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 Data and Partnership Interoperability.

Duties

Major Duties and Responsibilities: Draft Statements of Capabilities, Analytic Issue Papers, and Capability Requirements Policy and Instructions. Support policy interfaces and relationships with Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Capability Integration and Development System, Intelligence Community (IC) Acquisition Model, Independent Cost Estimate Policy and Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Evaluation. Maintain insight and understanding of customer requirements related to intelligence gaps and non-material solutions. Maintain cognizance of intelligence capability gaps, potential mission or enterprise needs and intelligence capability proposals. Plan and execute studies and performance modeling of proposed IC capabilities. Conduct independent analyses of IC capabilities and programs, to support presentations to the DNI on alternative courses of action, identifying cost and mission impacts and clarifying the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. Assess, document, and validate NIP funded capability requirements.

Requirements

• 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

Mandatory Requirements: Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, or science required Nine or more years of experience in technical collection, collection systems development, requirements policy development, and requirements management. Extensive knowledge and background in intelligence operations providing needs, capability gaps, and capability requirements support to policy, planning, and/or operations strategy and development for a variety of disciplines (e.g., Geospatial Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Measurement & Signatures Intelligence, and Communications Systems). Demonstrated analytic skills, including the ability to draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issues; and to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternatives approaches. Demonstrated ability to initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with IC and other DoD/United States Government elements.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Contacts

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