Chief Data Officer AD-0301-00, GS-15 Equivalent (Excepted Service)

Chief Data Officer AD-0301-00, GS-15 Equivalent (Excepted Service)

Department: Department of Education

Location(s): San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, Kansas City, Missouri, New York County, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dallas, Texas, Seattle, Washington

Salary Range: $179436 - $209600 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in U.S. Department of Education (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). FSA is responsible for awarding billions of dollars in federal student aid funds. Our vision is to be the most trusted and reliable source of student financial aid, information, and services in the nation.

Major Duties:

• APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application. As a Chief Data Officer, AD-0301-00, you will be responsible for: • Overseeing budget, resource planning, and data governance, and operations of the Enterprise Data Warehouse Architecture group, ensuring the appropriate operation and administration of the warehouse, platform, and FTI Data Mart. • Establishing processes for data quality measurement and validation. • Advising the Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation and Deputy COO on strategic issues arising regarding department policy and the student financial aid programs as well as with the day-to-day operations of FSA. • Ensuring all responses to data requests and inquiries are accurate and timely and sensitive inquiries are dealt with appropriately. • Planning, directing, coordinating, and reviewing work of subordinates, sets priorities, and establishes schedules for work completion.

Qualifications: Minimum Qualification Requirements You may meet the minimum qualifications for the AD-0301-00, if you possess the specialize experience. Specialized Experience for the AD-0301-00 One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-14 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1. Experience implementing and enforcing organization-wide data quality framework and governance standards across cloud-based workflows (e.g., designing, building, and deploying automated data validation, monitoring, and alerting systems within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.) 2. Experience defining best practices and tools for data validation, monitoring, compliance, and driving improvements through advanced automation techniques while ensuring data reliability, security, and compliance. 3. Experience supervising employees, setting performance expectations, evaluating performance, mentoring staff, fostering collaboration and accountability, and innovating new operational approaches and concepts in a high-tempo environment with frequently changing priorities. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement). 1. Ability to oversee the strategic management of human, financial, contractor, and information resources. 2. Knowledge of large-scale data warehouse and data analytics activities. 3. Skill in verbal and written communication skills effectively conveying and presenting complex information of a technical and/or policy nature to senior leadership. 4. Skill in setting and overseeing implementation of strategic goals and objectives in a manner which instills public trust and establishes and implements effective programs and policies crucial to the agency's mission. 5. Ability to oversee the strategic management of human, financial, contractor, and information resources.

How to Apply: Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov. Step 2: Create a resume using the USAJOBS resume builder or upload a resume into your USAJOBS account. Ensure that your resume demonstrates your education, experience, training, and accomplishments as it relates to the qualifications for this position and substantiates your responses to the occupational questionnaire. Step 3: Upload any required documents into your USAJOBS account (must be less than 3MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, or Word (DOC or DOCX)). Step 4: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire and attach any required documents. Verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBS transfer into the agency's hiring system. You will have the opportunity to upload any additional required documents in the agency's hiring system. Click “Finish” to submit your application. NOTE: You may update your application or required documents at any time while the announcement is open by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking on "Application Status," clicking on the position title, clicking "Update Application,” and following the prompts. In order to receive consideration for this position, you must submit your complete application, including all required documents, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If the vacancy announcement has an application limit, we recommend that you submit your complete application at the time of initial application. We will not accept any required documentation after the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If you have any questions regarding submitting your application, please contact the HR Specialist listed under the Agency Contact Information.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13