OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

Job Opportunities

Job Opportunities

Job Details:

  • Position Title:  Program Manager (Director, Special Projects), NH-0340-IV
  • Salary:  $142,488 - $195,200 annually
  • Location:  Falls Church, VA
  • Announcement Number:  ST-12753363-25-KAM
  • Application Period:  06/25/2025 to 06/30/2025
  • Link to Apply:  Read more about Program Manager (Director, Special Projects) at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/839365900

Please ensure to read the “How to Apply” section of the announcement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conceiving, developing, managing, and integrating compartmented capability development programs to enhance the interoperability, lethality, and cybersecurity of current and future U.S. warfighting weapon systems.
  • Providing and overseeing technical expertise for compartmented warfighting capability development, integration, and transition of new technologies that close time-critical gaps in high-priority and multi-component warfighting missions.
  • Providing subject-matter expertise, particularly in warfighting technologies and supporting infrastructure for evaluation of proposed top-tier capability developments.
  • Delivering technical assessments and analysis to provide recommended innovative approaches, technologies, and capabilities to address near-term and future critical joint warfighting capability gaps.
  • Collaborating with Services, the Joint Staff, OSD stakeholders, Science and Technology (S&T) organizations, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and academia to support the incubation and transition of compartmented capabilities from development and prototype to operational warfighting systems.

Community members interested in applying are encouraged to do so and share this opportunity with potential candidates.  Please ensure all applications are submitted by the closing date.

For application procedures, refer to the USAJOBS posting.  For further inquiries, contact us at osd.pentagon.ousd-r-e.mbx.busops-hrm@mail.mil.

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense,
Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
3030 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3030