Associate Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Associe Chief Opering Officer (COO) Office of the Director of Nional Intelligence Summary The Office of the Director of Nional Intelligence (ODNI) Chief Opering Officer (COO) administers the Director of Nional Intelligence (DNI's) vision & direction to the ODNI enterprise providing elite support services including synchronizing policy, plans, procedures, & cross-functional issues th enable the ODNI mission. COO oversees most ODNI business operions, including executive support, human resources, security, facilities, continuity, governance, policies, & informion management. Learn more about this agency Summary The Office of the Director of Nional Intelligence (ODNI) Chief Opering Officer (COO) administers the Director of Nional Intelligence (DNI's) vision & direction to the ODNI enterprise providing elite support services including synchronizing policy, plans, procedures, & cross-functional issues th enable the ODNI mission. COO oversees most ODNI business operions, including executive support, human resources, security, facilities, continuity, governance, policies, & informion management. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2026 Locion McLean, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $151,661 - $218,900 per year Pay scale & grade SL 00 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0132 Intelligence Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12966148-DNI/COO Control number 869782200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted stus; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separion from the Peace Corps. Duties Help Lead and manage a professional staff in successfully defining and managing complex programs and projects th may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure timelines, costs, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved according to approved plans. Provide day-to-day management and direction of component staffs and business operions; execute budget, personnel, and policy decisions to support the components' activities. Lead, manage and drive the ODNI core values of Commitment, Courage and Collaborion, and lead through example to ensure the efficient use of personnel and funding resources. Perform personnel management responsibilities with a focus on building a high performance workforce; promote team building and a collaborive work environment; ensure goals and performance objectives are understood; assess performance and provide timely feedback, recognition, and remediion. Manage and oversee the financial and budgetary management for all ODNI, and oversees execution of the ODNI budget. Maintain effective and productive working relionships across the entire ODNI organizion and within the IC elements to address issues th span multiple mission or program areas. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be registered for the Selective Service, if applicable. You must be a U.S. citizen and least 18 years of age. You must be willing to move to the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA). You must successfully complete a medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview, and a comprehensive background investigion.

PROBATIONARY & TRIAL PERIODS

Employees newly appointed to the Senior Nional Intelligence Service (SNIS) are subject to a twelve (12)-month probionary period to assess their ability to perform assigned duties and responsibilities a level of excellence expected of a senior executive. For permanent employees newly hired into the ODNI, the probionary period will run concurrently with the first twelve (12) months of a new employee's two (2)-year trial period.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQs) To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualificion (ICSOCQ) in your resume. Please see qualificion section.

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS

All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. Responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. Submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United Stes 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 initiives th 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. Qualificions

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS

(ECQs) To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualificion (ICSOCQ) listed below in your resume.

RESUMES MUST NOT EXCEED TWO

(2) PAGES. Resumes over the two (2)-page limit will not be reviewed and disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, educions, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificions. If your resume does not demonstre evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. For more informion regarding ECQs, please the Executive Core Qualificions page on the OPM website. ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and Principles of the American Founding This core qualificion requires a demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to stregically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: Merit and Competence This core qualificion involves the demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4: Leading People This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to sted goals from superiors.

ISCOCQ:

Leading the Intelligence Enterprise This core qualificion involves the ability to integre resources, informion, interests, and activities effectively in support of the Intelligence Community's mission and to lead and leverage cross-organizional collaborive networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this senior officer qualificion is a deep understanding of the intelligence enterprise and a shared commitment to the IC's core values.

Note:

If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participion in an OPM-approved SES Candide Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should tach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certificion by OPM's SES Qualificion Review Board (QRB)) or your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES.

Mandory Requirements:

Excellent organizional, managerial, and leadership skills including an ability to manage the professional development of staff employees. Excellent communicion and interpersonal skills, including ability to exert in?uence with senior leadership and communice effectively all staff levels, both internal and external to the organizion. Excellent critical thinking skills, the ability to conduct independent research and the ability to prepare ?nished assessments and other written products with an emphasis on stregic planning, clear organizion, and concise and logical presention. Superior ability to develop, evalue, and implement stregic plans, including assessing plan effectiveness, IC performance metrics, and recommending resource allocions to align with U.S. Government objectives. Excellent management and execution of large-scale budgets, including oversight of organizional financial operions to ensure fiscal responsibility and alignment with mission goals.

Desired Requirements:

Strong track record in building high-performance teams, promoting collaborion, setting clear goals/performance objectives, providing feedback/recognition/remediion, and fostering a professional work environment. Advanced skills in mitiging risks associed with ambiguous, high-risk intelligence operions involving multiple interfaces and external dependencies. Prior experience in a SNIS or equivalent senior leadership position (e.g. senior leadership in an IC agency or ODNI component) th required extensive negotiion on contentious issues. Educion Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in a relevant field such as Business Administrion, Public Administrion, Internional Relions, Intelligence Studies, or a reled discipline. Additional informion

JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL

: Candides from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

The ODNI provides reasonable accommodions to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodions Office Representive by email DNI_COO_HRM_RA_ALL@odni.gov, by telephone (703)275-3900 or by FAX (703)275-1277. Your request for reasonable accommodions addressed on a case-by-case basis.

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulions. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for considerion and may be called for an interview. After reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion made. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help A complete applicion package must include the following: a.

RESUME :

Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, your resume must show th you possess the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualificion (ICSOCQ) listed in the Qualificions section. Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificions. If your resume does not demonstre evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the 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 th 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 cover letter as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d.

CURRENT SF-50

: Federal Government employees must provide their official most recent SF-50 (i.e., ded within the last 52 weeks from the closing de of this vacancy announcement). SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" is used to verify to verify current federal stus, position, title, grade, and organizion of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position. e.

POSITION NUMBER

: Reference the position number on each document submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your applicion. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applicions. Your applicion must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. Applicions received after the closing de will NOT be eligible for considerion. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Agency contact informion

ODNI HRM HOST ODNI

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Director Of Nional Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US Next steps The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 30 days of the closing de of this announcement. Due to the large number of applicions received, applicants contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A complete applicion package must include the following: a.

RESUME :

Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, your resume must show th you possess the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs) and the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualificion (ICSOCQ) listed in the Qualificions section. Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificions. If your resume does not demonstre evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the 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 th 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 cover letter as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d.

CURRENT SF-50

: Federal Government employees must provide their official most recent SF-50 (i.e., ded within the last 52 weeks from the closing de of this vacancy announcement). SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" is used to verify to verify current federal stus, position, title, grade, and organizion of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position. e.

POSITION NUMBER

: Reference the position number on each document submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your applicion. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applicions. Your applicion must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. Applicions received after the closing de will NOT be eligible for considerion. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion

ODNI HRM HOST ODNI

_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Address

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Director Of Nional Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US Next steps The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 30 days of the closing de of this announcement. Due to the large number of applicions received, applicants contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/02/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2026 Locion McLean, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $151,661 - $218,900 per year Pay scale & grade SL 00 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12966148-DNI/COO Control number 869782200