Clarification from the agency

Internal to an Agency = Open to current permanent ODNI employees Federal Employees = This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. ODNI Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Applicants from federal agencies may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency.

ODNI's Policy and Capabilities (P&C) Directorate is squarely focused on winning the geostrategic competition to secure America's future. P&C establishes the IC's strategic roadmap, develops requisite IC policies, and drives technology capabilities in alignment with national priorities.

Within P&C, the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) leads DNI-directed, results-oriented campaigns in key contested areas, including Mission Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Compute, and Space & Sensors. These campaigns run from 18-36 months and are focused on establishing multi-agency capabilities that will transform the intelligence community (IC).

The Space and Sensors campaign is a bold, enterprise-wide effort to harness the power of Space and Sensors to revolutionize the way IC tasks, collects, processes, exploits, and disseminates insights. The Space and Sensors campaign will focus on establishing an automated and resilient space and sensors architecture for the community. It will produce solutions that improve the IC's ability to deliver unprompted warning and improve the IC's ability to make sense of increasing amounts of data and information. By leveraging innovative partnerships between government and industry, the campaign is committed to rapid prototyping, testing, and deployment of Space and Sensors solutions. The campaign will address technical, research, infrastructure, data and policy elements needed to build a multi-INT collection orchestration and multi-INT fusion solution.

Lead Intelligence Community Spectrum tasks to include all IC Spectrum Council executive support and International spectrum allocation decisions and related standards-setting determinations.

Coordinate ODNI chairing of the IC Spectrum Council and will collaborate across the community to ensure representation of IC equities, as well as IC mission focus on support to preparation activities for the World Radio Conference.

Ensure recognition of identified program needs to inform and begin the requirements validation process.

Lead and integrate functional teams to analyze potential program requirements and refine program requirements and continuously coordinate with users to determine appropriate interpretation.

Conduct advanced acquisition planning and programming to produce the acquisition and investment strategy and program plan and coordinate the acquisition through the contracting process (e.g., contracting milestones, solicitation, source selection, award, negotiation, and administration). Focus on establishing an automated and resilient space and sensors architecture for the community.

Oversee the preparation, justification, and/or administration of budgets and monitor expenditures for program areas.

Lead, plan, organize, staff, and monitor specific acquisition programs to ensure they meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements throughout the life cycle and maintain accountability for accurate and credible cost, schedule, and performance reporting. Lead efforts to dramatically upscale IC compute and processing infrastructure, ensuring automated and resilient architectures.

Establish and oversee a risk management approach to ensure program success. Manage ongoing working relationships and expectations with customers, stakeholders, users, and decision authorities throughout the program life cycle. Oversee, monitor, and approved the technical strategy against requirements.

Ensure mission assurance (e.g. quality, maintainability, affordability, supportability, and training) for products and/or services throughout the life cycle.

Assist in representing ODNI positions, priorities, and/or perspectives to National policy makers, Congress, OMB and White House staff, and other government agencies.

Assist in leading legislatively and policy mandated activities and in formulating the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget.

Embody and foster a culture of excellence, respect, team pride, urgency of mission, and playing to win.

Ensure mission assurance (e.g. quality, maintainability, affordability, supportability, and training) for products and/or services throughout the life cycle.

Conditions of employment

Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.

Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees.

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS

All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Extensive understanding of Intelligence Community Spectrum tasks to include all IC Spectrum Council and International spectrum allocation decisions and related standards-setting determinations.

Extensive understanding of roles and missions of enterprise (e.g., agency, department, IC) and other external factors. Superior ability to perceive organizational and political reality and expert understanding of how actions by one entity affect others to identify practical solutions for enterprise mission accomplishment.

Extensive and demonstrated knowledge of Intelligence Community Program Management.

Demonstrated ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Includes the ability to carry out an organizational vision in a continuously changing environment.

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with senior leaders from inside and outside the USG, to advocate and advance ODNI policy, and to communicate, coordinate, and develop a professional network across the IC, academia, and industry.

Superb oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to collect, filter, and synthesize data, and produce clear, logical, and concise products.

Extensive leadership and managerial capabilities, including the ability to effectively direct taskings, assess and manage performance, and support professional development of staff.

Demonstrated ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Includes the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.

Record of success in building teams, leading change, and working effectively with others in a complex and evolving environment.

Extensive ability to plan, manage and complete complex, multi-faceted projects involving government and contractor personnel.

Proven critical thinking skills and the ability to prepare finished assessments of organizational issues and other written products with an emphasis on clear organization, and concise and logical presentation.

Experience working in or with the Intelligence Community and demonstrating a broad knowledge of the IC mission, objectives, policies, and current events within the IC.

Demonstrated ability to identify, interpret, comply, and with and stay current on relevant regulations, guidelines, laws, and directives.

Desired Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience supporting the development of Intelligence Community Programs.

Demonstrated experience supporting Intelligence Community Spectrum issues.

Demonstrated experience supporting Intelligence Community Spectrum Council activities.

Demonstrated experience building acquisition systems.

Project/Program Management Advanced/Expert Level certification or equivalent.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.