Collection Operations Manager with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Engaged work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge in Washington, DC, seeks an experienced Collection Operations Manager with a TS/SCI clearance to lead HUMINT collection programs. You will coordinate with analysts and consumers, apply collection systems, and optimize operations to deliver timely intelligence. Bachelor’s degree and extensive experience are required.

You will develop methods to evaluate collection effectiveness, produce actionable findings, and present training programs for HUMINT operations across the IC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 12+ years of HUMINT collection management experience.
• Experience with HUMINT automated systems.
• Knowledge of intelligence oversight and security guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with collection managers to guide HUMINT operations.
• Apply collection systems to inform analysts and consumers.
• Assess gaps and tailor collection operations to customer needs.
• Execute collection plans and generate relevant intelligence.
• Produce analyses identifying gaps and model future scenarios.
• Develop and present instruction programs for HUMINT operations.

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Research

Analytical skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

HUMINT automated systems

Job description

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Collection Operations Manager 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.

Job Requirements Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with collection requirements managers, analytic elements, and consumers to ensure HUMINT collection operations have the necessary focus and guidance to maximize time and resources allocated.
• Apply intelligence collection systems and capabilities to inform intelligence collectors and consumers of collection developments and relevancy through a range of products.
• Collaborate across the IC to understand consumer intelligence needs and gaps to optimize developing collection operations tailored to the requirements of the customer.
• Work with collectors and all-source analysts to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of multi-INT collection against requirements.
• Execute collection plans and strategies to generate reliable intelligence relevant to consumer needs.
• Manage large amounts of data, ensure data consistency, produce visualizations, and develop models to report findings.
• Assist with developing methods and criteria to evaluate whether collection requirements have been satisfied, using measures of effectiveness and measures of performance.
• Produce feedback of findings, identify collection gaps, related trends, and opportunities; Assess collection options, test assumptions; produce judgments, recommendations and solutions to refine collection.
• Produce analyses identifying gaps in collections methods, and models future intelligence collection scenarios.
• Conduct, develop, produce, and present programs of instruction in specified collection operations TTP’s, and related or supporting processes for various HUMINT and technical intelligence operations. Requirements:
• Must have twelve (12) years of experience as a HUMINT Collection Manager or another agency equivalent.
• Must have previous experience with HUMINT automated systems.
• Must have knowledge of intelligence oversight and security guidelines pertaining to HUMINT reporting.
• Excellent written communication, research, and analytic skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing, presenting, and communicating complex topics using available multimedia software and applications.
• Experience in managing research and coordinating projects.
• Experience in instructing and interacting with small groups on data and information requirements and coordination tasks preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of DIA, NSA, CIA, DEA, FBI, and department of treasury and state programs and products highly desired.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Specialized training from any intelligence collection and analysis school or certification or graduate of residence basic HUMINT collection course. Security clearance:
• Current active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph. Location:
• Washington, DC. Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community.
• Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.