The Policy & Capabilities Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. Comprised of 7 organizations, PC oversees IC Human Capital; Acquisition, Procurement & Facilities; Intelligence Advance Research Projects Activity; Science & Technology Group; Requirements, Cost & Effectiveness; Policy & Strategy; and Domestic Engagement, Information Sharing & Data.

Duties

ODNI's Science & Technology (S&T) Office champions IC S&T resources to enable effective and efficient execution of the IC S&T mission; leads and supports Community efforts to recruit and develop an increasingly agile, effective, and diverse IC S&T workforce; develops and sustains collaborative relationships with traditional and non-traditional partners to close intelligence gaps and improve IC capabilities and capacity; and finds, creates, and deploys scientific discoveries and new technologies, nurturing innovative thought, advancing tradecraft, and improving mission and business processes. Throughout this work, ODNI S&T engages with a variety of stakeholders across the IC, broader interagency, Executive Office of the President, Congress, as well as academia and industry. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Advance the mission of ODNI's Science & Technology (S&T) Office by planning and implementing activities related to artificial intelligence (AI), innovative federal acquisitions, and/or the office's broader portfolio of programs. Manage the collection and evaluation of, and advocate for, new innovative technology concepts to enhance operations and mitigate mission gaps across the IC. Manage the identification and review of substantive science and technology intelligence developments in coordination with the NISTC, and inform management and staff of emerging developments related to the S&T programmatic initiatives. Provide programmatic recommendations to management and other major stakeholders by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing data from across the IC. Represent the organization at meetings, conferences, and other public forums to foster and cultivate strategic alliances with other IC components. Prepare substantive findings, reports, briefing papers, and other communication vehicles; provide advice on policies and procedures governing S&T intelligence information. Develop and sustain professional networks across the IC and in operational and analytic communities. Plan and support year-round Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (IPPBE) activities with the IC elements that will inform senior decision makers on key S&T issues. Perform substantive evaluations of the S&T implications of the Unified Intelligence Strategies and develop IPPBE engagement strategies. Plan, evaluate, and prepare estimates of the technical maturity of key technologies used in IC acquisition programs. Other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements: Ability to understand and synthesize new scientific and technical advances from a range of technical disciplines into policy, investment, and/or acquisition recommendations that will impact mission. Knowledge and experience with the IC's technology community, AI, and/or innovative federal acquisition practices, and broad understanding of the organizations, missions and functions, and operating practices of the IC. Oral and written communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers and stakeholders from across the IC and Department of Defense. Ability to resolve highly unstructured and interconnected problems involving both difficult technology and complex human relations or programmatic issues. Knowledge and experience with work of special significance or significant direct effects over a wide region or over multiple programs or may include responsibility for a new technology especially critical to the IC programs. Ability to work within a wide area of responsibility carried out under administrative direction in terms of broad agency policies, objectives, and mission statements. Desired Requirements: 7+ years of relevant work experience, including experience in the field of AI Assurance or cybersecurity.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Contacts

• Address POLICY AND CAPABILITIES Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]