The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

Duties

Ensure recognition of identified program needs to inform and begin the requirements validation process. Lead and integrate functional teams to analyze potential program requirements and refine program requirements and continuously coordinate with users to determine appropriate interpretation. Conduct advanced acquisition planning and programming to produce the acquisition and investment strategy and program plan and coordinate the acquisition through the contracting process (e.g., contracting milestones, solicitation, source selection, award, negotiation, and administration). Lead, plan, organize, staff, and monitor specific acquisition programs to ensure they meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements throughout the life cycle and maintain accountability for accurate and credible cost, schedule, and performance reporting. Establish and oversee a risk management approach to ensure program success. Manage ongoing working relationships and expectations with customers, stakeholders, users, and decision authorities throughout the program life cycle. Ensure mission assurance (e.g. quality, maintainability, affordability, supportability, and training) for products and/or services throughout the life cycle. Lead for re-competition of contracts reaching end of life.

Requirements

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements: Superior skill to align programs with strategic goals. Expert understanding of roles and missions of enterprise (e.g., agency, department, IC) and other external factors. Expert understanding of the organization's financial processes to prepare, justify, and administer the project/program budget. Superior ability to oversee procurement and contracting processes, monitor expenditures and analyze cost-benefits to achieve results, Superior ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships, especially in difficult situations (e.g. when defending or critiquing a position). Superior ability to demonstrate and foster respect, understanding, courtesy, tact, and empathy. Expert knowledge to identify and understand issues, problems, different sources throughout the IC and external agencies to draw conclusions. Superior ability to choose an approach, develop solutions, and take action consistent with IC values, available facts, constraints, and probable consequences. Expert understanding of the interrelationships among organizations and components of the IC. Expert understanding of how one's own work impacts, and is impacted by the mission and operations of IC organizations and components, and uses this information to maximize contribution to mission accomplishment. Superior ability to identify and reconcile gaps, uncertainties, and key assumptions of data. Superior ability to integrate evidence and information; evaluate and prioritize alternatives, and assess similarities and differences in data to develop findings and conclusions. Superior ability to use experiences and challenges as opportunities to improve and become more effective. Expert ability to identify, interpret, comply, and with and stay current on relevant regulations, guidelines, laws, and Directives. Desired Requirements: Desired Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or technical discipline such as Engineering or Information Technology. Desired Certifications/Licenses: Project/Program Management Advanced/Expert Level certification or equivalent. Contract Officer Technical Representative II, III, or IV certification.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Contacts

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