“This Program Management Officer (Deputy Director) position serves as the Deputy Director for the Insurance Service, with responsibility and authority for sharing fully in the planning, direction, and management of all phases of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) life insurance programs; both Administered and Supervised supporting Veterans, Servicemembers, and Military Families.”
Responsibilities:
- Provide oversight of the development and initiation of plans for the Insurance Service, approving those that effectively translate into specific benefits program operations and management, while considering resource availability and service quality.
- Determine current program goals, short and long-range objectives, and plan the transition of the workforce to meet the changing needs.
- Furnish leadership and guidance to organization’s Division Chiefs, management officials and personnel.
- Perform reviews of program plans, legislative proposals, organizational conformations, technological advances, work simplification methods and information technology initiatives.
- Coordinate major initiatives with numerous VA, OIT, and other VBA elements on information technology, finance, human resources, procurement, legal and legislative matters, among other topics.
- Maintain extensive collaboration with other agencies, organizations and private sector companies, including Congress, OMB, Dept of Defense, Dept of the Treasury, Dept of Commerce, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and others.
- Build and maintain a positive and active relationship with Veteran Service Organizations.
- Address Congressional committees or staff, as may be necessitated within your budget or oversight responsibilities.
- Discuss with the Insurance Executive Director all matters of policy, legislation, or sensitivity related to the program, and recommends revisions or exceptions to policy.
- Review, approve, or disapprove personnel requirements and allocation of resources in organizations supervised by devising effective, economical organizational structures and functional breakdowns.
- Confer with or address public and private sector representatives on trending business best practices.
