Total 35 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Bethesda, Maryland

• Coordinate the work of staff members in connection with technical design and support efforts across the NIH and institute.
• Oversee and manages the development of statements of work and manages contractors performing IT work at NIA.
• Analyze and validate requirements, overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of automated information systems for input and retrieval of NIA program, administrative, budget, and quality control procedures.
• Analyze and report on the adequacy of security of data systems and disaster plans.
• Assess user training needs related to ongoing software applications and develop plans for user training concerning NIA-supported software and applications, IT security and other relevant topics.
• Provide follow-up training and support to assure that users are effectively and efficiently using software and hardware resources.

• Coordinate the work of staff members in connection with technical design and support efforts across the NIH and institute.
• Oversee and manages the development of statements of work and manages contractors performing IT work at NIA.
• Analyze and validate requirements, overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of automated information systems for input and retrieval of NIA program, administrative, budget, and quality control procedures.
• Analyze and report on the adequacy of security of data systems and disaster plans.
• Assess user training needs related to ongoing software applications and develop plans for user training concerning NIA-supported software and applications, IT security and other relevant topics.
• Provide follow-up training and support to assure that users are effectively and efficiently using software and hardware resources.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Evaluates all resource needs of the organization, submits formal budgetary and staffing proposals to Science and Technology Leadership and is accountable for properly administering budget allocations.
• Designates project leaders and oversees the organization's system of assigning work to individual scientists and support staff.
• Oversees the organization's proper utilization of PPQ and Science and Technology work measurement tools and develops supplemental measurement systems.
• Ensures the scientific integrity and professionalism of the organization's work, proper synchronization with other PPQ Safeguarding efforts, and full utilization of resources.
• Provides leadership to theoretical scientific and policy issues of the agency, such as developing technology to exclude or manage targeted invasive species.
• For both internal and external recruitment, the incumbent works with the Science and Technology Resource Management Specialist on recruitment strategies and development of rating plans.

• You will be accountable for technical program planning and execution at NSWCCD.
• You will provide technical support to the Maritime Administration and the maritime industry. These efforts are carried out, in many cases, in test facilities unique within the Department of Defense (DoD).
• You will be responsible for the long-term stewardship of Division technical capabilities, including facilities and people, and the support infrastructure for Technical Authority Warrant Holders.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that NSWCCD understands and adheres to all federal and state environmental laws and regulations.
• You will be responsible for the assessment of future DON and DoD needs and the potential of the technology and the political environment affecting national defense efforts.
• You will stewardship decisions integrate factors such as current and future Navy needs, emerging technologies and their prognosis, national and international political trends, university and industrial capabilities, technical risk, and affordability.
• You will develop and execute long term business plans and investment plans describing the current and future investments required by the division to meet current and future customer requirements.
• You will oversee the programs and infrastructure of NSWCCD.
• You will collaborate with other division DTDs and customers to optimize national work alignment.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

**Open to a discussion on position location between Bethesda, MD or McLean, VA**

This position is a leadership position within the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Requirements, Cost and Effectiveness (RC&E) office. RC&E informs senior leadership decision-making by delivering objective analytical insight on future intelligence needs and fact-based analysis on strategic issues, capabilities, cost, and effectiveness. Based upon mission needs, constraints, and other technical and resource related factors this position is expected to: 1) Lead the IC's statutory requirements process, and 2) Conduct systems and operations research to assess program and portfolio-wide performance. As one of three Group Chiefs in RC&E, this position is expected to apply independent analytical, scientific, and engineering methods and procedures to plan, analyze, develop, implement, and evaluate systems/programs to identify capability alternatives and investment tradespace.

Specifically, this position:

Oversees the Intelligence Community Capability Requirements (ICCR) process, including leadership of the IC Capability Requirements Working Group (CRWG), in order to validate Statement of Capabilities (SOC) requirement documents for all IC major systems, and Enterprise Capability Documents (ECDs) for major mission areas.

Provides leadership for high-impact, community-wide systems and architecture analysis, such as Analysis of Alternatives, Strategic Portfolio Analysis, Investment Reviews, and other complex end-to-end operational research activities to improve program requirements, capabilities, and effectiveness.

Provides critical inputs into the Intelligence Community IPPBE and ICAM processes

Represents the DNI or Office at related fora and conduct ongoing collaboration and outreach with stakeholders and partners across the ODNI, IC, Department of Defense, United States Government, and oversight organizations (e.g., Congress and OMB), as needed, to meet mission objectives.

Leads a professional staff, assess performance, oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal and professional development. Interact with managers to ensure compliance and collaboration with policies which aides in developing the organizational culture.

Maintains effective working relationships with other ODNI and IC components and other government agencies to address issues that span multiple mission or program areas.

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.

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.

Oversee the identification, analysis, and participation in the development of acquisition strategies based on requirements (e.g., technical, management, cost, past performance) and develop contracting documentation (e.g., Acquisition Plan, source selection plan, Statement of Work) consistent with laws, regulations, policy, and other guidelines.

Lead the execution of the award, provide notifications, conduct debriefings to offerors, defend protests, and designate a COTR.

Lead team to finalize pre-award documentation packages and solicitations consistent with requirements documents and amend solicitations when it is in the best interest of the Government.

Engage relevant parties to prepare negotiation strategies and positions and lead a team to reach agreements on cost/price, and terms and conditions during pre-award and contract administration.

Plan and coordinate the review and evaluation responses to solicitations against the criteria established in the solicitation to make source selection decisions considering factors such as cost, technical/management approach, schedule, security, and past performance.

Manage contractor performance and compliance with the agreed upon terms and conditions. Administer contracts including executing contract modifications and changes.

Manage the financial aspects of contract administration such as cost/pricing remedies, authorizing payments, recovering debts, and detecting fraud.

Ensure all contract requirements have been completed, settle outstanding actions, perform contract closeouts, and archive records.

Support the National Intelligence Manager (NIM) for Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (ESET) by facilitating integration of the Intelligence Community's analytic, collection, counterintelligence and supporting capabilities as the program director for global supply chains.

Support DNI, PDDNI, DDNI, and Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) participation in high-level policy and partnership (private and foreign) meetings with talking points, background information, and the results of relevant engagements with IC agencies.

Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders' 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.

Shape resource planning for the ESET mission and propose innovative solutions to resource shortfalls or inequities.

Support efforts to ensure that the IC has the correct policy, human capital, data, technical, and resource posture for economic security and emerging technology missions.

Inform integrated national security response planning and IC strategy development; deliver on planned and ad hoc tasking for IC leadership and the 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.

As the Chief Software Architect, the position will advise senior management by providing insights on the best design and development of complex software systems to meet the NBIS mission. NBIS is the federal government's one-stop-shop IT system for end-to-end personnel vetting - from initiation and application to background investigation, adjudication, and continuous vetting. NBIS will be one consolidated system designed to deliver robust data protection, enhance customer experience, and better integrate data across the enterprise. The Chief Software Architect will ensure the alignment of software development with the programs' s business strategy, technology direction, and priorities. The incumbent performs a variety of duties and is responsible for the following:

Strategic Leadership:
- Define and communicate the program's software architecture strategy, vision, and roadmap, ensuring integration with software development initiatives.
- Align software architecture with business goals, processes, and strategic objectives, focusing on software alignment across teams.

Architectural Design and Oversight:
- Design and oversee the architecture of complex software systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Develop architectural frameworks, guidelines, and standards for software development and testing to be followed by development teams.

Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with product managers to understand and incorporate requirements into the software architecture and integration processes.
- Regularly communicate architectural decisions and directions to senior management and key stakeholders, fostering transparency.
- Foster collaboration between software engineers, system architects, and other technical staff to enhance integration and alignment.

Technical Guidance and Mentorship:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software development teams, focusing on best practices in coding and testing.
- Conduct architectural reviews and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards, and effective software testing protocols.

Documentation and Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards in all software development, integration, and testing activities.

Quality and Performance:
- Ensure software solutions meet or exceed security, performance, and quality standards through rigorous testing and evaluation.
- Implement and oversee practices to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the software development lifecycle, emphasizing continuous integration and testing.

• Directs and oversees the integration, synchronization, coordination, planning, and execution of cyberspace and information operations, projects, and strategic policy initiatives.
• Develops, reviews, and implements all levels of information operations and information related capability planning guidance in support of cyber operations.
• Oversees Command-level special/innovation projects to improve information operations processes, tools, and overall capabilities.
• Directs strategic and operational level planning across the full range of response options for information operations.
• Performs analysis to improve effectiveness and efficiency of planning processes, coordination, and operations.
• Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors.

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.

As a Supervisory IT Specialist, Branch Chief you will be supervising the staff assigned to the Branch and providing feedback/suggestions to OIT management on all Branch activities relative to Enterprise Solutions and Application Management.

Your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Analyzing information security systems and applications to recommend security measures for protecting information against unauthorized access to systems and data modification or loss.
• Planning, researching, designing, implementing and maintaining robust security principles in the delivery of all IT systems.
• Planning, managing, organizing, and evaluating all related project activities.
• Providing quality IT support and in the delivery of cost- effective, customer focused products and services that support HRSA business needs and mission requirements.
• Providing technical oversight with hands-on experience on software-as-service (SaaS) solutions such as Jira, Salesforce, ServiceNow for new enterprise business solutions and performance metrics reporting systems.
• Supporting cloud-based architecture (Azure or AWS) for enterprise systems development to bring efficiencies in operations and maintenance.
• Performing the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised and establishes guidelines and performance expectations that are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.

• Oversee a communication program that conveys the NCI’s leadership role in cancer research, diagnosis, prevention and treatment through the application of state-of-the-art and unified public affairs and media relations activities.
• Advise CEA and NCI Directors, providing leadership to a complex communications program which is highly visible both nationally and internationally and has an extensive impact on a broad range of constituencies in the public and private sectors.
• Provide strategic advice on handling sensitive issues and the release of information for highly visible and publicized studies, projects, and events that receive intense scrutiny by the public, the media, and Congress.
• Coordinate with NIH, HHS and the White House on the handing of these issues and represents the NCI Director in related interactions.
• Articulate and defend NCI position orally and in writing to international, national, regional, and local media as well as other federal agencies and citizens groups.
• Represent the NCI at public meetings and hearings on a wide range of controversial and highly visible issues.

• Direct and oversee all resource functions of the program office to include financial operations, HR related operations, training, communications, and strategic planning.
• Manage and direct a staff of supervisors and their subordinates in carrying out the work requirements and undertaking special projects as assigned by the Chief.
• Provide leadership in strategic planning, organizational capability, and other long-term initiatives to ensure the continued effective and productive operations of logistics and HQ service areas.
• Resolve informal complaints and grievances, providing advice and counsel to employees related to work and administrative matters, effecting disciplinary measures as appropriate.
• Determine goals and objectives that need additional emphasis, develop measures that evaluate performance, and make recommendations for program improvement.
• Serve as a principal advisor to high-ranking officials in USCIS and other Federal agencies, various governing boards and committees, and private industry on all matters relating to logistics and HQ services.
• Formulate and implement policy as it relates to logistics and HQ service areas
• Research and write reports or other working documents that provide authoritative guidance on complex and far reaching program issues.

This position is a mission critical occupation for HRSA. This position is responsible for ensuring that operational and fiscal activities align with and enable accomplishment of Health Resources and Services Administration's mission, goals and objectives.

This position will be filled as a competitive temporary appointment not to exceed 1 year. The appointment may be extended for an additional 1 year and can be made permanent without further competition. This is a supervisory position, and the selectee may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.

As the Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, you serve as the Division Director for the Division of Program Operations OR Deputy Director for the Division of Customer Support, your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Exercising delegated authority in providing leadership and guidance regarding the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised.
• Participating fully with the Director in providing executive leadership for the Division staff, plan, execution, problem solving, delivery of outcomes, and integration/coordination with other Offices activities.
• Providing authoritative advice, recommendations and guidance to the Director and leadership on the appropriateness and direction of current program and policies and the need for policy or program changes.
• Serving as a principal advisor and consultant on broad issues by analyzing issues that arise from legislation, budget proposals, regulatory actions, and other program or policy actions.
• Developing, coordinating, and preparing reports, briefing papers and other documents for formal presentation.
• Supporting the Division Director in providing guidance and direction in the efforts of staff to develop and implement policy and program operations for the Provider Relief Fund and other programs administered by the Division including the evaluation and review of regulations, manuals, program guidance and memoranda, policy letters, and instructions for policy activity.

Independently manage, lead, and/or oversee data or tools programs that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with strategic or corporate objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project.

Provide oversight and support to the Financial Intelligence Research Integration Platform (FIRESHIP) program and platforms.

Working with commercial or government stakeholders, negotiate and draft data and tools MOUs to broaden IC access to information and capabilities.

Develop and communicate project plans and schedules based on a clear understanding of requirements and information on project cost, schedule, quality, and performance; provide expert oversight of cost and resource estimates; participate in budget planning activities and develop cost estimating strategies for future projects.

Develop, execute, and communicate spend plans and assess variances from cost and schedule baselines; oversee the reallocation of resources in response to change considering impact to cost, schedule, and quality of deliverables.

Manage and lead project implementation and quality assurance by effectively evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances from the plan, oversee the execution of necessary corrective actions; lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather important information, and make authoritative decisions about required next steps; oversee the development and maintenance of appropriate project documentation.

Plan, manage, and mitigate project risks by identifying the risk tolerances of customers and other stakeholders to determine overall acceptable levels of risk; conduct risk analysis to identify and prioritize risks; characterize threats and opportunities to determine mitigation strategies.

Based on assignment, may lead all aspects of contract management and oversight to include leading competitions and contract renewal from beginning to end; work closely with mission customers, organizational management, and the Contracting Officer (CO); serve as the Contractor's principal point of contact for technical management after contract award; direct and coordinate technical and program issues, establish objectives, develop requirements, establish schedules, estimate costs, develop budgetary controls, monitor technical aspects of the contract, and monitor the contractor's performance; work closely with the CO to assist in contract negotiations, including determining viable options for cost.

Serve as one of three team chiefs in the Investment Security Group (ISG) in the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technology (OESET). Oversee a team of contract analysts and staff officers in the development and coordination of all source analysis in support of the CHIPS Act process and Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), in accordance with Commerce Department-mandated timeframes.

In collaboration with ISG's other team chiefs, oversee the development and coordination of all-source analysis in support of the Treasury-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) process and the DOJ-led Team Telecom process.

Collaborate with ISG's other team chiefs to oversee the development and coordination of all-source analysis outside of these specific processes, including more strategic business intelligence analytic products for distribution to wider audiences through the PDB and ISG's in-house products.

Provide expert guidance and leadership to multiple teams in the production of well-crafted sophisticated, complex analytic finished intelligence products on sometimes controversial or particularly difficult issues in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security objectives; review final analytic products, written and oral, for clarity, organization, accuracy, and logic; effectively explain highly complex concepts and results to non-expert customers and tailor products to correspond to customer needs.

Serve as the IC lead for intelligence support to the Department of Commerce's CHIPS Program Office; back up the other Team Chiefs who have the lead for the other processes.

Conduct first-line review of analytic products for the CHIPS Program and BIS and, as necessary, conduct first-line reviews products for all the other processes. Draft or conduct first-line review of prep books for ODNI seniors participating in policy meetings for which ISG has the lead, as necessary.

Manage the CHIPS Act process and BIS support for ISG. Task out CHIPS Act Applications and BIS requests to staff and contractor analysts and ensure analysts meet deadlines.

Develop and maintain working relationships with senior ODNI officials and, as necessary, principals throughout the intelligence and policy communities; identify issues and developments with internal and external peers, communicating regularly to exchange subject information.

Develop and maintain a continuing substantive dialogue with analysts and managers within the IC on the key issues associated with foreign direct investment and participation in the US economy in high technology sectors, including, but not limited to, semiconductors, high-performance computing, quantum, and artificial intelligence, in collaboration with ISG's other Team Chiefs.

Help craft and implement a strategic program of analysis in ISG.

Stay abreast of major developments having to do with foreign acquisition of US businesses and corporations, particularly, but not exclusively, in high-tech sectors, focusing on a wide-range of potential threats to national security.

Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks with the ODNI and across the IC.

Plan, develop, utilize, and refine methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant analytic issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, sophisticated finished intelligence products.

Serve as a member of the ISG leadership team.

Help advance ISG's foreign engagement efforts by participating in analytic exchanges and/or delivering briefings to liaison on foreign investment security related topics.

Engage in analytic outreach with private sector interlocutors and events to advance ISG's, OESET's, and the ODNI's efforts to glean insights from outside of the IC related to investment and investment-security related trends, particularly in high-tech sectors.

Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development.