• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Survey and Operations Group's automation strategy, ensuring seamless integration with national reporting systems.
• Design and manage large-scale automation studies, applying advanced data analysis techniques to interpret and evaluate complex Medicare and Medicaid datasets.
• Develop policy recommendations and guidelines, analyze legislative proposals, and draft formal responses to reports impacting CMS survey and enforcement processes.
• Coordinate and represent the Group in activities with CMS components, Congress, and health organizations, negotiating among diverse stakeholders to achieve consensus.
• Manage large-scale projects by organizing cross-functional collaboration across CMS, government units, and advisory committees, ensuring alignment with agency policy and program goals

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.
• Selective Service: Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective Service-http//www.sss.gov
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from being considered further.

Basic Requirement: You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:
1. Attention to Detail - is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail;
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services;
3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately; AND
4. Problem Solving - identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

AND

In order to qualify for the GS-15, you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: (1) Designing or overseeing large-scale automation efforts using robotic process automation (RPA) tools such as UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, or Automation Anywhere.; (2) Analyzing and reviewing automated workflows, including integrations between RPA tools and other software applications, to assess performance, identify gaps, or recommend improvements.; (3) Planning, scheduling, and carrying out end-to-end RPA projects (from business process analysis and bot development through testing, deployment, and performance monitoring) AND 4) Serving as an expert or consultant to senior leadership on the feasibility, implementation, governance, or enterprise-wide adoption of RPA or AI technologies.

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.

Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13059301