Group Chief Enterprise Operations Group

Group Chief Enterprise Operations Group

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): McLean, Virginia

Salary Range: $169279 - $197200 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:

• Serve as the Chief, Enterprise Operations Group, responsible for overseeing the National Counterterrorism Center's budget, resource and contract planning and execution, facilities, and strategic workforce planning. Lead, manage, and direct a professional level staff, evaluate performance, collaborate on goal setting and provide feedback and guidance regarding personal and professional development opportunities. Manage NCTC resource planning & programming efforts, working with NCTC senior leaders and the COO on the Center's equities across all business and operational areas. Lead the discussion of strategic budget priorities among the Directorates and Offices at key decision points, In conjunction with CFE, draft and/or review budget requests, impact statements, and responses to resource reductions, Questions for the record for OMB or Congress, and inquiries from other oversight bodies. Oversee ranking and prioritizing of competing requirements for additional capabilities through a transparent and accountable methodology. Oversee to ensure systems can achieve operational capability with constrained resources. Oversee the Center's Strategic Workforce Planning, staffing posture, and tracking of personal services expenditures and FTE utilization, working closely across Directorates and Offices to ensure NCTC's recruitment and retention strategies meet mission needs and NCTC's authorized budget. Manage the Center's space allocations, logistics, and coordinate NCTC's IT requirements and actions. Work with ODNI/Mission Support Division, ITS, and NCTOC to maintain a facilities Infrastructure to support NCTC's continuity of operations and disaster recovery. Serve as one of the Center's Accountability Officers, responsible to D/NCTC to manage NCTC's property transactions for ODNI accountable property. Maintain records concerning property, receipt, storage, issuance and disposition. Conduct quarterly and annual inventories. Oversee NCTC's accountable property Responsible Officers in the execution of their duties. Oversee acquisitions and procurement activities in support of NCTC missions and operations.

Qualifications: FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position. Expert knowledge of financial and budget processes, acquisition and procurement activities. Deep understanding of preparation and execution of project and organization budgets. Expert knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, business processes, and policy development. Superior ability to lead a team in the design and implementation of integration strategies for IC initiatives and programs, including the superior ability to manage human, financial, and information resources. Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the superior ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives. Superior ability to manage strategic and tactical level topics, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for improvement. Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment. Superior ability to monitor expenditures and analyze cost-benefits to set priorities. Superior oral and written communication skills, including superior ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.

How to Apply: We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Your application must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive information Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents

Application Deadline: 2026-05-14