Office Director IARPA Office of Analysis

2 months ago

Bethesda, Maryland, United States USAJobs Full time
Duties

Additional Summary - The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an activity within ODNI, aligned to P&C. IARPA invests in high-risk /high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries. IARPA addresses cross-agency challenges, drives ground breaking research and development in support of our future strategies, enhances innovation across the breadth of IC activities, and allows the IC to take advantage of cutting-edge technology, resulting in critical advances that propel the IC forward. IARPA accomplishes this by leveraging expertise from across academia, industry and the IC Community, and works transition strategies and plans with agency partners. The IARPA Office of Analysis Director is a key IARPA leadership position that provides an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated innovator who combines superior leadership characteristics, breadth and depth of technical credibility, strategic vision and strong collaborative skills.

The successful candidate will exert enduring influence on the future of the IC with impact that spans to other government agencies, academia, industry, and international partners.

The Office Director (OD) recruits, leads and mentors a team of world-class program managers to conceptualize, design, and manage IARPA's research programs.

The OD addresses cross-agency challenges, leverages expertise from across the IC, and works transition strategies and plans with government partners.

This position is responsible for research investment strategy, scientific rigor, acquisition integrity and mission relevance for programs in such disciplines as multimedia data analytics (text, audio, video, imagery), predictive analytics, speech recognition, machine translation, knowledge discovery, deep learning, modeling and simulation, cognitive neuroscience, cybersecurity, and biometrics.

This position is Staff Reserve term limited Positions. Staff reserve appointments are time-limited appointments made for a period of up to 3 years, with a possible extension of up to 2 additional years.

This is an opportunity for: An internal, JDA, or external candidate (Term limited staff reserve or a highly qualified expert-HQE) to fill a SNIS l Tier 1 position.

The Office Director must possess superior technical credentials in STEM and significant experience executing research and development in order to oversee and manage IARPA's portfolios, therefore IARPA is authorized to utilize HQEs to fill this role.

A Federal Government employee to serve on a 3-year reimbursable detail assignment in the ODNI. The detail assignment may be extended an additional 2 years if all parties agree.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Identify and recruit highly qualified people who have the potential to be outstanding Program Managers and mentor them through the interview process, which includes making the case for a new research program.

Foster collaboration with transition partners throughout the IC to mutually share knowledge and experience; leverage these relationships to help ensure IC relevance of the office's programs, and to effect transition of results of the programs.

Maintain technical awareness of major technical and scientific developments in areas relevant to the office, both within and outside the IC.

Oversee and lead all activities of the office, including budget and financial execution, management of government personnel, oversight of contractor teams, and general office operations.

Represent IARPA in external settings, such as conferences.

Perform personnel management responsibilities with a focus on building a high-performance workforce; promote team building and a collaborative work environment; ensure goals and performance objectives are understood; assess performance and provide timely feedback, recognition, and remediation.

Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to staff in order to elicit, analyze, and define customer/stakeholder requirements, support development of investment plans, and ensure development of business cases spanning multiple Intelligence Community organizations in order to meet stakeholder requirements.

Lead a professional staff in successfully defining and managing complex programs and projects that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure timelines, costs, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved according to approved plans.

Engage and influence key stakeholders to support the ODNI's Key objectives.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
  • Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

    Qualifications

    Mandatory Requirements:
    Superior expertise in research and development in at least one science and technology area(s) relevant to the office mission.

    Experience developing and executing research programs with metrics, milestones, testing, and evaluation leading to new capabilities.

    Master's degree and 10 years of experience is required.

    Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to build and foster networks within and outside the IC as well as earn and maintain credibility and trust from senior leadership and subordinates.

    Ability to convey new complex technologies and their benefits to scientific and non-scientific audiences.

    Experience with program administration, fiscal management, and budget execution for the purpose of program planning and administration.

    Superior ability to effectively direct tasking, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development of all levels of personnel.

    Desired Requirements:
    Advanced degree in a relevant field for the Office of Analysis.

    Expert knowledge of the IC's mission, objectives, organization, and current intelligence analysis issues and functions.

    Awareness of the technical capabilities in industry, national labs and academia that could be brought to bear on IC R&D challenges.

    Superior expertise in contract administration, fiscal management, and budget execution for the purpose of program planning and administration.

    Current Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph or have held on within the past 2 years.

    Education

    Master's Degree

    Additional information

    Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

    Salary Determination:

    The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.
    Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.
    Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.

    On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.

    Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

    Reasonable Accommodations:
    The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at , by unclassified email at , by telephone at or by FAX at Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

    The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

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