Director Office of Collections Research
US Government Jobs - Other Agencies, Bethesda, MD, United States
IARPA Office Of Collections Director
Major Duties and Responsibilities: IARPA is an activity within OESET. 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, leverages expertise from across the IC, and transitions advanced capabilities to IC partners. The Director, IARPA Office of Collections 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 high-risk/high-payoff research programs. The OD addresses cross-agency challenges, leverages expertise from across the IC, and works transition strategies and plans with government partners. The OD for the Office of Collections is responsible for research investment strategy, scientific rigor, acquisition integrity and mission relevance. The goal of research within the Office of Collections is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources by developing new sensor and transmission technologies, new collection techniques that more precisely target desired information, and means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources. Technical focus areas for these programs include sensing (novel sensors, novel modalities, distributed sensing, multimodal sensing), sensor platforms (sensor integration, autonomous systems, platform power), communications (transmission of voice and data), and computation (high performance and edge computing). Advance the Office of Collections strategy to illuminate program concepts targeted at the intersection of emerging technological opportunity and IC needs to develop capabilities for future intelligence advantage and avoid technical surprise. Cultivate and foster an environment for IARPA Program Managers to be successful in the formulation, stand up, execution, and transition of high-risk /high-payoff research programs. Identify and recruit highly qualified people who have the potential to be outstanding IARPA Program Managers and mentor them through the interview process, which includes making the case for new research programs. Lead and manage the portfolio of research programs and studies within the office, ensuring alignment and synchronization with IARPA's tactical and strategic goals. 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 planning and financial execution, management of government personnel, oversight of contractor teams, and general office operations. Represent IARPA in external settings, such as meetings and conferences. Establish, guide, and oversee ODNI and IC working groups, boards, and committees, as needed, to support accomplishment of corporate and strategic goals. 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 to elicit, analyze, and define customer/stakeholder requirements, support development of investment plans, and ensure development of business cases spanning multiple Intelligence Community organizations 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.
Major Duties and Responsibilities: IARPA is an activity within OESET. 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, leverages expertise from across the IC, and transitions advanced capabilities to IC partners. The Director, IARPA Office of Collections 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 high-risk/high-payoff research programs. The OD addresses cross-agency challenges, leverages expertise from across the IC, and works transition strategies and plans with government partners. The OD for the Office of Collections is responsible for research investment strategy, scientific rigor, acquisition integrity and mission relevance. The goal of research within the Office of Collections is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources by developing new sensor and transmission technologies, new collection techniques that more precisely target desired information, and means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources. Technical focus areas for these programs include sensing (novel sensors, novel modalities, distributed sensing, multimodal sensing), sensor platforms (sensor integration, autonomous systems, platform power), communications (transmission of voice and data), and computation (high performance and edge computing). Advance the Office of Collections strategy to illuminate program concepts targeted at the intersection of emerging technological opportunity and IC needs to develop capabilities for future intelligence advantage and avoid technical surprise. Cultivate and foster an environment for IARPA Program Managers to be successful in the formulation, stand up, execution, and transition of high-risk /high-payoff research programs. Identify and recruit highly qualified people who have the potential to be outstanding IARPA Program Managers and mentor them through the interview process, which includes making the case for new research programs. Lead and manage the portfolio of research programs and studies within the office, ensuring alignment and synchronization with IARPA's tactical and strategic goals. 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 planning and financial execution, management of government personnel, oversight of contractor teams, and general office operations. Represent IARPA in external settings, such as meetings and conferences. Establish, guide, and oversee ODNI and IC working groups, boards, and committees, as needed, to support accomplishment of corporate and strategic goals. 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 to elicit, analyze, and define customer/stakeholder requirements, support development of investment plans, and ensure development of business cases spanning multiple Intelligence Community organizations 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.