Summary

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.

Duties

The Mission Capabilities Directorate (MCD) drives enterprise technical and information sharing solutions, prioritizes and manages requirements in support of whole-of-government counterintelligence and security mission partners. MCD identifies mission gaps, builds capabilities through full lifecycle program development, drives data analytics and technical innovation, delivers threat RFIs/assessments, coordinates interagency partners, and ensures legal/policy/civil liberties compliance. MCD is seeking an outstanding IT Program Manager (PM) to join a team of mission-focused leaders who identify and develop integrated capabilities on behalf of the Counterintelligence and Security community. The IT PM for Transparency of Reciprocity Information System (ToRIS) will oversee the development, implementation, and operation of this system, ensuring alignment with NCSC strategic objectives, Trusted Workforce 2.0 priorities, and Intelligence Community-wide personnel security modernization efforts. This role requires strong IT and program management expertise, outstanding communication and briefing skills, senior-level management capabilities, and the ability to negotiate interagency agreements for data and information sharing. This is a high-visibility leadership role with direct impact on reciprocity, transfer of trust, personnel vetting, workforce mobility, and secure personnel security data sharing across the Intelligence Community. The IT PM for ToRIS oversees a mission-critical, IC-wide capability supporting Trusted Workforce 2.0 and Security Reform initiatives. This position provides oversight for system budget, scope, and timelines, and leads coordination with IC elements, DCSA, PAC PMO, and other executive branch stakeholders to modernize personnel security data sharing, improve reciprocity, and reduce friction in clearance and transfer-of-trust processes. This position also ensures ToRIS capabilities are developed and delivered in accordance with applicable legal, privacy, civil liberties, and policy requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide leadership and/or oversight to complex IT projects or programs that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with strategic or corporate objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project.

Ensure alignment of ToRIS initiatives with NCSC strategic priorities, Trusted Workforce 2.0 objectives, and IC-wide personnel security modernization goals.

Lead interagency collaboration to drive consensus and mission outcomes across the IC, DoD, DCSA, PAC PMO, and executive agency stakeholders.

Guide the strategic evolution of ToRIS capabilities, including personnel security data sharing, reciprocity workflows, IC PERSEC Passport development, personnel vetting questionnaire integration, and related modernization efforts.

Manage expectations of senior-level customers and ensure delivery of quality products and services supporting enterprise personnel security operations.

Negotiate interagency agreements for data and information sharing to enhance system integration, reciprocity, and mission effectiveness.

Coordinate with legal, privacy, civil liberties, and policy stakeholders to ensure ToRIS capabilities comply with applicable authorities and governance requirements.

Lead resolution of issues affecting cost, schedule, quality, and performance; provide oversight of cost and resource estimates; and support budget planning and future cost estimating strategies.

Drive delivery of incremental capabilities that improve reciprocity, transfer of trust, personnel security record sharing, and workforce mobility.

Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to project implementation and quality assurance by evaluating cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances, and overseeing corrective actions.

Lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather critical information, and make authoritative decisions on required next steps.

Oversee the work of team members and monitor activities to ensure counterintelligence and security policies and procedures are followed.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

This is an excepted service GS-15 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-13 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility.

Education

Do not submit transcripts.

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

The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.

In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.

RELOCATION EXPENSES

For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

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