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The National Security Agency (NSA) is a world leader in the protection and exploitation of intelligence. We gather and analyze foreign signals intelligence to produce vital information for U.S. policymakers and warfighters. And we protect American intelligence from the ever-listening ears of our adversaries. At the Nation’s top cryptologic organization, you can work with the best and the brightest, using your intelligence to solve some of the Nation’s most difficult challenges.
Senior Corporate Strategist Planner
The National Security Agency's Corporate Strategy and Planning Office has an immediate opening for an experienced corporate strategist and planner with a broad federal government business background, in-depth experience in large organizations, and strong interpersonal and executive staff skills.
As a Senior Corporate Strategist and Planner for NSA, you will provide analysis, recommendations, and briefings for senior leaders on special topics that impact the success of Agency goals and objectives. Your charge will include significant liaison for the Agency with the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense senior staffs concerning national strategies, plans, future scenarios, trends, and multi-disciplinary guidance. Duties will include engaging with and influencing Intelligence Community and Department of Defense counterparts to develop and execute strategy and planning through teams and working groups; gathering corporate business data and perform high-level trend, threat, and futures analysis using a variety of environmental scan techniques to support Agency strategy development, scenario-based and capabilities-based planning, resource estimation, and performance measurement; and planning and coordinating strategic management processes used by agency leaders to make investment decisions.
The position provides an excellent opportunity to gain insights into the organizations, structures, policies, and practices of NSA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of Defense, and also the unique privilege of leading, engaging, and influencing the direction of the Intelligence Community. As a corporate business professional in the extremely dynamic environment of NSA, you will have the chance to use your skills and experience to help protect the Nation and its war fighters.
The successful candidate will have at least three years experience in either the Intelligence Community or Department of Defense as a corporate strategist/planner with at least one year of specialized, hands-on analytic experience. Ideally, the individual will have a Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, economics, computer science, or engineering and a Master's degree. Knowledge of Intelligence Community, Defense Department, or Joint Staff structures, functions, policies, strategic management processes, procedures, and programs is required.
To be successful, you must be a skilled problem solver and thinker who can independently identify resource requirements, ensure organizational equities are considered, and skillfully prepare and staff lucid recommendations for senior leadership. Proven ability to prepare and present high-quality oral and written technical reports and presentations in a variety of fields (i.e., Strategic Planning, Scenario-Based Planning, Strategy Development and Implementation, Problem Resolution, Process Management, Negotiation, Innovation, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Balanced Scorecard methods, Information Management, Information Research, Internal and External Customer Relations for Organizational Management, and Applied Best Practices) is required. Must have high level of skill with standard Microsoft Office desktop applications including Microsoft PROJECT; experience with social software applications and tools, e.g., wiki, is required
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All positions in the National Security Agency are in the excepted service. In October 2009, NSA will transition to a pay-for-performance system utilizing a pay-band compensation structure under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS).
U.S. Citizenship is required for all applicants. Reasonable accommodations provided to applicants with disabilities during the application and hiring process where appropriate. NSA is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations. All applicants and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with Executive Order 12564. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a security background investigation and polygraph.
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