Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Program and Project Management

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office Of Program And Project Management

The Public Buildings Service (PBS) is the landlord for the civilian Federal Government. PBS manages approximately 360 million rentable square feet of workspace for federal employees, including more than 1,600 Federally owned assets and almost 7,000 leased spaces. The Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC), Office of Program and Project Management, serves as a strategic leader, supporting the management of construction programs and projects, while acting as a critical link between congressional funding, federal agency requirements, infrastructure development, and PBS staff.

The DAC, Office of Program and Project Management is responsible for supporting the development and execution of a strategic vision that ensures each program/project not only meets the specific functional requirements of federal agencies; but also, maximizes the long-term value and performance of the federal real estate portfolio. The DAC, Office of Program and Project Management also manages and oversees agency wide activities to ensure the rigorous adherence to budget parameters while maintaining exceptional standards of design and functionality.

This oversight involves a sophisticated analysis of proposed plans, evaluating each program/project's alignment with broader strategic objectives, significant financial resources, potential return on investment, and its capacity to support the operational needs of Federal agencies, GSA, and the public.

Additionally, the DAC:

• Leads change, develops innovative solutions to complex programmatic challenges, leverages organizational knowledge, and advances meaningful and impactful improvements to the Office of Program and Project Management; while translating high-level strategic goals into actionable initiatives, partners with Assistant Commissioner (AC) to implement national strategies, monitors performance measures and metrics for program effectiveness, contributes to the strategic planning process, identifies opportunities, addresses challenges, and develops business plans for implementation.
• Uses business acumen to adapt to changing client requirements, identifies new opportunities, makes adjustments and strategic decisions to contribute to overall agency goals and milestones.
• Makes high level data driven decisions regarding programmatic operations, functions, and activities managed and/or facilitated by the Program and Project Management office; while driving results and building coalitions to ensure effectiveness in accomplishing major internal and external GSA/PBS and agency priorities.
• Develops an effective risk assessment framework for program office, while creating accountability mechanisms, identifies business standards, measures and/or benchmarks related costs, best practices, customer satisfaction, and quality sufficient enough to ensure outcomes meet the highest organizational standards with adherence to Federal laws and regulations.
• Ensures cost-effective program execution by identigying and implementing cost-saving initiatives, demonstrating fiscal responsiblity, and strategic financial management. This requires and in-depth understanding of organizational budgeting, resource constraints, and long-term planning.

INFORMATION SESSION: PBS will be hosting a Hiring Information Session to review the job, PBS mission, the GSA Organization, and the SES application process. This will allow all applicants/attendees an opportunity to ask questions. Please join us on Thursday, July 2 @ 11:00 am (EST).