Collection Manager Senior

Athena Technology Group; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Short Term Disability, Long Term DI, &

Life Insurance

Opportunities for professional growth

Job summary

Athena Technology Group is seeking a Senior Collection Manager to support USCYBERCOM J2 intelligence production. This role requires advanced CM expertise, a TS/SCI clearance, and a Master’s degree, with substantial experience in collection strategies and multi-discipline coordination.

The position is on-site in Maryland at Ft. Meade, with opportunities to influence collection management policy and operations, and to work within a dynamic, mission-focused team.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Master’s degree required; Bachelor’s may substitute for Master’s.
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in program or project management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a US citizen.

Responsibilities

• Support USCYBERCOM J2 intelligence production and CM activities.
• Provide CM expertise for collection requirements management and strategy.
• Develop and refine multi-discipline collection strategies (CRM, JIPCL, RSTA).
• Collaborate with analysts and planners to adjust collection strategies.
• Engage with national working groups/boards to coordinate intelligence needs.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

US citizenship

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree (substitutable)

Job description

Job Title: Collection Manager Senior

Master’s degree

Location: Ft. Meade, MD

Employment Type: Full-Time

Shift: N/A

This position is contingent upon award of the contract.

About the Company

Athena Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) focused on Information Technology and Communications consulting, system engineering, integration, deployment and operation of state of the art command and control and information systems that deliver critical network centric solution to the warfighter. With a proven track record of technical support to our customers, we are looking for innovative industry professionals to join our team.

ATG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Collection Manager to join our team. In this role, you will support USCYBERCOM J2 intelligence production. You will provide collection management (CM) expertise/proficiency/know-how to enable collection requirements management, collection operations management, and multi-discipline collection strategies supporting USCYBERCOM intelligence and operational planning. You will demonstrate proficiency in intelligence collection disciplines (e.g., SIGINT, HUMINT, OSINT, GEOINT) and collection requirements management databases, tools, and processes, namely the Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Requirements-Reporting and Operations Management Environment (CHROME), National SIGINT Requirements Process (NSRP), Primary Open Source Tasking Management Aggregation Network (POSTMAN), and the GEOINT Information Management Services (GIMS). Supports the development and integration of multi-discipline collection strategies to ensure collection requirements support intelligence needs and operational end states. You will monitor collection strategies, provides feedback, and collaborates with analysts and planners to adjust strategies and assess reporting. Responsible for supporting intelligence community engagements via national working groups/boards to deconflict and coordinate cross-organizational intelligence needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Understands J2's role in executing USCYBERCOM collection management authority (CMA) including delegated SIGINT authorities and how those authorities enable CMF operations.
• Assists with deconflicting Title 10 (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)) and Title 50 SIGINT mission tasking and operations.
• Assists with the review, coordination, and submission of collection requirements and requests to the DIA and other IC agencies for validation, consolidation, and prioritization.
• Provides technical expertise/guidance/experience for the review, validation, deconfliction, and consolidation of collection requirements of the Cyber Mission Force (CMF) and USCYBERCOM Component Headquarters and Task Forces.
• Participates in and provides CM tradecraft knowledge/experience/expertise to enable the joint intelligence planning processes. Develops doctrinal CM work products and deliverables ( e.g., Collection Requirement Matrix (CRM), Joint Integrated Prioritized Collection List (JIPCL), and Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) matrix.
• Provides subject matter and technical support of GIMS supporting development and sustainment of a GEOINT collection requirements portfolio and requirements management functions.
• Collaborates with USCYBERCOM component collection managers to identify collection gaps, reporting shortfalls, and implement strategies to meet operational needs while leveraging existing collection management systems, processes, and tools.
• Conducts CM trend analysis to include findings of latest collection analysis and shares insights with professionals across the organization to improve CM processes and procedures.
• Creates or refines a multi-discipline collection strategies to close and mitigate intel gaps. Employs tradecraft and community best practices for developing multi-discipline collection strategies; reviews, approves, and deconflicts collection strategies to support development of cyber-effects mission packages.
• Assist with the advocacy of collection requirements supporting the cyber domain for inclusion in Geographic Combatant Commands collection strategies. Identifies capability gaps and develops procedures to mitigate possible risks to collection and reporting.
• Assists in establishing intelligence reporting evaluation and feedback standards to improve the performance and effectiveness of multi-discipline intelligence collection and reporting.
• Assists with development of collection management policies and directives governing Collection Management (CM) activities and management of working groups and boards.
• Executes collaborative multi-disciplinary collection orchestration campaigns against identified mission issues. Organizes, deconflicts, and executes multi-disciplinary requirements and strategies to address current and future intelligence problems.
• Discovers and accesses relevant data from traditional as well as innovative collection streams, and synchronizes multi-discipline collection to maximize collection platforms, assets, and/or other collection sources.
• Assists with Collection Exploitation (COLLEX) and discovery operations to identify and/or develop entities of interests to support USCYBERCOM target development activities.
• Uses data in traditional and innovative ways to optimize collection capabilities with automation, augmentation, and AI/ML capabilities and techniques.
• Provide support to meetings related to assigned area of responsibility as required.

Qualifications

Required:

• Active TS/ SCI clearance
• Master’s degree
• 12 years of professional experience in program/project management
  • Bachelor’s degree and 17 years of experience can be substituted for Master’s Degree.
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Must be a US citizen

Desired:

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrates ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• Normal Office Environment. Requires Sitting, Standing, Near Acuity, Speaking with colleagues and customers, Listening, Sight, Use of hands/fingers.

Additional Benefits

• Performance Bonuses and annual salary reviews
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment

ATG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.