Supervisory Pent Informion Technology Specialist Department of Commerce Pent and Trademark Office Office of Pent Automion (OPA) Summary This position is loced in the Office of Informion Technology for Pents (OITP) , Office of Pent Automion (OPA), Office of the Commissioner for Pents, U.S. Pent and Trademark Office (USPTO) OPA is responsible for program and project management functions to ensure th the necessary functional and technical requirements are addressed in the development of automion tools and technologies needed to support improvements in Pents business operions. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Office of Informion Technology for Pents (OITP) , Office of Pent Automion (OPA), Office of the Commissioner for Pents, U.S. Pent and Trademark Office (USPTO) OPA is responsible for program and project management functions to ensure th the necessary functional and technical requirements are addressed in the development of automion tools and technologies needed to support improvements in Pents business operions. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Program Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $183,257 - $197,200 per year Special Re Table Number 0576 for Pent Administrion, GS-1220 Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None 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 1220 Pent Administrion Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/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 Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

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Control number 883171800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from current USPTO Federal employees serving on career or career-conditional appointment in the Competitive Service and CTAP eligible candides in the local commuting area. Videos 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. Major Duties for this position include: Oversees informion technology programs and projects, automion initiives, and technical and administrive staff supporting pent business operions. Provides stregic technical and analytical advice to senior leadership on informion technology, pent automion, and emerging technologies, including the development and maintenance of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, including agentic approaches. Directs the development and execution of the USPTO's stregic vision, goals, and priorities, ensuring alignment with senior leadership and other internal stakeholder objectives, modernizion efforts, and long-term technology roadmaps. Evalues organizional performance and program effectiveness using performance metrics, da analytics, customer feedback, operional assessments, and continuous improvement practices; identifies risks and opportunities; and implements corrective actions and stregic improvements to enhance service delivery and mission outcomes. Leads the planning, design, development, implemention, modernizion, enhancement, and sustainment of mission-critical pent automion systems, applicions, da services, and technology solutions th support the end-to-end pent lifecycle, including filing, examinion, classificion, publicion, issuance, post-grant processing, internional obligions, and reled business operions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Applicions will only be accepted from United Stes Citizens and Nionals. Your resume and question responses must demonstre the job-reled competencies. You must meet the definition of specialized experience. Required to pass a background investigion and fingerprint check. Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov). If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year supervisory probionary period. You must meet all qualificion requirements upon the closing de of this announcement. Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. Suitable for Federal Employment. This position requires the completion of OGE-450 Financial Disclosure. Qualificions You must meet the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualificion requirements (including specialized experience and/or educional requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualificions requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. OPM Qualificions Standards are available General Schedule Qualificion Standards (opm.gov) . For OPM Standards for 1220 series are available Pent Administrion Series 1220 . Specialized Experienceis experience th has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service: Specialized experience for this position includes: Managing program operions involving automed informion systems, business processes, or informion management to support efficient and effective program delivery; AND Applying authoritive knowledge of pent laws, regulions, policies, business processes, workflows, and examinion operions to ensure informion technology solutions effectively support the full pent lifecycle; AND Leading a team by planning, assigning, and evaluing work in support of mission-critical programs, projects, and operional activities; AND Providing expert advice to senior leadership, program officials, and stakeholders on informion technology stregy, system capabilities, operional improvements, as well as overseeing enterprise informion technology programs th support the USPTO's mission objectives, including AI implemention. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Educion may not be substituted for specialized experience this grade level. Additional informion If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registrion under Selective Service Law, you must provide approprie proof of exemption. Please the Selective Service System website for more informion. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. If selected for this position, you may be required to complete the Fair Credit Act Memo, which gives consent so th one or more consumer credit reports may be obtained for employment purposes. This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designion of "high risk." Background Investigion - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declarion for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigion. The USPTO participes in E-Verify. For more informion on E-Verify, please the Department of Homeland Security Website . Supervisory Probionary Period- If selected, you may be required to complete an initial one-year supervisory probionary period. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice. Relocion Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid. CTAP candides eligible for selection priority if it is determined th they have exceeded the minimum qualificions for the position by taining least a "well qualified" ring of 85 out of 100. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website :

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documention requirements are listed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the de the certifice was issued. All applicion merials become the property of the United Stes Pent and Trademark Office. USPTO Job Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should request accommodion(s) from the

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Reasonable 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 (including sexual oriention), nional origin, political affiliion, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, pregnancy, childbirth, or reled medical conditions, retaliion for engaging in protected activity, 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. Your resume evalued based on evidence of your ability to demonstre possession of any specialized experience and how well your background and experience reles to the job announcement. Any experience claimed in a cover letter should be substantied by informion contained in your resume. A HR Representive will valide the qualificions of those candides eligible to be referred to the hiring official. Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine whether you meet the qualificions for this position based on the competencies identified in the job announcement. Your resume should clearly demonstre how your experience aligns with each competency. SMEs will review only the informion contained in your resume; embedded links and external references will not be accessed. Administrion and Management Leadership Stregic Thinking Technology The best qualified candides identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview. If referred all relevant documents submitted with your applicion package forwarded to the selecting official, due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and awards in accordance with 5 CFR § 335.103(b)(3), during the interview/selection process conducted by the hiring manager. Falsifying your background, educion, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or for changing your scored responses to questions you've answered, which may affect your overall final score. Please click the link below to review the Assessment Questionnaire.

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//apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13049639 If you are invited for an interview, you asked to bring a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion). 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:

Resume:

All applicants are required to submit a two-page resume (NOT

TO EXCEED 2 PAGES

) . Resumes exceeding this limit will not be considered eligible. Please submit only one resume. Only the document uploaded under the "Resume "section as the "Document Type" reviewed to assess your qualificions and for evaluion purposes. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year (MM/YY - MM/YY) and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest th you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Resume should clearly ste your experience reled to this position as described in the Duties section and Qualificions section. Professional or Academic References - Provide 2-3 professional/academic references (name, phone, email); one must be your current supervisor. We'll notify you before contacting them.

Please Note:

Any experience claimed in a cover letter should be substantied by informion contained in your resume. A HR Representive will valide the qualificions of those candides eligible to be referred to the hiring official.

Supporting Documents:

1. Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) - For current and/or former Federal employees, your stus eligibility and highest permanent grade/step/salary held in the Federal service valided with a copy of your most recent SF-50 , "Notificion of Personnel Action" so th we may verify your time-in-grade. 2. Performance Appraisal - Recent performance appraisal with supervisor's signure showing the official final ring of record, and copy of incentive award(s). In cases where the performance appraisal is incomplete or unavailable, applicants may provide explanion of the reasons. 3. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) documents - CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents: 1. A copy of your RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a directed geographic relocion outside of the local commuting area; a Certifice of Expected Separion (CES); or certificion th you are in a surplus organizion or occupion (this could be a position abolishment letter, a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement, or similar notice); 2. A copy of your SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action", noting current position, grade/band level, and duty locion; 3. A copy of your lest performance appraisal including your ring; and 4. Any documention from your bureau/opering unit th shows your current promotion potential. You can upload your documents when you register or upde your informion on the Dept. of Commerce site which you access through the USAJobs site. Your applicion and all required documents must be received by 11:59 pm ET on the closing de of this job announcement.

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The preceding documents requirement are based on job requirements and individual applicant eligibility. Not all documents are applicable to all applicants; if you are unsure which documents apply to you, contact the HR Specialist listed on this announcement. How to Apply Help You MUST apply online. If you experience difficulties with the applicion process or do not have access to a computer, please contact the HR Specialist listed as the point of contact before the closing de of this job announcement. If you are a new user to the USAJobs Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJobs user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help setting up an account or for general help using USAJobs, go to USAJobs Help Page . Once you have ghered all of the required informion and are ready to begin the applicion process, click the "APPLY" button the right side of the page. You will then be directed away from USAJobs to the Department of Commerce applicion site for USPTO. You must click "Submit" the end of the applicion process to send your applicion for considerion. To return to your saved applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account http://www.usajobs.gov/ and click on "Applicions." Click on the position title, then select "Upde Applicion." If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, OPM has a Help feure on each page. Use this option when you need assistance. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJobs "Saved Documents" feure. Personally Identifiable Informion (PII) Personally Identifiable Informion (PII) is defined as informion th can be traced back to a specific individual and potentially compromise their security or privacy.

Examples of PII include:

de of birth, Social Security Number, and place of birth. Please ensure th you have removed all Personally Identifiable Informion from all documents prior to submitting or uploading your applicions merial. Agency contact informion Angela Cardona Phone 571-272-4318 ANGELA.CARDONA@USPTO.GOV Address PATS - Office of Pent Automion Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJobs System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." The four points of notificion are: 1. Applicion Received or Applicion Incomplete; 2. Minimum Qualificion Requirement Met or Minimum Qualificion Requirement Not Met; 3. Eligible (Applicion Referred to the Selecting Official) or Eligible (Applicion Not Referred to the Selecting Official); and 4. Selected or Not Selected After all applicion packages have been received, we will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and you may be contacted for follow-up supplemental documention. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide any supplemental documents or informion requested by the Office of Human Resources within the alloced timeframes. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, veterans' preference, disability, etc.). You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into USAJOBS . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJobs Account, editing your profile and changing the "Notificion Settings" to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within 2 weeks after the closing de of this job announcement. The United Stes Pent and Trademark Office offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion, sick leave, paid holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. Alternive Work Schedule (AWS) and Telework Program are available to eligible employees. 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:

Resume:

All applicants are required to submit a two-page resume (NOT

TO EXCEED 2 PAGES

) . Resumes exceeding this limit will not be considered eligible. Please submit only one resume. Only the document uploaded under the "Resume "section as the "Document Type" reviewed to assess your qualificions and for evaluion purposes. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year (MM/YY - MM/YY) and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest th you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Resume should clearly ste your experience reled to this position as described in the Duties section and Qualificions section. Professional or Academic References - Provide 2-3 professional/academic references (name, phone, email); one must be your current supervisor. We'll notify you before contacting them.

Please Note:

Any experience claimed in a cover letter should be substantied by informion contained in your resume. A HR Representive will valide the qualificions of those candides eligible to be referred to the hiring official.

Supporting Documents:

1. Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) - For current and/or former Federal employees, your stus eligibility and highest permanent grade/step/salary held in the Federal service valided with a copy of your most recent SF-50 , "Notificion of Personnel Action" so th we may verify your time-in-grade. 2. Performance Appraisal - Recent performance appraisal with supervisor's signure showing the official final ring of record, and copy of incentive award(s). In cases where the performance appraisal is incomplete or unavailable, applicants may provide explanion of the reasons. 3. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) documents - CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents: 1. A copy of your RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a directed geographic relocion outside of the local commuting area; a Certifice of Expected Separion (CES); or certificion th you are in a surplus organizion or occupion (this could be a position abolishment letter, a notice of eligibility for discontinued service retirement, or similar notice); 2. A copy of your SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action", noting current position, grade/band level, and duty locion; 3. A copy of your lest performance appraisal including your ring; and 4. Any documention from your bureau/opering unit th shows your current promotion potential. You can upload your documents when you register or upde your informion on the Dept. of Commerce site which you access through the USAJobs site. Your applicion and all required documents must be received by 11:59 pm ET on the closing de of this job announcement.

NOTE:

The preceding documents requirement are based on job requirements and individual applicant eligibility. Not all documents are applicable to all applicants; if you are unsure which documents apply to you, contact the HR Specialist listed on this announcement. How to Apply Help You MUST apply online. If you experience difficulties with the applicion process or do not have access to a computer, please contact the HR Specialist listed as the point of contact before the closing de of this job announcement. If you are a new user to the USAJobs Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJobs user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help setting up an account or for general help using USAJobs, go to USAJobs Help Page . Once you have ghered all of the required informion and are ready to begin the applicion process, click the "APPLY" button the right side of the page. You will then be directed away from USAJobs to the Department of Commerce applicion site for USPTO. You must click "Submit" the end of the applicion process to send your applicion for considerion. To return to your saved applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account http://www.usajobs.gov/ and click on "Applicions." Click on the position title, then select "Upde Applicion." If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, OPM has a Help feure on each page. Use this option when you need assistance. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJobs "Saved Documents" feure. Personally Identifiable Informion (PII) Personally Identifiable Informion (PII) is defined as informion th can be traced back to a specific individual and potentially compromise their security or privacy.

Examples of PII include:

de of birth, Social Security Number, and place of birth. Please ensure th you have removed all Personally Identifiable Informion from all documents prior to submitting or uploading your applicions merial. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Angela Cardona Phone 571-272-4318 ANGELA.CARDONA@USPTO.GOV Address PATS - Office of Pent Automion Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJobs System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." The four points of notificion are: 1. Applicion Received or Applicion Incomplete; 2. Minimum Qualificion Requirement Met or Minimum Qualificion Requirement Not Met; 3. Eligible (Applicion Referred to the Selecting Official) or Eligible (Applicion Not Referred to the Selecting Official); and 4. Selected or Not Selected After all applicion packages have been received, we will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and you may be contacted for follow-up supplemental documention. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide any supplemental documents or informion requested by the Office of Human Resources within the alloced timeframes. You required to submit official documention prior to appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, veterans' preference, disability, etc.). You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into USAJOBS . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJobs Account, editing your profile and changing the "Notificion Settings" to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within 2 weeks after the closing de of this job announcement. The United Stes Pent and Trademark Office offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion, sick leave, paid holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. Alternive Work Schedule (AWS) and Telework Program are available to eligible employees. 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 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Program Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $183,257 - $197,200 per year Special Re Table Number 0576 for Pent Administrion, GS-1220 Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required 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

PATS-OPA-26-13049639-IMP

Control number 883171800