Program Director Supply Chains

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. • Support the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) by facilitating integration of the Intelligence Community's analytic, collection, counterintelligence and supporting capabilities as the program director for supply chains. • Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major defense and policy stakeholders on collaboration progress, issues and challenges. • As requested by leadership, represent the ODNI in national level working groups, committees, and exercises, including other governmental agencies and associated centers of excellence, academia, the private sector, and with international partners as appropriate. • Inform integrated national security response planning and IC strategy development; deliver on planned and ad hoc tasking for IC leadership and the defense and policy community; fulfill responsibilities for ensuring effective alignment and timely implementation of specific portfolio efforts to flagship collaboration initiatives; and to that end, identify relevant performance measures, validate outputs, and demonstrate accountability. This is an excepted service GS-14 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-12 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility. Mandatory Requirements: • Demonstrated understanding of IC resource processes, prioritization processes, and mission management principles. • Extensive knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development. • Demonstrated ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions. • Demonstrated ability to focus targeting and collection on coordinated intelligence gaps. • Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically; meet strategic goals and objectives; adapt views and approaches as needed; develop and coordinate recommendations leading to lasting change; and evaluate outcomes against requirements, goals and objectives. • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment. • Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, develop and implement complex workplans, build coalitions, and consider alternatives. • Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including ability to compile and distill data into cohesive narratives, draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise. DESIRED SKILLS • Experience representing the IC in engagements with senior government officials. • Experience working supply chain issues, especially in the economic security or emerging technology mission areas. • Experience with multiple portions of the intelligence cycle (e.g. planning and direction; collection; processing; analysis and production; and dissemination). • Experience with industrial base processes, networks, production and acquisition cycles, including assessments of vulnerabilities, chokepoints, and efficiencies. • Experience in coordinating planning, programming and budgeting activities, to include leading budget justification activities, planning resource strategies, and preparing resource analytic papers, background papers, talking points, and/or other products to support senior leadership in making informed programmatic decisions. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area. Bachelor's degree.