Summary

ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the application of disruptive technologies and related global supply chains. Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response that maintains United States' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S. access to goods and services central to its national security.

Duties

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- Support the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) by facilitating integration of the Intelligence Community's analytic, collection, counterintelligence and supporting capabilities as the program director for supply chains.

- Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major defense and policy stakeholders on collaboration progress, issues and challenges.

- As requested by leadership, represent the ODNI in national level working groups, committees, and exercises, including other governmental agencies and associated centers of excellence, academia, the private sector, and with international partners as appropriate.

- Inform integrated national security response planning and IC strategy development; deliver on planned and ad hoc tasking for IC leadership and the defense and policy community; fulfill responsibilities for ensuring effective alignment and timely implementation of specific portfolio efforts to flagship collaboration initiatives; and to that end, identify relevant performance measures, validate outputs, and demonstrate accountability.

Requirements

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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:

- Demonstrated understanding of IC resource processes, prioritization processes, and mission management principles.

- Extensive knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development.

- Demonstrated ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions.

- Demonstrated ability to focus targeting and collection on coordinated intelligence gaps.

- Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically; meet strategic goals and objectives; adapt views and approaches as needed; develop and coordinate recommendations leading to lasting change; and evaluate outcomes against requirements, goals and objectives.

- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment.

- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, develop and implement complex workplans, build coalitions, and consider alternatives.

- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including ability to compile and distill data into cohesive narratives, draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.

DESIRED SKILLS

- Experience representing the IC in engagements with senior government officials.

- Experience working supply chain issues, especially in the economic security or emerging technology mission areas.

- Experience with multiple portions of the intelligence cycle (e.g. planning and direction; collection; processing; analysis and production; and dissemination).

- Experience with industrial base processes, networks, production and acquisition cycles, including assessments of vulnerabilities, chokepoints, and efficiencies.

- Experience in coordinating planning, programming and budgeting activities, to include leading budget justification activities, planning resource strategies, and preparing resource analytic papers, background papers, talking points, and/or other products to support senior leadership in making informed programmatic decisions.

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

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

A current Federal Government employee, selected for this position, will be assigned to the position at their current grade and salary.

Benefits

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