Collection Manager - Junior

KBR, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. in Virginia is seeking a Junior Collections Manager to support the identification, documentation, and prioritization of intelligence requirements to enable mission planning and decision-making.

You will translate operational questions into clear intelligence needs and coordinate with analysts and mission partners to track status on site at a government facility. This full-time, on-site role requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, attention to detail, and the ability to work with

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated polygraph is required.
• Experience translating objectives into intelligence requirements.
• Familiarity with tracking tools and document management.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational objectives and stakeholder questions into documented intelligence requirements.
• Validate and prioritize intelligence needs with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with collection managers and analysts to align requirements with capabilities and timelines.
• Maintain and update trackers and databases with status and sourcing information.
• Draft reports, briefings, and notes summarizing priorities, gaps, and next steps.
• Perform basic gap analysis by comparing coverage against requirements and flag shortfalls.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Microsoft Office

Coordination with analysts

Education

Master’s degree with 1 year experience

Bachelor’s degree with 2 years experience

No degree with 4 years experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Title:

Collection Manager - Junior

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

KBR is seeking a Junior Collections Manager to support the identification, documentation, and prioritization of intelligence requirements that enable mission planning and decision-making. In this role, you will help translate operational questions into clear intelligence needs and assist with validating requirements with stakeholders. You will coordinate with analysts, collection managers, and mission partners to track requirement status and support alignment with available collection and analytic capabilities. The position requires strong attention to detail, the ability to learn customer processes quickly, and comfort working with classified information. This role provides hands‑on experience contributing to intelligence planning and requirements management in a mission‑focused environment. This role is performed full-time on site at a government facility and is contingent upon contract award.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist in translating operational objectives and stakeholder questions into clearly documented intelligence requirements.
• Support validation and prioritization of intelligence needs by coordinating inputs, constraints, and desired outputs with mission stakeholders.
• Coordinate with collection managers and analysts to help align requirements with available capabilities and timelines.
• Maintain and update requirements of trackers and databases, ensuring accuracy of status, sourcing, and stakeholder coordination.
• Draft routine reports, briefings, and meeting notes that summarize requirements, priorities, gaps, and recommended next steps.
• Assist with basic gap analysis by comparing current coverage against requirements and flagging shortfalls for senior review.
• Participate in working groups and synchronization meetings to support requirements adjudication, deconfliction, and issue resolution.
• Support after‑action reviews by capturing requirement outcomes, documenting lessons learned, and updating reference materials/templates.
• Contribute to process improvements by identifying recurring issues in requirements workflows and proposing updates to trackers or job aids.
• Follow established security and quality standards for handling, marking, and disseminating intelligence information and products

Required Qualifications:

• Education & Experience: Master’s degree and 1 year of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise, OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise, OR No degree, 4 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise.
• Foundational understanding of intelligence requirements, prioritization, and stakeholder coordination (coursework or experience).
• Ability to use common productivity and tracking tools (e.g., Microsoft Office) to document requirements and maintain status updates.
• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience (internship, academic project, or prior role) supporting intelligence operations, requirements management, or mission planning.
• Familiarity with the Intelligence Community or DoD mission environment and common requirements frameworks (e.g., PIRs, RFIs).
• Exposure to intelligence databases, tasking/collection management tools, or ticketing/workflow systems (as applicable).

Basic Compensation:

$102,600 - $125,300

This range is for the Virginia area only

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.