Job Description
Deputy National Intelligence Officer for SPACE
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Summary
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Directorate for Mission Integration (MI) creates a consistent and holistic view of intelligence from collection to analysis and serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) principal advisor on all aspects of intelligence. MI integrates mission capabilities, informs enterprise resource and policy decisions, and ensures the delivery of timely, objective, accurate, and relevant intelligence.
Duties
Support the National Intelligence Officer for (NIO) in his role as the principal advisor to the DNI on foreign space and counterspace capabilities. Provide expert counsel and assessments to the NIO and the DNI on foreign space and counterspace issues in support of the DNI's role of principal intelligence advisor to the President of the United States.
Serve as the Senior Deputy NIO, helping the NIO with day-to-day management of the space analytic portfolio for the office of the NIO. Function as the Acting NIO, when needed, at internal and external events.
Lead, with the NIO, analytic planning across the office, help oversee contract operations and facilitate workforce planning for the office.
Provide expert assessments on collection and analysis regarding foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats; prepare and coordinate background papers and briefing books for the DNI, PDDNI, DMI, Executive and NIM , NIO, and other ODNI senior leaders' participation in the National Security Council Principals, Deputies, and Interagency Policy Committees; Cabinet meetings; and Congressional testimonies.
Lead the IC's production and coordination of strategic intelligence assessments, to include NIEs, Intelligence Community Assessments, NIC Assessments, NIC Memos, and Sense of Community Memorandums, on foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats.
Brief senior IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders as necessary on foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats.
Provide authoritative guidance on foreign space and counterspace priorities, based on customer needs and analytic requirements, for both national intelligence collection and analysis matters.
Review IC research and production plans on foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats; identify redundancies and gaps; develop mitigation strategies to address gaps; and advise the NIO for Space on IC gaps and shortfalls.
Collaborate with the Executive and NIM for Space team, National Intelligence Collection Officer, NIC's Weapon and Space Systems Intelligence Committee, and other foreign space intelligence leaders and entities to promote the NIM UIS; advise on IC analytic priorities and needs to assess space capabilities and counterspace threats; and support effective use of IC resources.
Develop and sustain a professional network with IC analysts, analytic managers, and collection managers on foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats.
Establish and foster liaison relationships with academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts to ensure the IC has a comprehensive understanding of foreign space capabilities and counterspace threats.
Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC.