Team Lead

SOSi; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SOSi is seeking a seasoned Senior Team Lead to support a designated headquarters integration office in the NCR. You will act as the management and technical lead for contractor personnel, delivering analytic and analytic-enabling support, and ensuring high-quality intelligence products in line with directives and tradecraft standards.

You will oversee staffing continuity, manage cost/schedule/performance, and maintain strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Admin, Intelligence, National Security).
• 10+ years of intelligence analysis, program management, or analytic-enabling experience.
• Experience supporting Intelligence/Defense Agencies.
• Experience with NSS/NDS alignment and strategic priorities.
• Prior experience as a Team Lead, PM, or first-line supervisor on a government contract.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise integration, mission processes, and performance metrics.
• Certifications such as PMP or IC analytic tradecraft credentials.
• Experience integrating multi-disciplinary intel (all-source, C4I, cyber, HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT).
• Familiarity with intelligence analytic production systems (e.g., MARS/MIDB).
• No foreign language requirement for this role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as management and technical lead for all contractor personnel supporting the designated office.
• Provide senior SME in business processes, data science, content/graphics, and knowledge/program management.
• Lead or direct contractor personnel to ensure coordination and task execution.
• Support the TO Program Manager and be the primary technical contact for the office.
• Oversee day-to-day production and dissemination of intelligence products per standards.
• Ensure personnel meet contract performance objectives and quality standards.
• Assist PM in managing cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Support staffing continuity and prevent vacancies beyond 30 days without delay.
• Coordinate task assignments to contractor personnel per Government needs.
• Establish relationships with customers, COR, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with PM and other Team Leads for optimal resource use.
• Support surge/optional requirements with Government authorization.
• Contribute to timely, accurate delivery of contract deliverables (e.g., status reports).
• Ensure work complies with ICDs and Intelligence SOPs.
• Be available to respond to inquiries and alert PM/customer to issues.

Skills

Intelligence analysis

Program management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Enterprise integration

MIG knowledge

IC tradecraft

C4I OSINT

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MARS

MIDB

Job description

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SOSi is a private defense and government solutions business specializing in advanced technology systems and mission support. Its capabilities include data science, software development, network engineering, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and logistics.

Job Description

*Position is contingent upon contract award*

SOSi is seeking a highly qualified senior-level Team Lead to support a designated headquarters integration office on a contract in the NCR. This Team Lead is designated key personnel and serves as the management and technical lead for all contractor personnel performing functions in support of designated integration office. The Team Lead is responsible for providing senior-level subject matter expertise in strategic oversight, integration, and coordination across intelligence operations, completing complicated or complex tasks independently, and leading or directing the work of contractor personnel assigned to designated headquarters integration office. The Team Lead works directly for and supports the overall TO Program Manager (PM), coordinating the day-to-day execution of analytic and analytic-enabling support, ensuring the timely and high-quality production of intelligence products in accordance with applicable Directives, SOPs, and applicable tradecraft standards. The Team Lead ensures that assigned personnel meet performance objectives, maintains effective relationships with customers and stakeholders, and serves as a primary technical point of contact for designated headquarters integration office. The Team Lead supports staffing continuity and assists the PM in managing cost, schedule, performance, and risk within designated headquarters integration office.

• Serve as the management and technical lead for all contractor personnel performing functions in support of designated headquarters integration office.
• Provide senior-level subject matter expertise in business process, data science, content/graphics, and knowledge/program management, completing complicated or complex tasks independently.
• Lead or direct the work of contractor personnel assigned to designated headquarters integration office, ensuring effective coordination and task execution.
• Support the overall TO Program Manager and serve as the primary technical point of contact for designated headquarters integration office.
• Oversee the day-to-day production and dissemination of intelligence products in accordance with analytic tradecraft standards, ICD 203/206.
• Ensure assigned personnel meet contract performance objectives and quality standards.
• Assist the PM in managing cost, schedule, performance, and risk within designated headquarters integration office.
• Support staffing continuity, ensuring no position within designated headquarters integration office remains vacant more than 30 calendar days without an excusable delay.
• Coordinate assignment of tasks to contractor personnel within designated headquarters integration office in support of Government requirements.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, the COR, and stakeholders within the designated headquarters integration office.
• Coordinate with the PM and other Team Leads to ensure the optimal use of assigned resources and cross-center integration.
• Support surge and optional task requirements within the designated headquarters integration office upon Government authorization.
• Contribute to the timely, accurate delivery of contract deliverables (e.g., status reports, records of meetings) in accordance with the CDRLs.
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with applicable ICDs and Intelligence agency SOPs.
• Be readily available to respond to customers' inquiries and proactively alert the PM and customer to potential technical or programmatic issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Intelligence, National Security).
• 10+ years of intelligence analysis, program management, or analytic-enabling experience.
• Experience supporting Intelligence and Defense Agencies.
• Experience with NSS/NDS alignment and strategic competition priorities.
• Prior experience serving as a Team Lead, project manager, or first-line supervisor on a government intelligence contract.
• Deep functional expertise in enterprise integration, intelligence business processes, mission integration guidance (MIG), performance metrics, and knowledge management.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, or equivalent IC analytic tradecraft certifications).
• Experience integrating multi-disciplinary intelligence (all-source, C4I, cyber, HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, etc.).
• Familiarity with Intelligence analytic production systems (e.g., MARS/MIDB).
• (No foreign language requirement for this functional office.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Intelligence, National Security).
• Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
• Fast paced, deadline-oriented environment.

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.