Deputy Director of Operations, Programs, Technology and Information Management-OPTIM

The Deputy Director of Operations, Programs, Technology and Information Management (OPTIM), participates in the formulation of basic policies and provides direction and leadership needed to ensure maintenance of the delicate balance between producers and consumers in the American system of free enterprise. Shares responsibility for identifying emerging problems, which warrant the Commission's attention in these statutory areas, developing legal theories and enforcement techniques to cope with such problems, and mobilizing and sharing in the direction of the enforcement program. The incumbent acts for the Director in resolving both administrative and substantive legal matters, shares responsibility with the Director in achieving efficient operations and a maximum degree of accomplishment in all phases of the work of the Bureau, and keeps the Director informed of important developments. Subject to the Director's discretion, the Deputy Director (OPTIM) directly manages the Premerger Notif