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Program Specialist
Headquarters, NASA · Posted 29 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $122K – $158K Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESTJISTJ Operations
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As a Program Specialist within the NASA Headquarters Office of the Chief Financial Officer, you will serve as the Agency lead for enterprise-wide conference operations. You will direct coordination, executive reporting, quality control, and compliance oversight; adjudicate high-cost travel and conference requests; lead cross-Center subject matter expert teams; and brief the NASA Administrator and executive counterparts on spending, performance, and federal mandates.
What You'll Do
- →Provide leadership for the coordination, oversight, and reporting of conference attendance, sponsorships, expenditures, and compliance metrics across the Agency.
- →Develop and deliver high-level reports and strategic briefings on conference activities, expenditures, and outcomes to senior Agency leadership and executive stakeholders.
- →Lead cross-functional teams of subject matter experts across NASA Centers to evaluate, develop, and implement enterprise-wide improvements to conference management processes.
- →Design and enforce quality control frameworks that monitor conference spending, mitigate financial risk, and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.
- →Translate Congressional mandates, Office of Management and Budget memorandums, and federal guidelines into enterprise-wide NASA conference and travel directives.
- →Review and adjudicate high-cost or sensitive conference requests for alignment with the Federal Travel Regulation, NASA Procedural Requirements, and Agency targets.
- →Exercise final adjudicative authority and execute conditional approvals for exceptional and premium-class travel authorizations supporting NASA mission requirements.
- →Apply data analytics to measure return on investment of conference operations and integrate conference tracking tools with NASA travel and business systems.
Personality Fit
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