Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Collection Requirements Manager

PotomacWave is looking for a SIGINT Collection Requirements Manager to join our team supporting a Federal client in Washington, DC. This position will provide national-level collection requirement systems expertise and support related to SIGINT. This role will be responsible for assisting in the planning and organizing of INT-specific integrated collection requirement strategies using complex, coherent and systematic intelligence collection campaigns employing national, theater and tactical assets against nuclear and energy-related targets worldwide.

This role includes working with a team of discipline specific and all source collection requirement managers to develop multi-discipline, department level collection requirement strategies in both complex and comprehensive generic templated approaches, as well as specifically focused ad-hoc methods. The ideal candidate will be able to perform a wide range of functions at the highest level of difficulty and complexity.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert INT-specific collection management and requirements analysis on assigned target areas.
• Plan, organize, and lead the INT collection requirements efforts in using complex coherent and systematic campaigns against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets world-wide.
• Write, review, and submit National Level SIGINT requirements via the SIGINT Requirements Tool (SRT).
• Work effectively as a member of a diverse team, accepting and giving effective feedback, and collaborating with other collection requirement managers across the intelligence community.
• Develop and present intelligence collection requirement management strategies and approaches.
• Build, establish, and maintain relationships with key national, Departmental, IC and military partners.
• Represent the Department on SIGINT collection requirements subcommittees and working groups.
• Conduct assessments of the effectiveness of intelligence collection.
• Analyze Departmental and analyst needs to determine functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements and their relationship/performance against gaps.
• Direct and oversee entitlement management duties, including Gatekeeper.
• Develop and maintain the SIGINT entitlement missions and structures in Gatekeeper.
• Oversee access to new and existing Gatekeeper missions and entitlements for tools, data, and controlled reporting.
• Respond to requests for information via the Customer Service Request Portal (CSRP) regarding use of intelligence reporting in finished analysis.
• Evaluate, edit, and draft national level requirements for validation and approval via appropriate Community requirements tools.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline with 5 years of professional experience preferred; or 3 years of professional experience with a related Master’s Degree
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the desired collection requirement discipline (SIGINT) or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level preferred.
• A strong overall collection requirements background with a thorough understanding of the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF), relevant National Collection Directives, report generation and dissemination
• Have training and a working knowledge of discipline-specific collection requirements, evaluation, and tasking systems used by originators.
• Possess knowledge of, and skill in, applying advanced technical collection planning concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, and methods and techniques to include U.S. person reporting issues.
• Knowledge of the full spectrum of IC collection capabilities and accesses to include strengths and weaknesses of specific sources/agencies in a specific discipline.
• Extensive knowledge of the missions and functions of agencies within the Intelligence Community who specialize in the various collections.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective mission execution and interdepartmental and interagency coordination of the department’s collection requirements, training, and tools.
• Experience in collection requirements portfolio areas, understanding customer requirements, with proven skills in developing metrics and measuring the effectiveness of a specific INT’s usage in meeting departmental information gaps and collection strategies.
• Mastery knowledge of the roles, missions and functions of the SIGINT community and the principles, concepts, and methodologies of the U.S. national, theater, tactical SIGINT collection environment.
• Mastery and skill in coordinating diverse analytical gaps and addressing national level SIGINT priorities and SIGINT Information Needs (IN)s and Knowledge Gaps (KG)s.
• Experience with entitlement management systems and administration.
• Successfully completed a discipline-specific training program.
• A mixture of tactical, strategic, and national-level experience with previous knowledge of the mission is desirable.
• The selection of an individual for this position may be conditioned upon his or her successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
• Must have an active DOE Q or TS clearance.

Salary range $65,000 - $82,000

Equal Opportunity Employer/Race/Sex/Religion/Disability/Veteran Status/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age.