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Senior Collections Requirements Manager, NSIC

Department of the Air Force
United States Space Force Forces
United States Space Force / National Space Intelligence Center

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Accepting applications
Posted today · Apply by 07/01/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Salary
$110,401 - $143,523 per year
Pay scale & grade
GG 13
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
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Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
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Announcement number
SF-FY26-6N-GG-0132-13-SPLSH
Control number
874238900

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The United States Space Force (USSF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH is searching for a Senior Collections Requirements Manager to support NSIC (GG-132-13).

Description:
The National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) is seeking a Senior Collection Requirements Manager to lead our efforts in addressing the nation's most critical intelligence gaps on foreign space threats. In this role, you will serve a critical role for the Center, driving the entire lifecycle of requirements from validation to execution. You will be empowered to develop robust, multi-intelligence strategies, ensuring our analysts have the information they need to protect US interests in the space domain.

As our Senior Collection Requirements Manager, your daily mission will be dynamic and impactful. You will lead a dedicated team, directing the validation, prioritization, and management of all collection requirements for the US Space Force. You will serve as the principal authority on collection strategy, collaborating directly with analysts and subject matter experts to turn intelligence gaps into targeted operations. Furthermore, you will act as a liaison to the broader Intelligence Community, DoD, and other key partners, representing NSIC in national-level forums and shaping the intelligence enterprise. If you are a strategic thinker, a natural leader, and an expert in the intelligence collection process who is ready to make a tangible impact on national security, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for!

Ideal Candidate:
- Experience in a major intelligence organization with a strong understanding of the intelligence cycle, information operations, and analytic processes.
- Demonstrated expertise in developing and managing intelligence collection requirements, translating intelligence gaps into actionable collection strategies, and leveraging national collection platforms.
- Experience serving working and coordinating across the Intelligence Community (IC), DoD, and other government agencies.
- Extensive knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint Doctrine, and Department of Defense (DoD) structures, missions, and inter-relationships.
- In-depth knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices related to all-source intelligence and collection strategy development.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to write clear, concise reports and deliver effective verbal presentations to senior leaders.
- Proven ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of a small-to-medium-sized teams.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices related to the development of collection requirements, including the intelligence cycle, information operations, analytic expertise, and an understanding of the National collection platforms to support security-sensitive intelligence production missions.
2. Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations and mission/functions, inter-relationships and operations; knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices relating to all source intelligence.
3. Knowledge of Defense Intelligence Analysis Program (DIAP) policies and other applicable DAF, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and DoD guidelines as they apply to intelligence requirements and production.
4. Knowledge of common plans and program management practices, procedures, regulations, precedents, and guidelines.
5. Skill in designing and conducting comprehensive studies and preparing solutions to resolve substantive problems and issues impacting effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a major intelligence organization.
6. Skill in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes; and skill to quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and making decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure.
7. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization.
8. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S Citizen.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
  • Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
  • May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
  • Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
  • This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
  • Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
  • PCS / relocation funding is authorized.
  • Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
  • This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Testing Program.

Qualifications

The 0132 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Manegemnt Positions.

Additional information

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

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.

How you will be evaluated

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

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Agency contact information

US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management
Email
HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil
Address
USSF - United States Space Force Forces
1670 Space Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330
US

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