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Senior Production Manager, NSIC

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

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Overview

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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
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
SF-FY27-6N-GG-0132-13-SPLSH
Control number
889725900

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The United States Space Force (USSF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH is searching for a Senior Production Manager to support NSIC (GG-0132-13).

This position is covered by the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS). For additional information about DCIPS, click here: https://dcips.defense.gov/

Description:
The Senior Production Manager leads and orchestrates the production lifecycle for finished all-source intelligence deliverables. This role serves as the authoritative operational gateway between intelligence analysts, collection managers, the Director of Analysis, and end consumers (national policymakers, combatant commands, acquisition professionals, and executive leadership). This position is also expected to lead, supervise, and mentor the junior production managers.


Ideal Candidate:
Senior-level (GG-13 equivalent) professional experience in allsource intelligence analysis, specifically focused on foreign counterspace capabilities, cyber, and/or electronic warfare.
Proven track record of managing intelligence team production, coordinating workflows, tracking customer satisfaction, and adjusting production lines based on consumer feedback.
Experience leading analytical teams, directing junior analysts, and managing complex intelligence projects to support Science and Technology Intelligence (S&TI).
Extensive knowledge of the full range of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and multi-source intelligence information systems.
Mastery of advanced analytical principles and database manipulation to produce detailed, high-integrity analyses of complex technical information. Solid understanding of the Joint, DoD, and National Intelligence Community (IC) structures, missions, and inter-relationships.
Skill in conducting unbiased complex research and translating intelligence gaps into actionable collection requirements (utilizing tools like COLISEUM, TABLEAU, email, and phone).
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to synthesize large, disparate datasets into clear, concise intelligence products.
A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required for this professional category. An advanced intelligence-related or professional/scientific degree is highly desirable.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1 Knowledge of the full range of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and practices to use multi-source intelligence information systems to capture data in order to make recommendations in developing counterspace cyber intelligence capabilities and threat assessments to interpret policy and commit resources.
2. Knowledge of advanced analytical principles, concepts, and methods to produce detailed analyses of complex information/situations attained from multiple sources, to include database manipulation.
3. Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations, and mission/functions, inter-relationships and operations; to include application of counterspace cyber and/or electronic warfare elements, their design, mission, and operation.
4. Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing collection requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers, customers, and clients.
5. Skill in communicating effectively with others, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes. 6. Ability to maintain control of classified material, quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure based on mature judgment and experience and present and/or defend a position effectively.

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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 and may be made available.
  • 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 Drug Demand Reduction Program.
  • Incumbent may be subject to psychological screening/ polygraph testing as an inherent primary requirement of their position.
  • An advanced intelligence-related or professional/scientific degree is desirable.

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
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