Job Description
IT Program Manager for FAME & Identity Intelligence Office of the Director of Nional Intelligence Summary Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United Stes government, integring the instruments of nional power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investige, exploit, and defe foreign intelligence thres. Learn more about this agency Summary Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United Stes government, integring the instruments of nional power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investige, exploit, and defe foreign intelligence thres. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 28, 2026 Locion Bethesda, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Not applicable for detailees Pay scale & grade GS 15 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 Multiple Occupions and job series 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12961978-DNI/NCSC Control number 869240200 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Internal to an Agency = Open to current permanent ODNI employees Federal Employees = This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. ODNI Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Applicants from federal agencies may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Duties Help The Mission Capabilities Directore (MCD) drives enterprise technical and informion 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 da analytics and technical innovion, delivers thre RFIs/assessments, coordines 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 integred capabilities on behalf of the Counterintelligence and Security community to more effectively help them execute their duties. The IT Program Manager for FAME & Identity Intelligence will lead two critical initiives th enhance the U.S. Government's ability to screen foreign nionals, share identity intelligence, and mitige nional security thres reled to foreign access to U.S. facilities, systems, and personnel. The IT Program Manager for FAME & Identity Intelligence responsible for overseeing the development, implemention, and operion of these systems, ensuring alignment with NCSC stregic objectives and IC-wide counterintelligence priorities. This role requires deep familiarity with IT competencies and program management, outstanding communicion and briefing skills, senior-level management capabilities, and the ability to negotie interagency agreements for da and informion sharing. Foreign Access Management Enterprise (FAME) supports screening and vetting between USG departments and agencies (DAs) and promotes informion sharing between and amongst DAs, including law enforcement, Department of War (DoW), and the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). The Identities Intelligence Knowledgebase aims to improve the counterintelligence and security community's underlying interagency policies, processes, and technologies reled to identity intelligence. The IT PM for FAME & Identity Intelligence is responsible for overseeing all aspects of these programs, including understanding and advocing for counterintelligence and security mission requirements, technology development, system operions and maintenance, da and informion sharing, interagency coordinion, contracts, budget, and authorities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Program Leadership & Stregic Direction:
Serve as primary point of contact for FAME and Identity Intelligence programs across IC, FBI, DoW, law enforcement, and DAs. Oversee program development, operions, and enhancements ensuring alignment with NSPM-7 and nional security priorities. Develop stregies to enhance capabilities including technology, da governance, analytics, and informion sharing. Interagency Coordinion & Requirements:
Coordine with stakeholders to ensure programs meet evolving requirements. Lead interagency working groups to baseline needs and develop consensus on capabilities. Identify existing systems, assess capabilities, identify gaps, and align interagency projects. Build relionships across DAs and policy committees. Informion Sharing & NSPM-7 Implemention:
Oversee programs' roles in NSPM-7 ecosystem, ensuring effective screening and vetting through informion sharing across DAs, and IC. Develop policies, processes, and technologies to improve identity intelligence sharing and support unified thre awareness. Program Management & Execution:
Provide oversight to complex IT programs with ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, and high risks. Manage risks, assess requirements, identify dependencies, and develop project plans and roadmaps. Oversee schedules throughout system lifecycle. Lead performance reviews and make authoritive decisions. Budget & Resource Management:
Manage program budgets, resources, and contracts ensuring effective execution and compliance. Provide oversight of cost estimes. Participe in budget planning and develop cost stregies for future initiives. Policy & Requirements Analysis:
Lead analysis of interagency policies, processes, and technologies reled to screening, vetting, and identity intelligence. Identify gaps and inefficiencies. Develop recommendions to improve mission effectiveness. Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management:
Lead and mentor team members. Manage expections of senior-level customers across DAs, FBI, and IC. Transle stregic goals into specific objectives with approprie metrics. Provide leadership and/or oversight to complex IT projects or programs th may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with stregic or corpore objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees. 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 th 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 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 Mandory Requirements:
Subject Mter Expertise:
Extensive knowledge and expertise in specialized subject mter areas, including understanding of how technology is used within the IC and in the nional security interest. Extensive knowledge of IC organizions, their roles, responsibilities, policy support mechanisms, and procedures. Foreign Access & Screening:
Strong familiarity with foreign access screening, vetting processes, identity intelligence, and nional security thre assessment reled to foreign nionals accessing U.S. facilities, systems, or personnel. NSPM-7 & Policy Knowledge:
Understanding of NSPM-7 requirements, federal screening and vetting policies, and interagency coordinion mechanisms for counterintelligence and security operions. Program Management:
Extensive knowledge of governance rules and project lifecycle methodologies, with considerable understanding of project management concepts and principles. Extensive experience providing leadership and oversight to complex projects, including managing/mitiging risks, assessing customer requirements, identifying dependencies, developing project plans, and estiming costs using quantitive analysis. Interagency Coordinion:
Demonstred ability to lead interagency working groups, build consensus among diverse stakeholders, and negotie agreements for da and informion sharing across organizional boundaries. Communicion Skills:
Demonstred ability to communice complex informion clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, targeted to diverse audiences with different perspectives and objectives. Stakeholder Management:
Ability to establish and maintain productive working relionships with high-level internal and external resources, effectively exchanging informion within ODNI, across the IC, with FBI, law enforcement, and departments and agencies. Leadership & Problem-Solving:
Demonstred interpersonal, organizional, and problem-solving skills, with ability to work effectively both independently and collaborively. Proven ability to lead, mentor junior colleagues, and promote team development. Stregic Planning:
Demonstred ability to develop and execute stregic plans, including transition planning and change management for enterprise-scale systems. Informion Sharing:
Demonstred ability to oversee informion sharing programs and promote informion sharing practices across the IC and USG. Expert experience in providing leadership, oversight, and guidance to the effective management of complex projects; in managing and mitiging risks, assessing customer requirements, identifying dependencies, and developing responsive project plans; in estiming costs and other resources using quantitive analysis to project requirements. Desired Requirements:
Identity Intelligence:
Familiarity with identity intelligence operions, biometric systems, or identity management technologies. Requirements Analysis:
Experience conducting mission needs assessments, capability gap analysis, or enterprise architecture reviews. Interagency Coordinion:
Prior experience coordining with agencies on screening, vetting, or counterintelligence mters. Technical Expertise:
Extensive knowledge of one or more computer disciplines/specialties (hardware, software, networks); broad knowledge of other reled disciplines. Educion:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, informion science, informion systems management, mhemics, operions research, stistics, technology management, or reled field providing advanced knowledge of applicions, systems, or networks. Da Analytics:
Experience with da analytics plforms, thre assessment tools, or risk scoring methodologies. Interagency Policy Development:
Experience developing or implementing interagency policies, standards, or governance frameworks. Educion Bachelor's degree Additional informion JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candides from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. SALARY DETERMINATION A
current Federal Government employee, selected for this position, assigned to the position their current grade and salary. 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 Officer by classified email dni_reasonable_accommodion_wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email DNI_COO_HRM_RA_ALL@odni.gov, by telephone (703)275-3900 or by FAX (703)275-1277. Your request for reasonable accommodion addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS 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. You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. 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. 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: a. RESUME:
Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualificions relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required informion and you organize it so we can associe the following informion for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise sted. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled 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 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 professional narrive as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d. POSITION NUMBER
Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted. e. CURRENT SF-50
: Federal Government employees must provide your 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. f. WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT
: Applicants from federal agencies must provide written endorsement from the employing agency concurring with the detail. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been 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. This post is for viewing purposes only. Internal ODNI Cadre Candides must submit an applicion through the classified JobsDNI website. For current employees who do not currently have access to internal systems (due to extenuing circumstances) applicions should be sent to ODNI_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Joint Duty Candides from within the IC must submit an applicion through the classified IC Joint Duty Program website. ONLY applicants from federal agencies outside the IC should send their complete applicion package to ODNI_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov. Applicants experiencing technical issues may submit their applicion via email to the email system. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Applicions submitted through the classified email system should NOT contain classified informion above the TS//SI/TK//NOFORN
level. APPLICATION PACKAGES MUST CONTAIN ALL ITEMS LISTED ABOVE. AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents 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. Agency contact informion ODNI HRM HOST ODNI
_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Address NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER
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 60 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: a. RESUME:
Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualificions relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required informion and you organize it so we can associe the following informion for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise sted. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled 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 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 professional narrive as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d. POSITION NUMBER
Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted. e. CURRENT SF-50
: Federal Government employees must provide your 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. f. WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT
: Applicants from federal agencies must provide written endorsement from the employing agency concurring with the detail. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been 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. This post is for viewing purposes only. Internal ODNI Cadre Candides must submit an applicion through the classified JobsDNI website. For current employees who do not currently have access to internal systems (due to extenuing circumstances) applicions should be sent to ODNI_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Joint Duty Candides from within the IC must submit an applicion through the classified IC Joint Duty Program website. ONLY applicants from federal agencies outside the IC should send their complete applicion package to ODNI_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov. Applicants experiencing technical issues may submit their applicion via email to the email system. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Applicions submitted through the classified email system should NOT contain classified informion above the TS//SI/TK//NOFORN
level. APPLICATION PACKAGES MUST CONTAIN ALL ITEMS LISTED ABOVE. AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion ODNI HRM HOST ODNI
_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Address NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER
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 60 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 month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 28, 2026 Locion Bethesda, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Not applicable for detailees Pay scale & grade GS 15 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 Multiple Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12961978-DNI/NCSC Control number 869240200
