Intelligence Lead

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Pipeline

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

INTELLIGENCE LEAD

We are seeking a seasoned Directorate of Intelligence (DI) Lead to support the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) . As the DI Lead, you will serve as the primary management and technical authority for a multidisciplinary team of analysts. You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, fused foreign and domestic counterterrorism (CT) intelligence that informs the President, the National Security Council, and the broader Intelligence Community (IC). The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between complex data science and traditional all-source analysis, acting as the technical gatekeeper for all finished intelligence reaching the highest levels of the U.S. government.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Provide senior-level technical guidance for CT collection support and all-source analysis, focusing on "hard targets" such as weapons, travel, and terrorist infrastructure.

• Product Oversight: Review and edit finished intelligence products for NCTC’s diverse customer base, ensuring strict adherence to ODNI Analytic Tradecraft Standards (ICD 203) and Sourcing Standards (ICD 206) .

• Strategic Integration: Drive the fusion of HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, and OSINT with domestic law enforcement data to provide a unified threat picture.

• Team Management: Direct a large contractor workforce, managing "matrixed" personnel across staggered shifts to support mission requirements and surge capabilities.

• Interagency Collaboration: Cultivate and maintain professional relationships across the IC, Department of Defense, and Law Enforcement communities to coordinate analytic findings.

• Analytic Innovation: Oversee the application of data science and statistical modeling to enhance traditional analysis and improve threat discovery.

Required skills

• US citizenship required.

• Active ODNI ISSA/TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience with intelligence analysis, including 5 years in strategic all-source analysis, data science, and production

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role (Team Lead or Manager) overseeing analytic personnel.

• Technical Systems Mastery: Demonstrated, hands-on experience with TIDE (Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment) and CHROME.

• Tradecraft Mastery: Demonstrated experience applying Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), specifically ICD 203 (Analytic Standards) and ICD 206 (Sourcing Standards), to the review and editing of high-priority intelligence products.

Desired skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, intelligence, International Relations, Political Science, Finance, Economics, Journalism, or related field

• National Intelligence Certifications (Highly Desired):

  • Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC)

  • Certified Defense All-Source Analysis (CDASA-I or II)

  • IC Strategic Leaders Program (National Intelligence University)

  • Graduate Certificate in Data Science in Intelligence (NIU)

  • Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional – Analysis (CCITP-A)

  • Collection Management Professional Certification (CCMP-F)

• Experience: Prior experience supporting the ODNI or NCTC at Liberty Crossing is highly desirable.

Location & Work Conditions

• Washington Metropolitan Area; SCIF environment; compliance with ODNI/NCTC security policies; some roles may require 24/7/365 or shift coverage.

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required