. If the selectee does not have Qualificions Review Board (QRB) certificion by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she required to undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. NASA’s applicion process has been specifically developed to ensure th we only ask you for the informion we absolutely need to evalue your qualificions and eligibility. The applicion process for this announcement is the resume-based method. Only provide a two (2

• page resume ( only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions) , which includes informion regarding your professional experience and accomplishments th demonstre you meet the ECQs and MTQ(s).

You may be asked to provide additional documention to support your eligibility and the informion provided in your applicion package. For example, we may request transcripts, SF-50s, SES Candide Development Program certifice, etc. Therefore, we encourage you to have these documents prepared and ready when requested by the agency. If you fail to provide the required documents within the sted time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further considerion. Failure to provide all the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may remove you from considerion. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume to be included with your applicion package. Your uploaded resume may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the “Include Personal Informion” section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, . NASA’s online applicion process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed informion. Faxed, emailed, and/or mailed applicion merials will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion NASA Executive Staffing Address Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US Next steps Although you may or may not be contacted during the selection process, we will always advise you about the outcome of the announcement. If you have questions, please feel free to contact NASA Executive Staffing Agency-Executive-Staffing@mail.nasa.gov. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents NASA’s applicion process has been specifically developed to ensure th we only ask you for the informion we absolutely need to evalue your qualificions and eligibility. The applicion process for this announcement is the resume-based method. Only provide a two (2

• page resume ( only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions) , which includes informion regarding your professional experience and accomplishments th demonstre you meet the ECQs and MTQ(s).

You may be asked to provide additional documention to support your eligibility and the informion provided in your applicion package. For example, we may request transcripts, SF-50s, SES Candide Development Program certifice, etc. Therefore, we encourage you to have these documents prepared and ready when requested by the agency. If you fail to provide the required documents within the sted time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further considerion. Failure to provide all the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may remove you from considerion. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume to be included with your applicion package. Your uploaded resume may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the “Include Personal Informion” section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, . NASA’s online applicion process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed informion. Faxed, emailed, and/or mailed applicion merials will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion NASA Executive Staffing Address Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US Next steps Although you may or may not be contacted during the selection process, we will always advise you about the outcome of the announcement. If you have questions, please feel free to contact NASA Executive Staffing Agency-Executive-Staffing@mail.nasa.gov. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/17/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $215,181

• $221,167 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Kennedy Space Center, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—NASA may consider reimbursement of relocion expenses based on Agency discretion and/or organizional needs; relocion expense reimbursement is not guaranteed. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

KSC-25-ES-12750211

Control number 838985500 ., .