Acquisition Business Manager

ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the application of disruptive technologies and related global supply chains. Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response that maintains United States' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S. access to goods and services central to its national security.

**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. Mandatory Requirements: Experience managing complex acquisition programs. Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in business operations or business management overseeing acquisition and contract management activities. Bachelor's degree in business administration, Management, or technical discipline such as Engineering or Information Technology. Superior skills and experience with acquisition and contracting principles and procedures sufficient to monitor and oversee a diverse range of acquisitions supporting R&D. Expert ability to identify, interpret, comply, and with and stay current on relevant regulations, guidelines, laws, and directives. Expert understanding of the organization's financial processes. Prepares, justifies, and administers the project/program budget. Superior ability to oversee procurement and contracting to achieve desired results; monitor expenditures and analyze cost-benefits to set priorities Superior ability to develop collaborative information and expert knowledge of sharing networks and building alliances with colleagues and counterparts within and/or across the organization, the IC, other government/private organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve organizational outcomes. 3+ years of experience as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR), or Industry equivalent, over contracts with increasing complexity. This should be in accordance with Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA), the Intelligence Community, other Government agencies, or Industry equivalent standards. Superior ability to identify and use principles, rules, and relationships to construct arguments or interpret facts, data, or other information. Superior ability to dissect problems into meaningful parts and uses logic and judgment to determine accuracy and relevance of data. Superior ability to identify and reconcile gaps, uncertainties, and key assumptions of data. Superior ability to integrate evidence/information, evaluates and prioritizes alternatives, and assesses similarities and differences in data to develop findings and conclusions. Expert understanding of potential implications of these findings or conclusions. Superior ability to develop collaborative information and expert knowledge of sharing networks and building alliances with colleagues and counterparts within and/or across the organization, the IC, other government/private organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve organizational outcomes. Superior ability to persuade others, builds consensus through give and take, and gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals. Superior ability managing complex projects/programs comprised of multidisciplinary teams to collaborate on work products, share knowledge and build networks and alliances with colleagues and counterparts within and/or across the organization, the IC, other government and private organizations, and/or professional and technical disciplines to achieve organizational outcomes. Desired Requirements: 5+ years of experience as a COR /COTR Level II or higher, or Industry equivalent in accordance with DAWIA, IC or other Government agencies. 10+ years of expert understanding in business operations or business management overseeing acquisition and contract management activities and plans, including financials and spend plan analyses. Acquisition experience with Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Other Transactions (OTs). Experience with source selections, including drafting solicitation and requirements documents. Experience working or supporting research and development activity. Certifications/Licenses: Project/Program Management, Advanced/Expert Level certification or equivalent. For additional information about this position, please reach out to Jermaine Coleman (jermaine.coleman@iarpa.gov).