The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.
Summary
The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.
Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted status; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separation from the Peace Corps.
The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.
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 on 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 "Mission AI Campaign" is a bold, enterprise-wide effort to harness the power of AI to revolutionize the way IC executes its mission. 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 AI solutions. The campaign will address technical, research, infrastructure, data and policy elements needed to build multi-modal, multi-agent solutions.
SCO is seeking two exceptional Mission AI Staff Officer to serve as critical liaisons and facilitators for the Mission AI Campaign. Candidates will be dynamic, organized problem-solvers that will represent ODNI supporting multiple campaign use cases, serving as the primary interlocutor between operational teams and ODNI campaign and technical leadership. Successful candidates will drive rapid solution enablement, break down barriers to integration, ensure adherence to campaign timelines, and facilitate cross-team sharing of functional solutions.
Use Case Coordination & Representation: Serve as ODNI's designated representative to multiple campaign uses cases and associated working groups. Includes facilitating working group meetings, managing information flow, ensuring that AI efforts are aligned with campaign objectives, and addressing operational challenges.
Maintain situational awareness of working group progress, challenges, and emerging opportunities across assigned use case working groups.
Ensure working groups remain synchronized with overall campaign goals and timelines.
Build and sustain productive relationships across organizational boundaries.
Program Management: Track working group progress against campaign milestones and deliverables, monitor risk factors and develop mitigation strategies.
Interlocutor & Facilitation: Act as the primary day-to-day liaison between working groups and ODNI campaign and technical leadership. (U) Facilitate rapid resolution of legal, policy, technical, and data-related barriers to integration.
Coordinate stakeholder engagement and decision-making across multiple organizational equities.
Solution Enablement & Integration: Identify and rapidly address obstacles preventing solution deployment and integration.
Work across IC agencies to ensure multi-agency collaboration and capability building.
Drive toward measurable outcomes within aggressive 6-12 month timelines.
Knowledge Management & Cross-Pollination: Establish and maintain mechanisms for sharing functional solutions, best practices, documentation, artifacts and lessons learned across all working groups.
Identify synergies and opportunities for cross-team collaboration. (U) Document and disseminate innovative approaches that can be scaled across the IC.
Brief senior leadership on progress, challenges, and recommendations.
Participates in and leads administrative working groups to plan and develop internal strategies to address administrative issues and concerns.
Campaign Agility & Responsiveness: Monitor emerging needs and evolving priorities that may affect campaign focus. Recommend adjustments to working group approaches based on operational feedback and changing threat landscape.
Ensure the campaign remains agile and responsive to threats to American technological dominance.
Embody and foster a culture of excellence, respect, team pride, urgency of mission, and playing to win.
Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
Qualifications
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]).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Minimum 3-5 years of experience in program coordination, project management, or staff officer roles.
Background in intelligence community operations, AI/ML initiatives, or technology integration preferred.
Strong problem-solving aptitude with bias toward action.
Ability to navigate complex bureaucratic environments and build consensus
Superior organizational and time management capabilities.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Understanding of AI/ML concepts and applications.
Familiarity with IC legal and policy frameworks.
Knowledge of data governance principles.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to collect, filter, and synthesize data, and produce clear, logical, and concise products with ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Includes the ability to recommend 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.
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 interdependent campaign topics and 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.
Effective communication skills, both written and oral, and ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products
Bachelor's degree.
Desired Requirements:
PMP certified.
COTR Certified.
Experience with agile development methodologies, rapid prototyping or innovation initiatives.
Background in intelligence operations, collection management, or analysis.
Familiarity with government-industry partnerships and acquisition processes.
Experience with privacy, civil liberties, or legal compliance in technology contexts
Knowledge of emerging AI technologies and responsible AI principles
Demonstrated experience supporting the development of, agentic, multi-modal systems.
Demonstrated experience building advanced compute systems.
Education
Bachelor's degree.
Additional information
JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATION
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.
In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.
RELOCATION EXPENSES
For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
a. RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).
b. ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these 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]).
c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.
d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, is used to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.
e. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.
In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Your application must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume:
Classified or government sensitive information
Social Security Number (SSN)
Photos of yourself
Personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
POLICY AND CAPABILITIES
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note that the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your application. You must ensure that you submit all required documentation.
The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing date of this announcement. Due to the large number of applications received, applicants will be contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
a. RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).
b. ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these 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]).
c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.
d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, is used to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.
e. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.
In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Your application must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume:
Classified or government sensitive information
Social Security Number (SSN)
Photos of yourself
Personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
POLICY AND CAPABILITIES
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note that the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your application. You must ensure that you submit all required documentation.
The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing date of this announcement. Due to the large number of applications received, applicants will be contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
