Job Title

Deputy Program Manager

Location

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US (Primary)

Category

Intelligence

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Manager

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Deputy Program Manager/ Project Manager to support a Federal government client. As a Deputy Program Manager/ Project Manager, you will be responsible for the performance of the work on the contract in partnership with the Program Manager. You shall have authority to act on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The Deputy Program Manager must be available between core hours of 0900-1500, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

Benefits

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best in class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph security clearance
• Minimum of 4 years of management experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a credentialed CI Special Agent or intelligence officer
• Minimum of 2 years of staff officer experience supporting an Intelligence organization, to include maintaining accountability of staffing actions, organizing senior-level meetings and briefings, coordinating personnel actions, and disseminating information across the command
• Bachelor's degree, and PMP (or equivalent)
• Must be a graduate of any of the following Military Intelligence Certifying Courses:
  • Army - Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC)
  • Army - 351L Course (or its predecessor)
  • Army - 35E Course (or its predecessor)
• Strong understanding of CI investigations, operations, and intelligence analysis
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Able to work in a high-operational tempo environment
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Able to perform other duties, responsibilities and activities as needed
• PMP certification
• Strong oral and written communication
• Ability to clearly express oneself verbally
• Ability to write in a clear, concise manner
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction
• Demonstrated ability to use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information
• Demonstrated understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications
• Demonstrated ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments
• Demonstrated ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/soft copy matrices, and/or web-enabled formats
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner, both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office tools
• Demonstrated ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols
• Demonstrated ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information
• Demonstrated working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise. Structured analytic techniques include, but are not limited to, analysis of competing hypotheses, devil's advocacy, high-impact/ low-impact analysis, red team analysis and alternative futures analysis
• Demonstrated understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/platforms and human intelligence sources related to the position
• Demonstrated understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements
• Demonstrated comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate understanding from information that may be
• incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced
• Demonstrated ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
• Ability to provide guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies
• Ability to use argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives