Collection Strategist

Collection Strategist

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): McLean, Virginia

Salary Range: $102415 - $158322 Per Year

Job Summary: The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

Major Duties:

• The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) seeks a motivated individual who desires to join a high-performing team of officers who integrate and coordinate whole-of-government counterterrorism strategy, plans, policies, programs and activities to disrupt and dismantle transnational threat networks and safeguard American lives. The selected candidate will be expected to: Plan, develop, and evaluate strategic planning documents to support United States (U.S.) national security and foreign policy interests and programs. Conduct research to identify priorities, opportunities, gaps, and interdependencies to link resources to strategy; draft emerging strategic issues and trends. Possess regional counterterrorism knowledge of either Asia, Africa or newly designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTO)s based and/or active in Latin America. Possess extensive capability in CT analysis, CT operations, or CT intelligence collection or collection management. Support assessments of the IC's progress toward mission and enterprise strategic objectives. Prepare strategic guidance documentation for IC programs and activities, under direct supervision. Conduct research on best practices in strategy development, execution, evaluation, and impact in order to promote shared vision, values, and goals. Implement outreach activities within and beyond the IC, under direct supervision. Prepare briefings, reports, and presentations to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and senior U.S. Government officials. Maintain productive working relationships with peers and senior leaders across the IC. Perform other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications: Thorough knowledge of strategy development and planning and ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues and incorporate these into organizational strategic plans. Interpersonal skills and ability to work with others internally and externally. Knowledge of IC organizations' missions and policies necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Thorough understanding of performance management principles. Ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issues; ability to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternatives approaches. Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in written reports, and to logically analyze, synthesize, and evaluate multiple sources of information for their inclusion in briefings and written documents. Organizational and interpersonal skills to facilitate forums, manage competing priorities and advocate new ideas/concepts/processes; ability to exercise independent judgment on time-sensitive issues and work collaboratively across the IC. Ability to develop effective professional and interpersonal relationships with peers and colleagues in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the IC, and U.S. Government and to earn their confidence and trust.

How to Apply: Internal ODNI Cadre Candidates must submit an application through the classified JobsDNI website. For current employees who do not currently have access to internal systems due to extenuating circumstances, applications should be sent to either DNI-COO-HRM-Vacancies-Mailbox@cia.ic.gov (classified email system) or vacancies@odni.gov (unclassified email system). Applications submitted through the classified email system should NOT contain classified information above the TS//SI/TK/NORFORN level.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-21