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Director, Office of Contract Services

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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Springfield, VA (In Person)

$189,830 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 8 weeks ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/3/2026

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Director, Office of Contract Services Department of Defense Nional Geospial-Intelligence Agency Summary Director, Office of Contract Services Learn more about this agency Summary Director, Office of Contract Services Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/09/2026 to 05/13/2026 Salary $151,661
  • $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade IE 03 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Springfield, VA 1 vacancy Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
  • Travel Required 25% or Less Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
  • This is a permanent position. Work schedule Full-time
  • Full Time Service Excepted Promotion potential 05 Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Announcement number 20260116 Control number 864862400 This job is open to Help The public U.
S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency External Applicants Only Duties Help
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The incumbent serves as the Nional Geospial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Senior Procurement Executive (SPE), Head of Contracting Activity (HCA), and Director of the Office of Contracts Services. The incumbent is responsible for management direction of NGA's procurement system, including implemention of unique procurement policies, regulions, and standards. The incumbent reports to the Chief Acquisition Executive (CAE) and is responsible for advising and assisting the CAE, the Director of NGA, the Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and other senior agency officials on procurement and contracting mters to ensure th the mission of NGA is achieved. Specifically, the incumbent:
  • Oversees procurement and contracting for NGA. Advises senior leaders regarding the approprie contract stregies to enable NGA's mission and stregic objectives. Ensures alignment of OCS goals with the agency's mission and stregy;
  • Monitors performance of the agency's contracts and assists the CAE and PEOs in evaluing the performance of acquisition programs against applicable performance measurements.
  • Ensures NGA effectively uses full and open competition in its acquisitions;
  • Establishes a supportive clime for tainment of DoD small business goals;
  • Supports annual financial stement audit activities; establishes and tests approprie internal controls;
  • Champions a broad range of effective contracting stregies including commercial contracts, other transactions, performance-based contracting and other innovive contracting methods;
  • Leads the development of procurement policies, ensuring all NGA procurement and contracting are accomplished ethically and in a legally sufficient manner by identifying, interpreting, and complying with relevant stutes, regulions, directives and guidance;
  • Executes key governance processes. Chairs the Contract Review Board and serves on the NGA Acquisition Council (NAC);
  • Selects and appoints Contracting Officers, ensuring the workforce maintains approprie DAWIA certificion, educion, and training;
  • Incentivizes and rewards risk taking and innovion from the contracting workforce;
  • Represents NGA and OCS various internal and external meetings, conferences, and other events;
  • Uses collaborion, conflict management, and communicion skills to build and sustain positive relionships among NGA, Department of War (DoW), and Intelligence Community (IC) partners.
The incumbent is also responsible for leading the full spectrum of career development activities for NGA's contracting workforce and ensuring a highly capable and stable workforce. In this capacity the incumbent oversees recruitment, assignments, career development, and promotion of the OCS workforce in accordance with legal requirements established by NGA and the DoW.
Other Informion:
1. Copies of this announcement and other general informion may be obtained through NGAs Website or OPM's USAJobs. 2. Use of postage paid Government agency envelopes to file job applicions is a violion of Federal law and regulion. The Nional Geospial-Intelligence Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerion for appointment without regard to race, age, religion, color, nional origin, sex, marital stus, sexual oriention, disability, lawful political affiliion, or any other non-merit factor. This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Designed or Random Drug Testing required. Security Investigion
SPECIAL INFO
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS
Qualificions
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
Eligibility for this executive level position based upon a clear demonstrion th the applicant has experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry out the assignments of the position. Successful applicants distinguished from other applicants by a review of the Technical Qualificion (TQs) and Educion Requirements, if required. An applicant's resume must show th their experience, educion and accomplishments reflect the competence and professional standing required to provide expertise needed for this position.
RESUMES MUST NOT EXCEED TWO
(2) PAGES. Resumes over the two (2) page limit will not be reviewed and disqualified. Resumes th do not clearly address TQs will not be adeque for evaluion. Failure to meet a TQ requirement will disqualify an applicant.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
(TQs) 1. Expert knowledge of the Federal and Department of War acquisition system (policy and processes) including areas of recent or planned acquisition reform and utilizion of DoW procurement authorities. 2. DAWIA Contracting Professional Certificion (or equivalent). 3. Extensive hands-on experience leading a large workforce and overseeing pre and post award procurement and contracting activities. 4. Experience preparing responses to agency-level and Government Accountability Office and Court of Federal Claims protests. 5. Expert knowledge of government contracting and legal basis for contractual authorities and decisions with demonstred ability in a variety of contracting activities including services, commercially available products, MSA/ACAT 1 level capabilities, software development programs, research and development, and informion technology. 6. Demonstred capacity to anticipe customer needs and independently transle stregic intent into innovive contract stregies. 7. Demonstred ability to transform contract processes with emphasis on speed, responsiveness, efficiency, flexibility, and execution. In addition to the above Technical Qualificions, the below qualificions are also desired: 1. Experience the DISES Tier 2 level or equivalent (examples of equivalent position designions:
SIS-2, SNIS
Executive-2, SES-II, SES-III, military experience the General or Flag Officer level). Such experience could include assignments as a leader/deputy of an organizion or below Agency level, component Director or Deputy, successful joint duty the Tier 2 level, served as a senior functional authority with stregic focus on and accountability for major programs; managing or performing as the senior technical advisor for large programs, personnel or organizions; experience in budget formulion, overseeing, and enforcing Component/agency policy; experience as the approval authority for major command or equivalent policies, resources, and programs; representing specific functional areas interagency meetings; and experience serving on stregic boards, committees, and other groups pertaining to assigned functional areas and knowledge of the NSG and ASG programs. Additional informion
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
1. Applicant selected for this position is subject to the completion of a one-year DISES trial period. (Applicants selected from outside NGA may be required to complete a two-year DCIPS trial period if they have not already done so.) 2. This position requires access to classified Defense Department and Intelligence Community informion. The individual selected must already possess, or be immediely eligible for, a
TOP SECRET
security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Informion. U.S. citizenship is required for the granting of a security clearance. Successful completion of a polygraph examinion is required for employment by NGA. 3. This position is covered under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Incumbent required to file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) with the NGA Office of General Counsel. 4. Employment is subject to requirements of the NGA Drug Testing Program. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS
NGA will evalue your online applicion to ensure it demonstres the Technical Qualificions (TQs), work experience, and any mandory educion, certificion, and/or license requirements, to successfully perform the duties of the advertised position. Failure to provide clear examples of claimed experience levels will preclude further considerion of your applicion. Applicants must have directly applicable experience th demonstres the possession of the TQs and competencies necessary for immedie success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or prive sector job but will clearly demonstre past experience in the applicion of the particular technical qualificions and competencies to successfully perform the duties of this position the advertised grade. Such experience is typically in or directly reled to the work of the position to be filled. Applicants evalued based on job-reled criteria identified under the Qualificion Requirements by a selection panel of senior representives with functional backgrounds relevant to this position. Interviews conducted with those applicants whose resume demonstres the knowledge, skills, or experiences listed in the TQs.
Evaluion Methods:
Applicants evalued based on job-reled criteria identified under the Qualificion Requirements by a screening panel of senior representives with functional backgrounds relevant to this position. Interviews and additional assessments may be conducted. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help None If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicion submission involves applying using NGA's online applicion process NGA Careers Portal . Additional informion concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by ing NGA Hiring Process . Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. To receive FULL considerion, you must submit the following merials via our online portal. a.
RESUME:
(Two-page limit. See below for more informion). b.
COVER LETTER
A required supplement to the resume, elaboring on qualificions and previous work experience, clearly identifying the position vacancy being applied for, and providing current salary along with the lowest acceptable salary if selected. c.
CURRENT SF-50
One copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, SF-50 noting your current or last position, grade, and salary level (current and former federal employees only). DoD SAFE can be used for transmitting FOUO files or Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), please contact the NGA Executive Career Service Team NGAExecutiveCareerService@nga.mil or 571-557-0330. d.
REFERENCES
The name, e-mail address, and telephone number of three individuals th can valide your experience. To submit your merials through our online portal:
  • Go to careers.nga.mil
  • Your first ? Click "New User" to cree an account or "Sign In" to an existing account
  • Click "View All Jobs" or search for "Director, Office of Contract Services"
  • Click on the position
  • Click "Apply for Job" box in the top right corner
  • Complete the applicion
  • Review and click "Submit" in the top right corner Applicants may not be contacted unless they are selected for further considerion.
Per the Merit Hiring Plan, released by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on May 29, 2025, the long-form federal resume is to be replaced by a resume no more than two-pages in length. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, you ineligible for further considerion due to not meeting the resume page number requirement. Upload your resume using the "Other" tachment option in the applicion. Resume must be 5 MB or less in size and one of the following file types: PDF, ODT, RTF, TXT, or Word (DOC OR DOCX). The sans-serif font size in Lo, if available, is recommended. Other available options include Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto, or Noro Sans. Page margins of 0.5 inches and font size of 14-point for titles and 10-point for text is recommended. Please OPM for additional guidance on the 2-page resume.
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
You can apply for the job opening https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20260116&PostingSeq=2 Agency contact informion Recruitment Phone 571-557-1999 Recruitment@nga.mil Address
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Mailstop:
S44-HDR 7500 GEOINT
Drive Springfield, VA 22150 US Next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help None If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicion submission involves applying using NGA's online applicion process NGA Careers Portal . Additional informion concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by ing NGA Hiring Process . Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. To receive FULL considerion, you must submit the following merials via our online portal. a.
RESUME:
(Two-page limit. See below for more informion). b.
COVER LETTER
A required supplement to the resume, elaboring on qualificions and previous work experience, clearly identifying the position vacancy being applied for, and providing current salary along with the lowest acceptable salary if selected. c.
CURRENT SF-50
One copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, SF-50 noting your current or last position, grade, and salary level (current and former federal employees only). DoD SAFE can be used for transmitting FOUO files or Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), please contact the NGA Executive Career Service Team NGAExecutiveCareerService@nga.mil or 571-557-0330. d.
REFERENCES
The name, e-mail address, and telephone number of three individuals th can valide your experience. To submit your merials through our online portal:
  • Go to careers.nga.mil
  • Your first ? Click "New User" to cree an account or "Sign In" to an existing account
  • Click "View All Jobs" or search for "Director, Office of Contract Services"
  • Click on the position
  • Click "Apply for Job" box in the top right corner
  • Complete the applicion
  • Review and click "Submit" in the top right corner Applicants may not be contacted unless they are selected for further considerion.
Per the Merit Hiring Plan, released by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on May 29, 2025, the long-form federal resume is to be replaced by a resume no more than two-pages in length. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, you ineligible for further considerion due to not meeting the resume page number requirement. Upload your resume using the "Other" tachment option in the applicion. Resume must be 5 MB or less in size and one of the following file types: PDF, ODT, RTF, TXT, or Word (DOC OR DOCX). The sans-serif font size in Lo, if available, is recommended. Other available options include Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto, or Noro Sans. Page margins of 0.5 inches and font size of 14-point for titles and 10-point for text is recommended. Please OPM for additional guidance on the 2-page resume.
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
You can apply for the job opening https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20260116&PostingSeq=2 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Recruitment Phone 571-557-1999 Recruitment@nga.mil Address
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Mailstop:
S44-HDR 7500 GEOINT
Drive Springfield, VA 22150 US Next steps Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/09/2026 to 05/13/2026 Salary $151,661
  • $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade IE 03 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Springfield, VA 1 vacancy Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
  • Travel Required 25% or Less Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
  • This is a permanent position. Work schedule Full-time
  • Full Time Service Excepted Promotion potential 05 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Announcement number 20260116 Control number 864862400