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.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

IARPA is an activity within OESET. IARPA invests in high-risk/high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries. IARPA addresses cross-agency challenges, leverages expertise from across the IC, and transitions advanced capabilities to IC partners.

The Partnerships and Transition Officer is responsible for working with mission-focused organizations across the Government - to include interagency, academia, the business community, and other non-Government entities - to enable and maximize all aspects of technology transition. The position is part of the IARPA Front Office and leadership team and is responsible for:

1. Facilitating the stand up of interagency relationships and engagements to solicit and understand IC mission and technical needs, and work with IARPA leadership to curate and develop paths forward to address the needs.
2. Identifying and stewarding mission partner connections and transition opportunities for new and existing IARPA research programs;
3. Identifying, documenting and reporting of technology transitions and success stories; and
4. Publicizing and promoting IARPA's successes and raising awareness of the IARPA brand.

Although it is a non-supervisory position, the position will have a team of contractor personnel support these responsibilities.

Cultivate and foster an environment for IARPA to be successful in the transition of high-risk /high-payoff research programs and technology investments.

Lead, initiate, plan, and coordinate engagements with IC transition partners to facilitate technology transition opportunities.

Oversee and implement the development, approval, application, and communication of policies, guidelines, and procedures that support information sharing with partners (foreign, military, government, private sector, etc.) and provide a framework for managing the relationships between partners.

Guide, plan, direct, and orchestrate inter-agency and cross-directorate collaboration on programs and technology objectives, and develop a rubric to evaluate and assess these efforts to ensure that they are successful.

Lead, plan, promote, and share information and knowledge within ODNI, across the IC, and with other government agencies.

Initiate, establish, foster, and effectively participate in forums for sharing and analyzing operational challenges across the US Intelligence Community (USIC) and shared with foreign partners.

Lead, plan, and oversee all aspects of partner engagements with leadership, to include advancing coordination with partners, identifying engagement opportunities, developing meeting agendas and talking points, preparing leadership for meetings, developing Memorandum for Records, and monitoring the completion of follow-on actions.

Engage and facilitate collaborative activities with partners and other government agencies; as requested, act as an authority on the emerging technology challenges for the USIC in classified and unclassified settings.

Develop opportunities to deliver technological capabilities from IARPA to USIC mission users in the Field; establish frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of these transition activities; and hold mission partners accountable for active participation in technology development, delivery, and adoption.

Lead, manage, and organize U.S. Government working groups, meeting, boards, and other forums to exchange information, develop recommendations, resolve issues, and implement specific policies regarding partner relations issues.

Build a "Front Door" for the identification and consolidation of intelligence resource gaps across the USIC that inhibit mission users' access to capabilities, and implement strategies and procedures that are designed to overcome the "valley of death".

Work across the emerging technology ecosystem to identify technologies and transition opportunities that fulfill mission need, and that IARPA can mature for USIC mission users.

Research, coordinate, and capture transition successes from past and present research programs, and identify and facilitate new technology transition opportunities.

Develop and implement a strategic communications plan that promotes and publicizes IARPA's brand and success stories.

Document and report required transition and publication metrics to Congress and Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Oversee and lead all activities of the office, including budget planning and financial execution, oversight of contractor teams, and general office operations.

Guide the planning, preparation, and presentation of briefing papers, meeting guidance, publicity articles, website content, and other related information.

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

Mandatory Requirements:

Superior ability to engage with mission customers and to convert challenges into technology solutions within USIC mission and field environments.

Superior ability to lead a professional staff in successfully defining and managing complex programs and projects that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure timelines, costs, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved according to approved plans.

Expert experience with and knowledge of the IC, intelligence policy, intelligence operations, and situational awareness.

Expert knowledge and extensive experience working with individual partners including foreign, military, federal, state, local, tribal entities, and/or private sector partners.

Expert experience and knowledge of inter-agency coordination and operations to sustain effective working relationships with other U.S. Government departments, agencies, and centers - including foreign and non-Government partners.

Expert experience and knowledge of effective working relationships with foreign governments (i.e., intelligence services, law enforcement, military, ministries, etc.) with emphasis on counterintelligence, security procedures, and official policy guidelines on relationships with foreign liaison service.

Superior ability to lead and support cooperative relationships within the U.S. Government and partners in protecting the U.S. and its interests abroad.

Expert knowledge of intelligence analysis, consensus building, as well as the application and integration of utilizing cooperative relationships within the IC, U.S. Government, and foreign partners in protecting the U.S. and its interest abroad.

Superior ability to develop effective plans for complex interagency projects, taking into account a range of considerations and ensuring that the activities can be successfully completed.

Superior ability to manage sensitive matters and/or complex problems, make key contributions to group efforts, and exercise appropriate leadership and initiative.

Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment.

Superior ability to listen to, clarify, and convey understanding of others' ideas, comments, and questions as well as demonstrated ability to integrate and build upon varied opinions in a manner that encourages the development of integrated solutions and way ahead strategies.

Superior ability to communicate complex information clearly, concisely, and in a manner that is targeted to and meets the needs of varied audiences with different perspectives and objectives.

Desired Requirements:

Ten years of experience leading strategic planning, managing, and directing the successful efforts of a government or private organization or sixteen or more years of experience in technical collection, collection system development, requirements policy development or requirements management.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area.

Awareness of the technical capabilities in industry, national labs and academia that could be brought to bear on IC R&D challenges.

Demonstrated expertise in contract administration, fiscal management, and budget execution for the purpose of program planning and administration

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.