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PROGRAM MANAGER

Military Sealift Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$127,646 - $165,945

per year

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April 20, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing programs for Navy support ships, like cable layers and command vessels, to ensure they stay ready and meet mission needs.

You'll handle planning, budgeting, and coordination with partners to manage maintenance, funding, and operations.

It's a great fit for someone with experience in military logistics or ship management who enjoys strategic planning and resource allocation.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in developing agreements for ship operations, maintenance, and funding
  • Proven ability to create strategic plans, policies, long-range programs, goals, objectives, and milestones
  • Experience evaluating program progress, effectiveness, operational efficiency, and fund utilization
  • Skills in developing policies for life cycle management, configuration control, maintenance, repair, and logistics support
  • Background in estimating manning needs, justifying submissions, developing POM estimates, and coordinating funding shifts
  • Familiarity with managing budgets, resource allocation, and acting as a funds administrator

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROGRAM MANAGER in the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Directorate Ship Management (DSM), Fleet Replenishment Oilers (PM1), Oilers TAO-2 (PM12) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience developing and updating memorandums of agreement between COMSC and various sponsor activities which detail responsibilities for operation, maintenance, and funding of service support ships.

Experience developing strategic plans and policies including long-range programs plans, goals, objectives, and milestones.

Experience evaluating program progress and effectiveness in terms of meeting scheduled objectives and milestones, operational efficiency of the ship, utilization of operational and sponsor reimbursable funds.

Experience developing policies for life cycle management, configuration control, maintenance, repair and logistics support for assigned ships and establishing performance requirements, reporting guidelines, and performance analysis.

Experience developing initial manning estimates and justification for submissions and developing POM estimates and coordinating funding shifts.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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 manage programs for the service support force ships including the cable laying ship (T-ARC), command ship (LCC), and afloat forward staging base (AFSB).
  • You will ensure that customer requirements are met, maintain readiness of all program assets, and developing overall strategic planning.
  • You will formulate program policy and long-term plans for resource development and utilization, formulating and managing program budgets and allocation of resources, and acting as funds administer.
  • You will execute COMSC type commander (TYCOM) functions including life cycle management, ship readiness, maintenance, and repair and logistics support.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/7/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/7/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12927921-26-RMM