Senior Program Manager

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is recruiting candidates to fill the role of Senior Program Manager.

 

As a Senior Program Manager, the incumbent will work with Federal, State, and Tribal governments to implement the programs of the Commission.  Duties may include addressing interjurisdictional fisheries programs across our six-state area, serving as the Commission representative to one of three fishery management councils, supervising field and office staff that work in fishery information collection and data management, and grant and contract management. 

 

Successful candidates should have experience in natural resource policy and management, supervision, and budget and program planning.

 

Full details are available here:

 

Members of the Program Manager job family have responsibility for developing and implementing programs, budgets, staffing, work plans and schedules for their organization in support of fisheries management and or data collection activities. They monitor and evaluate progress toward meeting goals established through contracts and grants and are held accountable for the achievement of those goals.  

 

Essential Functions:

 

• Use seasoned judgment and knowledge of PSMFC mission and programs to serve as a key advisor to the Executive Director. Assure that the Executive Director has a full picture of administrative and technical considerations when program and policy initiatives are formulated and implementation decisions are made.
• Establish long-term planning, organization, direction, and funding in support of numerous programs and projects.
  • Work is carried out in multiple states, with a regional focus, and
  • Numerous agencies are involved via contractual relationships in accomplishing the work, significantly complicating direction of work completion and personnel management, and
  • Numerous sources of funding support the work, significantly complicating the processes of establishing budgets and monitoring, and reporting budget execution.
• Develop added sources of funding for existing projects and programs.
• Develop Requests for Proposals for state/private bids on contract work. Prepare or assemble Statements of Work and negotiate budgets with funding agencies. Edit and combine submissions from multiple sources to balance program/project budgets with available funding.
• Monitor achievement of deliverables, compliance with fiscal and reporting guidelines, and adherence to PSMFC procedures, policies, and/or specifications. Write, edit, and assemble numerous progress and final reports for projects and programs. Prepare components of the PSMFC annual report to Congress and member states.
• Represent and speak for the Commission in national and regional forums. This includes having authority to make commitments for the Commission on issues within program scope that have considerable consequence or importance.
• Directly and indirectly (as second-level supervisor) supervise PSMFC staff. Make hiring and promotion decisions; assure equity in compensation and performance recognition across program and project lines; initiate/approve training, corrective, and disciplinary actions; hear and resolve employee complaints; approve/disapprove recommendations from first-level supervisors on personnel actions. Provide non-supervisory coordination and assistance to agency and contractor managers, project leaders, and task coordinators.

 

Applications received by November 26th, 2025 will be given priority. Please include a cover letter with salary expectations in your application.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

 

Three years of specialized experience** is required.

**Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position being filled. To be creditable, Specialized Experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.

 

In addition to presenting the required Specialized Experience, all candidates must have demonstrated in their work experience or training that they possess, or have the potential to develop, the qualities of successful supervision.