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IARPA Deputy Director
Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties and Responsibilities: The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an independent activity within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and is aligned within OESET.
- →IARPA invests in high-risk/high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries.
- →IARPA drives groundbreaking research and development to address, support, and advance IC strategies and mission requirements, enhance innovation across the breadth of IC activities, allow the IC to take advantage of cutting-edge technology that result in critical advances that propel the IC forward.
- →IARPA was established to provide a community-wide focus on innovative, path-breaking scientific research and development for the Intelligence Community (IC) that: Extends the IC's capabilities to collect and analyze foreign intelligence.
- →Leverages the IC's competitive advantage against emerging threats.
- →Pursues innovative concepts and advances in cutting edge technologies that can be applied to complex intelligence challenges; and Promotes cross-community and multi-disciplinary R&D collaboration by bringing together this nation's best minds in an open, forward-looking work environment.
- →Today, IARPA is approaching 20 years of success and continues to focus on high-risk, high-paying research that addresses the demand signals and needs of the IC's mission.
- →The successful candidate will serve as the Deputy Director of IARPA.
- →Major duties and responsibilities include: Partner with the Director in implementing the strategic direction and leadership for IARPA.
- →Maintain and enhance a culture of innovation, creativity, respect, diversity and inclusion.
- →Promote an environment that attracts exceptional technical experts from academia, industry, and government with innovative ideas and enable them to create and execute research programs that tackle some of the hardest challenges that the IC will face in the coming years.
- →Assist the Director in overseeing the portfolio of research activities across IARPA, ensuring research activities are high-risk, high payoff, have clear technology transition plans, and are technically credible and programmatically well-run while assuring alignment and synchronization with IARPA's tactical and strategic goals.
- →Represent and build support for IARPA's programs and research strategy, foster collaboration and partnerships throughout the IC; leverage these relationships to help ensure IC relevance of IARPA's programs, and to effect transition of results.
- →Assist in recruiting, hiring, and supervising Office Directors, Program Managers and operational staff.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must be current permanent ODNI employees.
- ✓EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS All applicants will be assessed for executive competency against the five mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
- ✓If your two-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs you will not receive further consideration for the position.
- ✓Applicants are strongly encouraged to review current information regarding ECQs.
- ✓For information regarding ECQs, please visit the Executive Core Qualifications page on the OPM website.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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