Management and Program Analyst

The Deputy Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC), oversees the Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics (OPAL) operations, which consist of a central office staff and OPAL field activities. OPAL provides comprehensive, strategic acquisition support for VA's highly complex requirements, including strategic Information Technology and medical systems. Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a Senior Management and Program Analyst assigned to conduct special projects, internal management studies, and analyses for programmatic oversight of complex procurement and contracting issues under the Program Advisory Support Service (PASS) Office; Provides advisory services to OPAL Leadership on acquisition management and oversight systems, techniques, special relationships, and organizational alignments; Utilizes complex analytical techniques to evaluate and analyze agency-wide systems and applications to determine whether the current acquisition systems efficiently accomplish the objectives sought and provide the necessary controls for sound management; Coordinates with acquisition and logistics offices in support of highly technical or complex contract support where little, if any, precedence exists; Advises on new acquisition and logistics policies that impacts the readiness of OPAL programs and inter-related Other Government Agencies (OGA); Conducts oversight into the development of a wide range of the most complex policies and procedures impacting critical processes and functions of the OPAL acquisition program; Represents OPAL units on VA-wide and inter-related OGA projects to ensure organizational objectives are achieved with various VA workgroups (e.g., VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR)/VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM)) throughout the VA acquisition community; and Facilitates as a subject matter expert on legacy and modernization efforts to integrate business requirements and functionality into line-item details and other pertinent briefcase documents (i.e., the VA Supply Chain Master Catalog (SCMC)) for non-expendables contract data and cloud-based momentum applications (i.e., Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS)) for financial and acquisition operations. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST. Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available - Ad Hoc telework (situational telework) as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD20276A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized