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Posted: January 14, 2026 (1 day ago)

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SWR Director for Strategy

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

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Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

January 21, 2026

SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to create and carry out strategies that help the U.S. government tackle major threats from adversaries, working closely with various intelligence and government groups.

The role focuses on planning, assessing progress, and integrating efforts across agencies to support national security goals.

It's ideal for an experienced leader with deep knowledge of intelligence operations and strong skills in building partnerships and innovative thinking.

Key Requirements

  • Expert knowledge of Intelligence Community (IC) organizations' missions to develop national-level strategies and policies
  • Expert leadership and analytic expertise in strategy development, planning, and implementation
  • Superior ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues for incorporation into plans
  • Expert ability to evaluate trends, plans, results, and data, proposing innovative solutions and implementing change
  • Highly developed networking skills and experience working across multiple IC Directorates, Mission Centers, and Offices
  • Strong understanding of strategic planning, program integration, and assessment focused on operational activities
  • COTR certification

Full Job Description

The ODNI SWR Program Management Office (PMO) is a cross functional program that spans the interagency. SWR's mission is to identify solutions to some of the most vexing challenges the U.S.

Government faces from our adversaries. The ODNI SWR PMO works collaboratively with the USG Inter-agency to identify and mitigate threats to U.S. interests.

Mandatory Requirements: Expert knowledge of IC organizations' missions in order to develop the national-level strategies and policies necessary to support U.S.

national security and foreign policy interests. Expert leadership experience and analytic expertise to support strategy and policy development, strategic planning and implementation efforts.

Superior ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues and incorporate these in developing strategic plans for the organization.

Expert ability to evaluate strategic trends, strategy and implementation plans, results, and programmatic data, propose innovative solutions, and implement change Highly developed networking skills and experience working with multiple Directorates, Mission Centers, Offices across the IC.

Superior ability to think creatively, operate independently, and closely integrate efforts with counterparts.

Desired Requirements: Strong understanding of strategic planning, program integration, and assessment, with a focus on operational activities.

Extensive experience with Non-Title 50 USG agencies and/or joint operational environments. COTR certification Major Duties:

The Director for Effects will lead our team in developing and executing innovative strategies across the SWR Enterprise.

The Director will be responsible for overseeing various functions, including strategy development, execution & program integration, assessments, and technical direction.

This role will require a strong leader with a broad background, who can manage a diverse team and foster collaboration across different departments.

Lead and oversee the planning, development, and evaluation of the related strategic planning documents in support of U.S.

Government agencies' national security and foreign policy interests and programs.

Develop near/mid/long term strategy documents that provide guidance to needs/requirements and resource/investment planning and programming staff elements and activities.

Lead and oversee efforts to engage senior IC leadership on strategic priorities, intelligence needs and gaps, and cross-IC interdependencies in order to link resources to strategy.

Partner with ODNI staff, Functional, Mission, and Enterprise Managers, and IC elements to promote implementation of mission and enterprise objectives.

Lead and oversee the planning and completion of assessments to evaluate IC progress towards mission and enterprise objectives and determine how well the IC is postured for future environments.

Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve desired effects, leading a team of government and contractors in analyzing complex problems and identifying opportunities for strategic impact.

Manage a team of strategy professionals in designing, testing, and refining strategic plans. Integrate programs and activities across different departments and teams to achieve desired effects.

Routinely measure the effects of activities and contribute resulting to our annual assessment. Identify and work to integrate capabilities into strategic planning. Serve as COTR.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/15/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-12865821-DNI/MI/SWR