Supervisory Data & Analytics Lead

Supervisory Data & Analytics Lead

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): Bethesda, Maryland

Salary Range: $169279 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: As the Supervisory Data Scientist in CPSC's Analytics Center of Excellence, you advance the agency's mission by guiding AI‐enabled risk detection, data governance, and analytics efforts. You collaborate with program offices, lead standards discussions, support cloud‐native modernization, and provide expert insight on high‐visibility projects, balancing long‐term data strategy with rapid response needs.

Major Duties:

• This position is officially titled Supervisory Data Scientist. The working title is Supervisory Data & Analytics Lead. The Supervisory Data & Analytics Lead is directly responsible for leading, coordinating, and directing complex, mission-critical programs and their associated projects. The incumbent applies executive-level leadership, strategic planning, and program execution skills to manage initiatives that are national in scope, high in visibility, and central to the agency's mission. The Supervisory Data & Analytics Lead: Lead the execution of CPSC's enterprise data strategy, including data governance, standards, and metadata requirements. Oversee data lifecycle management across acquisition, storage, transformation, retention, archival, and disposition. Direct agencywide data quality efforts, establishing metrics, monitoring processes, and remediation strategies. Serve as Vice Chair or Acting Chair of the Data Governance Board and lead governance decisions impacting enterprise operations. Facilitate AI governance activities, including evaluation, documentation, risk monitoring, and compliance with federal AI and data policies. Oversee analytics enablement and adoption of advanced analytic tools and AI/ML solutions across the agency. Guide enterprise evidence‐building and internal data sharing to strengthen evaluation, rulemaking, and mission‐critical analytics. Ensure quality, transparency, privacy, and compliance of open‐data publications and public‐facing datasets. Lead high‐visibility, mission‐critical data and analytics programs with agencywide impact, including multiyear strategic initiatives. Represent the Chief Data Officer and CPSC in interagency councils, federal AI/data governance forums, and other cross‐government engagements. Direct supervisory functions, including workforce planning, performance management, and leadership of multidisciplinary teams. Provide authoritative technical guidance on data architecture, analytical methods, AI/ML evaluation, and enterprise data integration.

Qualifications: In addition to the mandatory education requirement, all applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-15: 1) Leading enterprise-level data, AI/ML, and advanced analytics initiatives central to mission delivery; 2) Directing complex, multi-phase technical projects requiring advanced data science, emerging technologies, and modernization of legacy systems; 3) Implementing enterprise data governance, lifecycle management, and data quality frameworks; AND 4) Experience demonstrating the ability to translate strategy into execution, influence high-level decisions, and foster responsible AI and data-informed decision making. Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

How to Apply: You MUST apply on-line through USAJOBS. Your application must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. Uploaded resumes must include the following: applicant contact information and educational and professional background information including dates of employment and education, salary (and Federal grade level, if appropriate), and work schedule (i.e., FT/PT). Incomplete applications will not be considered and you will not be contacted to provide any missing information. To begin the application process, select the "Apply On-line" button to the right on this screen. Then follow the prompts to login/register, submit all required supplemental documents, and complete the application process. If you are having trouble with USAJOBS (searching for jobs, account password/profile issues, or Resume Builder): please visit the USAJOBS Help Center. If experiencing any difficulties with the online application process (anything after you have clicked the 'Continue to Agency Site' button): please email recruitapps@cpsc.gov between normal business hours (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET; except federal holidays). If receiving any kind of error message, please provide a screenshot or at a minimum, the error message text number.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-18