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Executive Director & Cio

Full Time
$197,152 – $225,700 Per Year
Closing on Jan 13, 2026

Location:
Maryland, Fort Meade Naval Facilities
Requires Relocation:
Yes
Start Date:
23/12/2025
End Date:
13/01/2026
Offering Type:
Permanent
Hiring Paths:
Senior executives The public
Service Type:
Senior Executive
Travel Percentage:
Occasional travel

About United States Fleet Forces Command

The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite! This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Job summary

You will serve as the Executive Director and Chief Information Officer (ED/CIO), U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet (FCC/C10F) and be located at U.S. Fleet Cyber Command headquarters, Ft. Meade, MD.

Major duties

You will provide executive business, personnel, information technology, and cyberspace leadership for an Echelon II mission-critical operations-focused organization. You will focus on organizational oversight, financial resourcing, and delivery of capabilities relevant to cyber. You will generate substantial positive cyber mission impacts, lead effectively; coordinate; communicate clearly; develop sound business operating and personnel management plans, architect budgets; and advise the Commander in execution of operations. You will be responsive to operational needs, maintaining a focus on results, demonstrate wisdom and judgment that inspires trust and confidence. You will leads effectively by promoting innovation, collaboration, risk management and mitigation. You will represent U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet (FCC/C10F) in exchanging ideas and information. You will communicate vision/ strategy in various forums and collaborate with senior officials across all Services and other Agencies to pursue opportunities and partnerships to improve cyber ops. You will exercise authority over all strategic human resources programming, life cycle planning, force structure analysis, Program Objectives Memorandum and budget development and resource allocation to ensure mission requirements are met.

Qualification

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position within your resume - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit, will not be reviewed beyond page 2 or may be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. There is NO requirement to prepare a narrative statement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) or the Technical Qualifications (TQs). TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. TQ#1. Expert knowledge of IM/IT management; especially the operational management of complex mission critical networks with high availability requirements, the management of security and information assurance, systems integration, the development of policy, and the use of IT architecture to guidance the evolution of information technology systems and networks. TQ#2. Expert ability to oversee and manage large enterprise IM/IT initiatives, projects and programs; including analysis of data to identify and implement improvements based upon the analysis of these data. TQ#3. Knowledge of the existing DoD, DON and FCC afloat and ashore infrastructure, systems and networks support information dominance capabilities; including these systems and networks upon the ability of the Navy to command & control forces and execute assigned missions. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): In addition to the Technical Qualification Requirements listed above, all new entrants into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment will be assessed for executive competency against the following five mandatory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and TQs, you may not receive further consideration for the position. There are five ECQs: ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding - This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: Merit and Competence - This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4: Leading People - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. Note: If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participation in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstatement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should attach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certification by OPM's SES Qualifications Review Board (QRB)) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. 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. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/

Evaluations

Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be conducted. If you meet minimum qualifications, your Application Package will be further reviewed to determine if you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and Technical Qualifications (TQ) listed above. ECQs and TQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume. Separate narratives will not be accepted or reviewed. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and may be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualifications certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualifications Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's application will be forwarded to the OPM for review and certification by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive status (i.e., a current SES, OPM QRB certified SESCDP graduate, or SES reinstatement eligible). Upon QRB certification, the selected individual will be required to serve a one-year probationary period. For more information regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.