Director , Office of Organizational Performance and Integration

U.S.-Food-and-Drug-Administratio; Hillandale (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking a Director, Office of Organizational Performance and Integration to lead organizational performance management, transformation of shared services, and strategic planning across the Agency.

The role requires coordinating complex initiatives, implementing new authorities, and driving data-driven decision making with senior officials across multiple sites. Active-duty public health service officers are encouraged to apply in related contexts.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing organizational policy and implementing new legislative authorities or significant mandates.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with large staff across geographic areas.
• Experience coordinating complex work, prioritizing, and building coalitions with external partners.
• Ability to promote accountability, coordinate senior management decisions, and enable cross-organizational collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Exercises full supervisory authority over OOPI staff and subordinate personnel in organizational performance management, shared services transformation, strategic planning, process improvement, and interagency coordination.
• Directs work through supervisors, plans priorities, assigns responsibilities, and ensures timely accomplishment of objectives.
• Prepares performance standards, conducts reviews, and oversees recruitment, hiring and incentive actions as appropriate.
• Fosters an inclusive, high-performing work environment that promotes accountability, professional growth and innovation.

Job description

This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 8, Band G.

In order to qualify for the Director, Office of Organizational Performance and Integration position which falls under the 0340 occupational Series, you must meet the following requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 10/07/2026:

1. Scientific, Technical, and/or Professional Fields
2. Qualified and Outstanding Candidates

a. Qualified applies to all candidates for Cures appointments. The FDA OTS will use the technical qualifications defined below as a baseline for comparing experience levels and other candidate attributes for relevant positions.

b. Outstanding candidates can be defined by existing outstanding work experience, outstanding performance rating, or both.

Technical Qualifications (Applicants do not need to submit a narrative, these qualifications must be evident within your two (2) page resume):

1. Experience establishing organizational policy, including the implementation of new legislative authorities or other significant mandates.
2. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally to large staff located in different geographic areas.
3. Demonstrated ability and experience coordinating complex work and priorities and building coalitions with partners in other organizations.
4. Ability to promote accountability, communication, coordination, and facilitation of cooperative corporate decision-making among senior management and high-level officials on management, operational, and programmatic issues that cross-cut organizational components with diverse functions and activities.
5. Ability to advance enterprise-wide modernization of operational functions through integrated, customer-focused solutions that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and mission delivery. This includes overseeing performance tracking frameworks, data-driven dashboards, and cross-organizational reporting mechanisms that instill accountability and support evidence-based executive decision-making across the Agency.

Active-duty U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers are encouraged to apply. If selected, officers may either (1) remain on active duty assigned to the designated billet for PHS assignment, or (2) separate or retire from the Commissioned Corps before entering a Title 21 civilian appointment.

Background Investigation/Security Clearance Requirements: Non-Sensitive/Low Risk

This is not a Testing Designated Position. Applicants selected for this position will be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. To demonstrate commitment to the HHS goal of a drug-free workplace and to set an example for other Federal employees, employees not in a testing designated position may volunteer for unannounced random testing by notifying their Drug-free Federal Workplace Program Point of Contact upon hiring.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Exercises full supervisory authority over OOPI staff and subordinate personnel engaged in organizational performance management, shared services transformation, strategic planning, process improvement, and interagency coordination. Directs work through subordinate supervisors and managers, planning and adjusting priorities, assigning responsibilities, and ensuring timely accomplishment of organizational objectives. Prepares and reviews performance standards, provides performance ratings, approves incentive awards, and takes corrective actions as appropriate. Interviews candidates, recommends selections and promotions and oversee recruitment and hiring activities for OOPI. Fosters an inclusive, high-performing work environment that promotes accountability, professional growth, and innovation.

Provides reasonable accommodations needed to best utilize qualified people with disabilities.