Program Manager – Scattered Castles & IC SCIF

Summary

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.

Duties

• The Mission Capabilities Directorate (MCD) drives enterprise technical and information sharing solutions, prioritizes and manages requirements in support of whole of government counterintelligence and security mission partners.
• MCD identifies mission gaps, builds capabilities through full lifecycle program development, drives data analytics and technical innovation, delivers threat RFIs/assessments, coordinates interagency partners, and ensures legal/policy/civil liberties compliance.
• MCD is seeking an outstanding IT Program Manager to join our team of mission focused leaders who identify and develop in demand solutions and integrated capabilities on behalf of the Counterintelligence and Security community to more effectively help them execute their duties.
• The IT Program Manager for Scattered Castles & IC Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and operation of these systems, ensuring alignment with NCSC strategic objectives and IC wide priorities.
• This role requires deep familiarity with IT competencies and program management, outstanding communication and briefing skills, senior level management capabilities, and the ability to negotiate interagency agreements for data and information sharing.
• The IT Program Manager for Scattered Castles & IC SCIF oversees these mission critical, Intelligence Communitywide systems that directly enable national security operations in support of Trusted Workforce 2.0 and Security Reform initiatives.
• For Scattered Castles, this position provides interagency oversight for system budget, scope, and timelines, and serves as Chair of the Scattered Castles Executive Steering Group.
• For IC SCIF, this position provides program management oversight ensuring the repository supports IC wide physical security requirements and SCIF accreditation processes in accordance with ICD 705.
• Primary Responsibilities: Program Leadership & Strategic Alignment Ensure alignment of Scattered Castles and IC SCIF initiatives with NCSC strategic and IC-wide objectives.
• Provide leadership and oversight to complex IT projects with ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces.
• Lead interagency collaboration and chair the Scattered Castles Executive Steering Group to drive consensus and mission outcomes across IC, DoW, and executive agency stakeholders Requirements Management & Stakeholder Engagement.
• Lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements across the IC, DoW, and participating agencies.
• Manage expectations of senior level customers and ensure delivery of quality products and services that support 24/7 global mission operations.
• Negotiate interagency agreements for data and information sharing to enhance system integration and mission effectiveness Project Planning & Execution.
• Ensure project plans, roadmaps, and schedules are developed and followed throughout the system lifecycle.
• Lead and guide the resolution of issues in project plans and schedules based on a clear understanding of customer requirements and information on project cost, schedule, quality, and performance; provide expert oversight of cost and resource estimates; participate in budget planning activities and develop cost estimating strategies for future projects.
• Oversee development and maintenance of appropriate project documentation for this IC-mandated authoritative system Budget & Resource Management.
• Provide expert oversight of cost and resource estimates for Scattered Castles and IC SCIF programs.
• Participate in budget planning activities and develop cost estimating strategies for future projects.
• Monitor and control program expenditures to ensure fiscal responsibility for this enterprise-scale system Performance Monitoring & Quality Assurance Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to project implementation and quality assurance by evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance.
• Assess variances from the plan and oversee execution of necessary corrective actions.
• Lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather critical information, and make authoritative decisions about required next steps Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement Oversee the work of team members and monitor work activities to ensure counterintelligence and security policies and procedures are followed.
• Provide assistance to team members and communicate needs and requirements to the project team Lead examination of project successes and failures and develop solutions to improve products and services Drive innovation to enhance system capabilities supporting Continuous Evaluation, insider threat detection, and logical access control.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

How You Will Be Evaluated

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

Required Documents

A complete application package must include:

• a.
• RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length.
• Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration.
• Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity.
• You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week.
• We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated.
• Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position). b.
• ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above).
• By submitting your responses to these 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]). c.
• COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed. d.
• CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement).
• An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, is used to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record.
• If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position. e.
• POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
• Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.