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.

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 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.

SCO is seeking a senior executive to lead this campaign. This individual will understand and articulate the challenges facing the IC's sensor architecture and spectrum usage, wield the technical expertise and managerial acumen to oversee capability development and architecture planning, and embody the ethos required to ensure success of this no-fail mission. Reporting to the Director of SCO, who is also the Milestone Decision Authority, the lead of this campaign will drive end-to-end integration, oversee acquisitions and capability development efforts, and promote automation and resiliency to deliver speed and durability to mission users.

Build and oversee a team to execute the Space & Sensors campaign, integrating acquisition oversight and spectrum coordination to evolve community capabilities.

Lead a professional staff, assess performance, oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal and professional development. Interact with managers to ensure compliance and collaboration with policies that aid in developing the organizational culture.

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

Conduct advanced acquisition planning and programming to produce acquisition and investment strategies and program plans. Focus on establishing an automated and resilient space and sensors architecture for the community.

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.

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.

Lead Intelligence Community Spectrum tasks, to include all IC Spectrum Council efforts, international spectrum allocation decisions, and related standards-setting determinations.

Work across IC and DoW organizations to understand potential mission and cost impacts of vacating portions of spectrum.

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.

Create and sustain partnerships with other IC elements.

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.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

All applicants will be assessed for executive competency against the five mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). If your two-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs you will not receive further consideration for the position. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review current information regarding ECQs. For information regarding ECQs, please visit the Executive Core Qualifications page on the OPM website.

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

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs)

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualification (ICSOCQ) listed below in your resume. RESUMES MUST NOT EXCEED TWO (2) PAGES. Resumes over the two (2)-page limit will not be reviewed and will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, educations, and accomplishments applicable to the qualifications. If your resume does not demonstrate evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position.

All applicants will be assessed for executive competency against the following five mandatory ECQs. For more information regarding ECQs, please visit the Executive Core Qualifications page on the OPM website.

ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and Principles of the American Founding
This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people.

ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency
This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades.

ECQ 3: Merit and Competence
This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality.

ECQ 4: Leading People
This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable.

ECQ 5: Achieving Results
This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors.

ISCOCQ: Leading the Intelligence Enterprise
This core qualification involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the Intelligence Community's mission and to lead and leverage cross-organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this senior officer qualification is a deep understanding of the intelligence enterprise and a shared commitment to the IC's core values.

Expert and demonstrated knowledge of Intelligence Community Program Management.

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

Superior 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.

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

Superior 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.

Expert 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.

Desired Requirements:

Demonstrated experience supporting the development of Intelligence Community capabilities.

Demonstrated experience supporting Intelligence Community Spectrum activities.

Demonstrated experience building acquisition systems.

Certifications in Project/Program Management preferred.

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.