Program Manager for Data & Tools Cell

Full Job Description

ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the application of disruptive technologies and related global supply chains.

Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response that maintains United States' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S.

access to goods and services central to its national security. FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions.

The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question.

By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?

Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?

Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?

Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.

How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements?

Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Mandatory Requirements: Extensive experience in providing leadership, oversight, and guidance to the effective management of complex projects; in managing and mitigating risks, assessing customer requirements, identifying dependencies, and developing responsive project plans; in estimating costs and other resources using quantitative analysis to project requirements.

Extensive program management, analytic, and critical thinking skills, including the ability to conduct program and management assessments, identify needs and requirements, and develop non-linear process improvement recommendations for implementation across the Intelligence Community Demonstrated ability to generate performance metrics, coordinate, and integrate execution of implementation plans; oversee change management process.

Experience leveraging non-government capabilities to address key data and tool needs. 1 year of federal contract management experience.

Desired Requirements: Significant experience developing and implementing data acquisition, management and sharing and safeguarding strategies, policies, and standards within the IC and with a wide range of external partners.

Technical background in Data Management, Information Technology, Information Management, or Data Analytics-related disciplines strongly desired.

Outstanding interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the ability to build consensus, work effectively, and independently exert influence to major stakeholders.

Superior oral and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex information and technical data to all levels of management. Project Management Certification.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area. Major Duties:

Major Duties and Responsibilities: Extend and expand the development of common Intelligence Community (IC) tools for financial and supply chain information.

Promote commercial data access and integration with IC tools-particularly financial data.

Establish, guide, and oversee IC working groups, boards, and committees, as needed, to support accomplishment of corporate and strategic goals as they pertain to economic security and emerging technologies data and tool management.

Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to project implementation and quality assurance by effectively evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances from the plan, and overseeing the execution of necessary corrective actions; lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather important information, and make authoritative decisions about required next steps; oversee the development and maintenance of appropriate project documentation.

Represent the DNI or Office on related fora and conduct ongoing collaboration and outreach with stakeholders and partners across the ODNI, IC, Department of Defense, United States Government, and oversight organizations (e.g., Congress and OMB), as needed, to meet mission objectives.

Work closely with the IC CDO, Open Source Intelligence Executive, and other stakeholders to ensure synergy and consistency with corporate ODNI data and tools efforts.

Serve as a Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR), responsible for a full range of contracting activities across the office to include standards of conduct, acquisition planning, contract start up, contract performance, and contract changes.

Prepare, review, and edit Statements of Work and Government Cost Estimate(s); draft and submit contract requests; prepare and defend budget submissions and spend plan for current and/or future task orders; review and/or validate contractor invoices for payment; manage contractor vacancies.