Senior Executive Leader - IC Alumni

National Security Agency Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 190,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

National Security Agency is seeking a Defense Senior Executive Level Leader to guide the Agency’s major programs, goals, and strategic direction from a top-level perspective. The role delegates day-to-day tasks to mid-level managers, collaborates with the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense, and provides authoritative guidance while ensuring compliant, efficient operations.

Mentoring is emphasized to develop future senior leaders.

Qualifications

• ECQs required: leadership, strategic thinking, and results delivery.
• Ability to manage resources, budgets, and performance.
• Strong communication with stakeholders across IC and DoD.

Responsibilities

• Develops major NSA programs, goals and plans.
• Delegates program tasks to mid-level managers for execution.
• Sets overall strategic direction via NSA plans.
• Liaises with Intelligence Community and DoD to advance long-range NSA plans.
• Provides authoritative advice and acts as NSA spokesperson.
• Mentors subordinates to build future senior leaders.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic thinking

Budget/resource management

Policy compliance

Cross-agency collaboration

Public speaking/communication

Job description

Responsibilities

Serves in an official position of Defense Senior Executive Level Leader regardless of his/her organizational level. Assures that the Agency achieves its mission by developing its major programs, goals, and plans. Responsible for the overall success or failure of Agency programs and initiatives, and delegates program implementation tasks--the day-to-day or functional work activities--to mid-level managers. Considers Agency goals and performance strategically, by setting the Agency's overall direction via its strategic plans. As a result, often works with people and organizations outside his/her immediate organization--to include the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense at large--to defend controversial or critical long-range NSA plans. Provides authoritative advice, serves as NSA spokesperson, and is ultimately accountable for effective and efficient Agency operations and its compliance with policy (to include approving out-year budget documents). Exhibits leadership competencies and behaviors for all to follow, as well as offers mentoring opportunities to subordinates to ensure the development of a cadre of future Senior Leaders.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) listed below. Applicants must submit a resume, no longer than two pages, reflecting demonstrated evidence of the ECQs. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Entrants into the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES) under a career appointment are assessed for executive competency against the following six mandatory ECQs. There are six ECQs: * ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding - This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. * Sub-Competencies: * Knowledge of the American System of Government: Demonstrates understanding and appreciation of the American system of government, including the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, separation of powers, federalism, and the historical development of the American Nation. * Commitment to the Rule of Law: Upholds the principles of the American Founding, including equality under the law and democratic self-government. Ensures the law is applied fairly and consistently. * Civic-Mindedness: Stays up-to-date on important developments in American government and aligns organizational objectives and practices with presidential and public interests. Demonstrates a commitment to serve the American people. * ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. * Sub-Competencies: * Fiscal Responsibility: Strategically manages, allocates and monitors financial resources. Aligns priorities and initiatives to justify budget proposals. Monitors expenditures, cuts unnecessary costs, and uses cost-benefit analysis to set priorities. * Managing Resources: Manages resources efficiently and effectively based on current and projected organizational goals, skills, budget considerations, and staffing needs. * Leveraging Technology: Explores emerging technology and potential applications. Incorporates technology to enhance efficiency and achieve results. Ensures access to and security of technology systems. * ECQ 3: Merit and Competence - This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. * Sub-Competencies: * Technical Skill: Possesses the requisite technical knowledge and subject matter expertise to consistently produce timely, high-quality work. Is considered a strong contributor in his or her domain. * Problem Solving: Engages in critical and data-driven thinking when diagnosing root causes and evaluating options. Identifies and promptly addresses the most pressing, high-priority problems. * Agility and Resilience: Anticipates and adapts to change, new ideas, new information, and new conditions. Is committed to continuous improvement. Deals effectively with pressure and remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. * ECQ 4: Leading People - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. * Sub-Competencies: * Accountability: Ensures that employees are appropriately recruited, selected, appraised, trained, and retained. Takes swift action to address performance- or conduct-based deficiencies in employees supervised. Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. * Developing Others: Recognizes and rewards outstanding achievement in others. Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Cultivates a dynamic environment in which employees are not afraid to make mistakes. * Executive Judgement: Makes well-reasoned, timely, and effective decisions and considers short- and long-term implications. Communicates effectively with stakeholders across all organizational levels, sharing and guarding information where appropriate. * ECQ 5: Achieving Results - This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. * Sub-Competencies: * Operational Mindset: Effectively translates strategies into actionable steps and processes. Partners effectively with stakeholders to drive adoption and addresses blockers to ensure successful implementation. * Innovation: Applies creativity to improving products and processes, challenges convention, takes measured risks, and considers ways to simplify and remove unnecessary requirements. * Strategic Thinking: Formulates objectives and priorities and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization by evaluating conditions, resources, capabilities, constraints, and organizational goals and values. * ECQ 6: Leading the Intelligence Enterprise - Aspirant demonstrates a broad point of view on the intelligence mission and an understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to the larger Intelligence Community strategic priorities. Aspirant's perspective is shaped by experience and education, and characterized by a strategic, top-level focus on broad requirements, joint experiences, fusion of information, collaboration, and vertical and horizontal integration of information. * Sub-Competencies: * Collaboration and Integration: Aspirant shares information and knowledge to achieve results by creating an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of different points of view. Aspirant demonstrates knowledge, skill, and/or ability to build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or in other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes. Aspirant demonstrates knowledge, skill, and/or ability to understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise and apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. * Enterprise Focus: Aspirant demonstrates a deep understanding of how the mission, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect. Aspirant encourages and supports Joint Duty assignments and development experiences that develop and reinforce an enterprise focus among their subordinates. Aspirant demonstrates knowledge, skill, and/or ability to understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise and apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. * Values-Centered Leadership: Aspirant advances and reinforces IC core values: A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties; the integrity and courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk; and collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the talents of all members of the IC, their backgrounds, their sources and methods, and their points of view. Aspirant demonstrates the ability to reinforce, and reward, IC/ departmental/component core values. Aspirant demonstrates commitment to different points of view, ideas, and insights.

Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule

Salary offers are based on candidates' education level and years of experience relevant to the position and also take into account information provided by the hiring manager/organization regarding the work level for the position. SALARY RANGE: Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES) Tier 1 - Up to $209,600, Tier 2 - Up to $219,000, Tier 3 - Up to $228,000. Reemployed annuitants will return at previous tier unless otherwise authorized by DIRNSA. Benefits: NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This is a full-time position. Periodic extended hours may be necessary. Appointment Term: Reemployed Annuitants are subject to a 24 month appointment, with NSA Chief of Staff approval required for extensions. International and domestic travel may be required. The incumbent is subject to random drug and polygraph testing. This position requires a TOP SECRET clearance and SPECIAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION (SBI)

DCIPS Disclaimer

• VETERANS AND TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS** Thank you for your service! The National Security Agency (NSA) is part of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). All positions at NSA are in the Excepted Service under Title 10, United States Codes (U.S.C.), Section 1601 appointment authority. Veterans' Preference In accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, "DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System Employment and Placement," NSA applies veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5, U.S.C., to eligible candidates. If you are claiming veterans' preference, you are required to provide acceptable documentation of your preference eligibility upon application. Acceptable documentation includes: - DD-214: "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," which shows dates of service and discharge under honorable conditions (Copy 4); OR - Certification of Service: A written document on letterhead from the appropriate branch of the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. The certification should include the military service dates, including the expected discharge or release date; AND - Standard Form 15 (SF-15) Application for 10-point Veteran Preference (http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf15.pdf). If you are claiming a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more, the documentation you provide must specifically demonstrate this level of disability; AND - VA Letter of Disability (for 10pt and Sole Survivorship rating) You may obtain a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs reflecting your level of disability for preference eligibility by visiting a VA Regional Office, contacting a VA call center, or online (https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/). **Failure to provide sufficient documentation of veterans' preference eligibility may preclude NSA from identifying you as a preference eligible candidate during the hiring selection process.