The mission of the National Counterintelligence & Security Center is to lead and support the U.S. Government's counterintelligence (CI) and security activities critical to protecting our nation; provide CI outreach to U.S. private sector entities at risk of foreign intelligence penetration; and issue public warnings regarding intelligence threats to the U.S.

Duties

As the Metrics Team Lead, you will lead a team whose responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Transform multi-variate data into singular metrics that can be understood, tracked, managed, and used to drive change. Lead, develop, and collect quarterly performance metrics to include security clearance timeliness, clearance volume, and reciprocity. Lead the development of the congressionally mandated annual reports to include those on Security Clearance Determinations and Security Clearance Reciprocity. Lead the creation and distribute DNI's Annual Security Clearance Timeliness Letters, quarterly reporting to the Performance Accountability Council Program Management Office and responding to other ad-hoc security clearance metrics requests. Advise the Security leadership and policy offices as well as the Security Executive Agent (SecEA) National Assessment Program. Interact with and engage with United States Government (USG) partners to overcome obstacles or concerns regarding the collection process. Represent SSD and SSD/PSG at inter-agency working groups focused on performance metrics across the USG, representing the SecEA. Lead the development and enhancement of data standards and collection of personnel security performance metrics. Brief and collect data for other ad hoc taskings from the SSD Front Office and/or the NCSC Front Office. Provide independent analyses of IC capabilities and programs, presenting the DNI with alternative courses of action, identifying cost and mission impacts and clarifying the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development.

Requirements

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements: Superior ability to apply quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques to lead teams evaluating and recommending appropriate alternatives to complex issues. Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, including and superior ability to establish and lead IC-wide teams, and effectively and independently coordinate and lead collaborative efforts. Superior ability to understand substantive and administrative issues, exert influence to senior leadership, communicate cogently and effectively with people at all levels (both internal and external), brief management on reviews and findings, and organize and edit written reports of varying length and complexity. Superior ability to work effectively with senior leadership to build consensus on contentious issues and to foster a collaborative work environment across the ODNI, IC, and mission partners. Superior ability to balance responsibilities among security project activities and manage transitions effectively from task to task, adapting to varying internal and external customer needs. Expert personnel security experience, to include knowledge of initiating personnel security actions, conducting background investigations, or completing adjudications. Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including superior ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment; and to lead and mentor junior colleagues. Superior ability to communicate, both oral and in written, complex information in a clear, concise manner that is targeted to and meets the needs of diverse audiences with different perspectives and objectives. Superior ability to develop effective professional and interpersonal relationships with peers and colleagues in the ODNI, the IC, and U.S. Government and mission partners. Desired Requirements: Expert knowledge of IC and Executive Branch personnel security policies, programs, and procedures. Expert knowledge of security clearance reform initiatives and challenges. Superior ability to provide leadership, oversight, and guidance to the effective management of complex projects; superior ability to manage and mitigate risks, assess customer requirements, identify dependencies, and develop responsive project plans; superior ability to estimate costs and other resources using quantitative analysis to project requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree.

Contacts

• Address SPECIAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE FRONT OFFICE Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]