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Posted: February 4, 2026 (2 days ago)

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DATA STRATEGY DIRECTOR

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$126,384 - $164,301

per year

Closes

February 6, 2026

GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves leading data strategy efforts for the U.S.

Navy, focusing on implementing plans to improve how data is used across large programs, managing teams to deliver AI-driven solutions, and ensuring data security and quality.

It's ideal for experienced leaders with a strong background in data analytics and policy who enjoy driving organizational change in a military context.

The position requires navigating complex government regulations and fostering a data-focused culture.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent, including leveraging advanced data analytics for business management in large programs
  • Proven leadership in managing teams and programs that deliver data- and AI-enabled solutions at scale
  • Experience developing and interpreting policies, procedures, and strategies for planning and delivering services
  • Proficiency in data science methods to address operational challenges, including cloud computing, privacy, confidentiality, data analytics, and statistical methods
  • Ability to implement DoD Data Strategy Framework and manage data strategy implementation plans
  • Skills in change management, organizational culture development, and workforce alignment for data adoption
  • Expertise in adopting enterprise data standards, improving data quality, sharing, and security while ensuring compliance

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Data Strategy Director of COMMANDER, US NAVAL FORCES CENTRAL COM. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions.

This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Leveraging advanced data analytics to lead business management functions associated with large, impactful programs.; 2) Leading teams and managing programs that deliver data- and AI-enabled solutions at scale.; 3) Developing and interpreting policies, procedures, and strategies governing the planning and delivery of services; and 4) Utilizing data science approaches to solve operational and mission challenges, cloud computing, privacy, confidentiality, data analytics, statistical methods, and policy development.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will implement the DoD Data Strategy Framework and the development, execution, management, and continual evolution of the Data Strategy Implementation Plan.
  • You will drive organizational culture and accompany teams in change management, influencing adoption of the data strategy through alignment on vision and workforce development.
  • You will adopt enterprise data standards that simultaneously improves overall data quality, data sharing, and data security, ensuring compliance with plans, policies, standards, infrastructures, and architectures.
  • You will implement a global metadata strategy and execution plan to track, capture and manage key metadata for critical data.
  • You will track, manage, mitigate, and communicate risks, issues, and status as it relates to data transformation goals, strategic initiatives, and processes.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/4/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12878376-26-AKN