Deputy Chief Informion Officer Department of Commerce Pent and Trademark Office Office of the Chief Informion Officer Summary The United Stes Pent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) mission is to promote innovion and competition by providing quality examinion and issuance of pent and trademark applicions, guiding domestic and internional intellectual property policy, and delivering intellectual property informion and educion worldwide. Through the issuance of pents, the USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Learn more about this agency Summary The United Stes Pent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) mission is to promote innovion and competition by providing quality examinion and issuance of pent and trademark applicions, guiding domestic and internional intellectual property policy, and delivering intellectual property informion and educion worldwide. Through the issuance of pents, the USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today

• Apply by 08/06/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 6, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Program
• The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year.ined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $220,500
• $224,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Promotion potential 00 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0340 Program Management Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number EXRD

• OCIO-26-13010596 Control number 876995500 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 Open to all U.S. Citizens. Duties Help The physical worksite for this position is loced in Alexandria , Virginia . Presence the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions th must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situional telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year. A $25,000 recruitment bonus may be authorized for new federal employees in alignment with federal regulions and a signed 1-year service agreement. All applicants assessed for executive competency against the five mandory Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). If your two-page resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of the ECQs and PTQs, you will not receive further considerion for the position. For more informion regarding the SES and ECQs, please the Executive Core Qualificions page. The Deputy Chief Informion Officer (DCIO) serves as the principal advisor to the Chief Informion Officer and the Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the United Stes Pent and Trademark Office on the applicion of informion technology (IT) to improve business processes and outcomes. The DCIO provides leadership and management of the OCIO organizion and is ultimely responsible for the development, implemention, informion security, maintenance, enhancement, and operion of USPTO's informion technology and da assets. The DCIO provides operional and tactical leadership, oversight, guidance and direction for the planning and management of the OCIO and informion technology across the USPTO, with particular emphasis on day-to-day IT operions execution and administrive oversight and management. The DCIO represents the Chief Informion Officer to the OCIO, USPTO, United Stes Department of Commerce, legislive and policy-making bodies, and to various work groups and committees composed of governmental, public, and industry group stakeholders. Specifically, the incumbent provides leadership and management of the following areas for the OCIO and informion technology across the

USPTO:

• Stregic Planning
• Capital Planning and Financial Investment Management
• Workforce Management and Leadership
• Acquisitions and Vendor Management
• Informion Security
• Emerging Technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Enterprise Architecture
• Cloud Stregy and Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Environments
• System Acquisition, Modernizion, Development, Integrion and Delivery
• Infrastructure, Systems Operions and Maintenance and Da Center Operions
• End User Support and Service Desk Operions
• Resilience, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• Da Assets and Da Management
• E-Government and Other Automion Initiives
• Privacy
• Stakeholder Management
• Customer Experience Excellence Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.

S. Citizen or Nional. Subject to a 1-year Senior Executive Service (SES) probionary period (unless already completed). Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx) A Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278, and the supplemental form, Confidential Stement of Employment and Financial Interest is required within 30 days after the selection for this position. You required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. You subject to pre-employment and random drug tests. Must participe in the direct deposit pay program. Qualificions 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. Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin. To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Professional Technical Qualificions (PTQs) reled to this position within your resume. Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 11 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply". Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificion(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. There is NO requirement to prepare a narrive stement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) or the Professional Technical Qualificions (PTQs).

PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

(TQs) : Your resume should demonstre accomplishments th would sisfy the technical qualificions. PTQ 1 : Expert knowledge of and demonstred hands-on delivery experience in a wide range of technology and services

• candide must prove hands-on delivery past performance in least four of the following areas and demonstre knowledge and ability across all of the following: AI, enterprise architecture; da architecture, dabase management, and da warehousing/analytics; cloud computing; software and applicion development; hardware; networking; cybersecurity; IT operions, and distributed digital voice and da networks .

PTQ 2 : Demonstred leadership ability and expert knowledge to lead stregic and tactical enterprise-wide emerging technology initiives to improve and enhance informion technology security, development/delivery, operions, and lifecycle management in direct support of defined business objectives across a large, multifunctional technical organizion which includes a blended workforce consisting of employees and contractors/vendors.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQs): In addition to the Professional Technical Qualificion Requirements listed above, all new entrants into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment assessed for executive competency against the following five mandory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of the ECQs and PTQs, you may not receive further considerion for the position. There are five

ECQs:

ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency ECQ 3: Merit and Competence ECQ 4: Leading People ECQ 5:

Achieving Results Note:

If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participion in an OPM approved SES Candide Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should tach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certificion by OPM's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB)) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. Educion This job does not have an higher-level educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion OPM must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose th to the Human Resources Office.

Mobility:

Organizional and geographical mobility is essential in developing and managing SES leaders. Individuals selected for SES positions members may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizional, and functional lines, and may be required to sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligion Agreement.

Veterans Preference:

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

Tiering:

The USPTO structures its SES positions into cegories (i.e. tiers) to determine the pay range for each position. The cegories are based on the position scope, breadth, functions, and placement within the structure of organizional levels across the Department/Agency. This position falls within Tier II of USPTO's structure. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Policy Stement :

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/index.cfm Employment Informion Resources•

Resource Center :

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to The USPTO participes in E-Verify. For more informion on E-Verify, please https://www.e-verify.gov . USPTO Job Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should request accommodion(s) from the USPTO http://www.uspto.gov/accommodion . The United Stes Pent and Trademark Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discrimine on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service, or other non-merit factors. If you believe th you have been discrimined against and would like to file an EEO complaint, you must do so within 45 days of the de of the alleged discriminory act. Claims of employment discriminion must be submitted to the tention of the USPTO's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity via email ( oeeo@uspto.gov ) or phone (571-272-8292). 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 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. ECQs and PTQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume, and the font size should not be smaller than 11 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "Required Documents. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and required documention conducted. If applicants are found minimally qualified, a ring panel will review the resume and Accomplishment Record. Candides must address all five competencies within a two-page limit using brief written narrives th describes one example of competency-reled experience and demonstres the candide's proficiency in the following competencies:

Rule of Law:

Upholds the principles of the American Founding, including equality under the law and democric self-government. Ensures the law is applied fairly and consistently.

Managing Resources:

Manages resources efficiently and effectively based on current and projected organizional goals, skills, budget considerions, and staffing needs.

Technical Skill:

Possesses the requisite technical knowledge and subject mter expertise to consistently produce timely, high-quality work. Is considered a strong contributor in his or her domain.

Accountability:

Ensures th employees are appropriely recruited, selected, appraised, trained, and retained. Takes swift action to address performance or conduct-based deficiencies in employees supervised. Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.

Innovion:

Applies creivity to improving products and processes, challenges convention, takes measured risks, and considers ways to simplify and remove unnecessary requirements. Candide resumes must provide evidence th supports the claims made in their Accomplishment Record. This document must be uploaded to the applicion under Accomplishment Record. An accomplishment record submitted outside the USA Staffing system will not be accepted. Narrive responses must be in the below form: Competency Title Position title and des from your resume th this experience was obtained

• Describe the situion (i.e., the challenged faced, the problem solved)
• Describe the specific actions you took
• Ste the outcome, results, or long-term impact of your accomplishment
• Name and email address of someone who can verify this informion Superior applicants may undergo one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion.

Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualificions certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the OPM for review and certificion by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive stus (i.e., a current

SES, OPM QRB

certified SESCDP gradue, or SES reinstement eligible). Upon QRB certificion, the selected individual required to serve a one-year probionary period. For more informion regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/senior-executive-service/. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help A complete applicion consists of all items listed below. Required merials must be submitted by the conclusion of the staffing process. Applicions th are incomplete th time may not be Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME :

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages and the font size should not be smaller than 11 pts (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each). You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and PTQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD

Candides must address all five competencies within a two-page limit using brief written narrives th describes one example of competency-reled experience. Each example should document the position title and des when the experience was obtained, detailed informion about the problem or situion, the specific actions taken by the applicant, and the results or outcomes achieved by those actions. The applicant will also provide the name and contact informion of an individual who can verify the provided informion. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion. Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal informion such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal informion before you submit your applicion. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected. How to Apply Help ?

• If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose this informion within your applicion.

To apply for this position, you must complete this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit by 11:59 PM (EST) 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 and upload your resume and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents 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. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and uploaded, (i.e., resume and other required documents) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail. Due to security processes, mail delivery takes approximely 2-3 weeks to process which time the vacancy announcement closed, and no further considerion given to additional applicion packages. Agency contact informion John Edmond john.edmond@uspto.gov Address EXRD

• Office of the Chief Informion Officer Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.

O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), 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, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . The USPTO will conduct a qualificions evaluion of applicants who submit the required merial. Minimally Acceptable applicants red and ranked by an executive-level ring panel. Superior candides may be referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. You notified of the outcome after the completion of the selection process. 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 A complete applicion consists of all items listed below. Required merials must be submitted by the conclusion of the staffing process. Applicions th are incomplete th time may not be Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME :

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages and the font size should not be smaller than 11 pts (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each). You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and PTQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD

Candides must address all five competencies within a two-page limit using brief written narrives th describes one example of competency-reled experience. Each example should document the position title and des when the experience was obtained, detailed informion about the problem or situion, the specific actions taken by the applicant, and the results or outcomes achieved by those actions. The applicant will also provide the name and contact informion of an individual who can verify the provided informion. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion. Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents contain personal informion such as SSN and DOB and some documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove said personal informion before you submit your applicion. You must provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected. How to Apply Help ?

• If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose this informion within your applicion.

To apply for this position, you must complete this applicion and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit by 11:59 PM (EST) 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 and upload your resume and/or other required documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents 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. It is applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and uploaded, (i.e., resume and other required documents) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your applicion. Applicion packages will NOT be accepted via mail. Due to security processes, mail delivery takes approximely 2-3 weeks to process which time the vacancy announcement closed, and no further considerion given to additional applicion packages. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion John Edmond john.edmond@uspto.gov Address EXRD

• Office of the Chief Informion Officer Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.

O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), 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, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . The USPTO will conduct a qualificions evaluion of applicants who submit the required merial. Minimally Acceptable applicants red and ranked by an executive-level ring panel. Superior candides may be referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. You notified of the outcome after the completion of the selection process. 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 Posted today

• Apply by 08/06/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 6, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Program
• The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year.ined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $220,500
• $224,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Promotion potential 00 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Senior Executive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number EXRD

• OCIO-26-13010596 Control number 876995500