Management and Program Analyst

Summary

You will direct a team in negotiating and executing complex IAAs. You will drive strategic collaboration by negotiating IAAs with federal partners, managing G-Invoicing processes and serving as a critical liaison connecting the Science Mission Directorate with finance, procurement, and legal offices. Your oversight ensures seamless agreement management and compliance. Your leadership and interagency collaboration directly support and advance NASA's strategic scientific missions and partnerships.

Duties

• Interface and communicate effectively with other Government agencies at various management levels to establish and execute complex Interagency Agreements (IAAs).
• Leads daily team operations by assigning, tracking, and reviewing projects, while supporting team development through informal feedback, identifying training needs, and providing objective performance insights to official leadership.
• Primary liaison connecting Science Mission Directorate (SMD) leadership, Resources Management Division, critical NASA agency teams, Outside Buyers, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Procurement (OP), and the Office of General Counsel.
• Manage and determine the appropriate IAA agreement types. Coordinate, collect, and process IAAs across all SMD and NASA stakeholders, systems, and partner platforms.
• Lead complex trading partner negotiations for IAAs within Government-Invoicing (G-Invoicing) and other commonly used federal systems, ensuring mutually beneficial agreements and smooth processing.
• Assess and manage Information Technology requirements for internal SMD-wide IAA management systems. Ensure that SMD remains fully synchronized with federal G-Invoicing requirements and maintain all corresponding system updates.

Qualifications

To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Directing trading partner negotiations and determining appropriate agreement types for Interagency Agreements (IAAs) as the Requesting or Buyer within federal financial systems such as G-Invoicing; Processing and managing agreements Agency through G-Invoicing (GINV), while coordinating IAA execution across executive leadership, finance, procurement, and legal offices; and Managing daily operations for an agreements team by assigning projects, resolving escalated negotiation issues, evaluating team performance, and mentoring personnel through informal feedback and training. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application and have all required information available. We encourage you to provide a complete description of your educational achievements and include both paid and non-paid work in the experience portion of your resume. If you submit a resume that does not contain the required information, you may lose consideration. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: To begin the application process, you will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application process. Once logged in to your account, click on the "Apply" link. Follow the prompts to select your resume (2 pages or fewer) and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Resumes longer than 2 pages will be rejected by the system. Resumes submitted via other document types will not be forwarded to the hiring manager, nor will they be used in the review of your qualifications. We strongly encourage you to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder when creating your resume. Using the resume builder will help you ensure your resume includes important information related to your qualifications and eligibility for this position. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. During the application process you can review, edit, delete and update your information. We'll automatically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the 'Include Personal Information' section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the vacancy questionnaire which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify all required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. NASA's online application process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed information. If you are unable to apply online, please contact [email protected] for assistance. Be advised - application materials faxed, emailed, and/or mailed to NASA Headquarters will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.