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R&D Program Manager

Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Posted 4 days ago

On-site Bethesda, MD $169K – $197K Apply by Jun 16, 2026 Program Management ENTJESTJ Operations
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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

  • IARPA is an activity 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 addresses cross-agency challenges, leverages expertise from across the IC, and transitions advanced capabilities to IC partners.
  • The IARPA organization is built around supporting the pioneering work of its Program Managers (PMs), and every IARPA success has come from an idea that was seeded by its PMs in response to an Intelligence Community (IC) challenge.
  • IARPA's PMs are extraordinary leaders who conceive, plan, and oversee the technical execution of high-risk/high-payoff research and development efforts that enable the United States to have an intelligence advantage over its adversaries.
  • IARPA's PMs are experts in their fields of research who bring imagination and dedication to challenges facing the IC.
  • The work of IARPA's PMs directly and substantially impacts the IC's future capabilities and, more broadly, the field of science.
  • This includes a road spectrum of cutting-edge technology that includes: advanced sensing and processing (including quantum computing); applied artificial intelligence; microelectronics; commercial space; open source intelligence; biotechnology, and other emerging technology areas.
  • IARPA's PMs develop new research concepts, then oversee the research from start to finish.
  • Application Process: Candidates must demonstrate that they are eminent technical experts with cutting-edge skills and world-class knowledge who can build, lead, and transition technology that is of critical importance to the IC.
  • As part of their application, candidates must pitch a new program idea by answering the following Heilmeier questions (not to exceed 2 pages): What are you trying to do?
  • How does this get done at present?
  • Who does it?
  • What are the limitations of present approaches?

Requirements

  • Do NOT submit transcripts.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 144098c2-21c8-4aab-9bd7-caa39f309a42

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