Summary Looking for a challenge? Are you interested in working in a work environment offering the best career opportunities? The Vendor Management Division (VMD) is leading OCIO acquisition programs and initiatives. The division drives acquisition planning and development efforts, provides guidance to OCIO management, and coordinates the OCIO's plans and operations in the areas of vendor management, vendor performance and vendor invoicing. Let's join this Team! Responsibilities Looking for an opportunity to be a leader-leading all phases of the IT procurement function and demonstrate: Your skills conducting a variety of special studies and assignments related to IT acquisition and vendor management. Your persuasive ways, advising on matters related to managing acquisition, contracts, and payment authorization data. Your passion to enhance processes and capture best business needs, researching and providing best practices and participating in interagency cooperative efforts to identify ways to improve the IT acquisition program. Your enthusiasm applying a variety of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques. Your passion to mentor and cultivate ideas, advise management and program offices on acquisitions and contract administration methods and procedures. This position is eligible for fully remote work anywhere within the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. There is no reporting requirement. The duty station is the authorized telework location (typically your home address) and locality pay is adjusted appropriately. If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager. If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-11 or 12. Specialized experience for this position (GS-12) must include all of the following and should be reflected in your resume in order to qualify: 1. Experience performing assigned studies/projects related to IT acquisition methods/processes; and 2. Experience gathering data and performing IT data analytics; and 3. Experience advising on matters related to managing acquisitions, contracts, and payment authorization data. Specialized experience for this position (GS-13) must include all of the following and should be reflected in your resume in order to qualify: 1. Experience demonstrating technical expertise and understanding of the IT marketplace to qualify vendors for participation in alternate competitions that do not meet the test of "full and open competition" (as defined in FAR Part 6). 2.Experience of e-Acquisitions or similar acquisitions work flow tool/systems. 3.Experience using momentum or similar enterprise financial management systems 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. Education Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level. Additional Information Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information. This is a Bargaining Unit position and represented by The National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 243 (NTEU 243) This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "moderate". Background Investigation - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. The USPTO participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please visit the Department of Homeland Security Website. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice. Relocation Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid. CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be eligible for selection priority if it is determined that they have exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position by attaining at least a "well qualified" rating of 85 out of 100. Information about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website at: OPM CTAP/ICTAP. CTAP/ICTAP documentation requirements are listed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued. All application materials become the property of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. USPTO Job Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should request accommodation(s) from the USPTO at USPTO Reasonable Accommodations. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. If you believe that you have been discriminated against and would like to file an EEO complaint, you must do so within 45 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory act. Claims of employment discrimination must be submitted to the attention of the USPTO's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity via email (oeeod@uspto.gov) or phone (571-272-8292).