Collections Management SME for DoD AI-Enabled Capabilities

BOAB Ventures; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BOAB Ventures is seeking a Collections Management SME to support an advanced capability development program in the national security space. The role requires translating operational processes into workflows that software teams can act on while coordinating with government stakeholders and technical developers.

The ideal candidate will have COCOM-level collection management experience, TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to travel ~30 days to various commands and industry locations.

Qualifications

• Provide COCOM-level collection management expertise across the full collection cycle (requirements generation, validation, tasking, orchestration, assessment).
• Identify opportunities to integrate operational collection workflows, intelligence data sources, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Translate collection management processes and operational needs into developer-consumable workflows, requirements, and user stories.
• Communicate operational constraints, governance structures, data ownership considerations, and integration tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Work across collection management tools, intelligence platforms, and data environments spanning multiple intelligence disciplines.
• Coordinate with operational users, platform and data owners, government stakeholders, and technical development teams.
• Bridge the gap between operational collection management and technical capability development, ensuring practical, mission-relevant integrations.
• Provide operational insight and user feedback throughout iterative capability-development cycles.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full collection cycle from requirements generation to assessment.
• Collaborate with developers to translate ops needs into actionable user stories and requirements.
• Travel up to ~30 days to Combatant Commands, service components, and industry locations.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

CI polygraph

US citizenship

COCOM-level collection mgmt

collection mgmt understanding

multi-INT orchestration

tools/platforms familiarity

translate requirements

fast-paced government environment

communication skills

travel availability

CENTCOM exp

DoD software/AI/ML exp

relationships with owners

classified environment experience

Agile/iterative delivery

IC/Military intel exp

Job description

BOAB Ventures is seeking a Collections Management SME to support an advanced capability development program in the national security space. The role requires translating operational processes into workflows that software teams can act on while coordinating with government stakeholders and technical developers.

The ideal candidate will have COCOM-level collection management experience, TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to travel ~30 days to various commands and industry locations.