Capability Portfolio Manager, Battlespace Awareness - Illuminate Mission Solutions

Illuminate seeks an exceptionally qualified Capability Portfolio Manager (CPM) to support Joint Staff Battlespace Awareness (J28) Collection Capabilities.  Illuminate is looking for a Capability Portfolio Manager to support the Deputy Directorate for Battlespace Awareness (J28) and the Battlespace Awareness Functional Capabilities Board (BA FCB). The candidate will be capable of supporting the Joint Staff/ J2’s mission to provide Secretary of Defense (SecDef), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Combatant Commanders, and the Joint Staff (JS) with national-level military intelligence requirements products and future capability development.

Capitalize on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) experience and expertise to ensure current and future Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) capabilities support warfighter BA requirements. Support the Battlespace Awareness Functional Capabilities Board (BA FCB) with subject matter expertise and experience to enable J28 and the BA FCB to accomplish assigned missions. Provide analytical and assessment support to develop and sustain the BA capability portfolio. CPM Support personnel will identify, track, and monitor BA portfolio programs and provide recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of BA Capability Portfolio Management.

Review JCIDS, acquisition, and PPBE documentation and make recommendations on programs within or impacting the DoD.

Assess and analyze JCIDS, IC Capability Requirements (ICCR), and other programmatic documents to provide validation recommendations on CCMD, Service, and Combat Support Agencies (CSA) identified capability requirements and program decisions.

Assess potential ways to mitigate validated gaps to inform investment recommendations to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC).

Advise leadership and customers on statutes, regulations, directives, procedures and guidance impacting validated joint warfighter capability requirements.

Brief and advise senior leaders, management and individual staff members on areas of expertise to inform recommendations and decisions.

Identify, track, monitor, analyze, and assess BA capability portfolio programs and provide recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of BA Capability Portfolio Management.

Review Service, Joint, and Agency requirements, policies, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), standards, and business processes for impact on JS J2 equities, the IC, and operational users.

Prepare responses for government release within assigned portfolio.

Review ISR capability gaps and Joint Urgent Operational Need Statements and Joint Urgent/ Emergent Operational Need Statements (JUON/JEONs) articulated by combatant commands (CCMDs), Services (i.e., Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps), Combat Support Agencies (CSAs), and operational commanders.

Liaise with JS J8, Service acquisition, Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) arms, and other DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) entities developing and tracking future capabilities.

Support internal/external assessments of DIE requirements, to include integration and interoperability goals and objectives.

Support JS Directorates in various DoD and IC communities of interest (COIs) or forums matching requirements and capability needs to documented ISR gaps and deficiencies.

Support resolution of Joint Staff Actions Processing (JSAP) tasks, eTasks/DARTs, and others as required.

Perform other analytic duties as assigned.

Must have an active:

• Clearance: Top Secret//SCI
• Polygraph: current Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of ISR systems and sensors in one or more applicable domain (space, air, land, maritime, cyber) and/or intelligence discipline (GEOINT, SIGINT, MASINT/CWMD).

• Proficiency in writing, coordinating, and publishing reports and assessments related to joint capability development/ISR capability requirements at the executive level.

• Proficiency in performing capability requirements analysis on a daily basis and preparing products in a manner consistent with established reporting procedures.

• Proficiency in research techniques with respect to available DoD, acquisition, Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) and IC databases and resources to perform capability requirements analysis.

• Proficiency in using Windows based desktop computers and MS Professional Suite of applications, specifically, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a technical subject and minimum five years’ related experience working on either IC or DoD staffs. 

Preferred Education, Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of BA Joint Capability Areas (JCAs), last updated in 2018: Planning & Direction; Collection; Processing & Exploitation; Analysis, Estimation, & Production; BA Dissemination & Integration; and Counterintelligence.

• In-depth knowledge of ISR systems and sensors in one or more applicable domains (space, air, land, maritime, cyber) and/or intelligence collection disciplines; SIGINT, GEOINT MASINT, etc.

• Familiarity with the JS and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.

• Familiarity with CJCSI 5123.01 JROC Charter, CJCSI 3170.01, CJCSI 3312.01, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff JCIDS Manual.

• Familiarity with Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS), joint planning and execution community (JPEC) and relevant Joint Publications (JP-5).

   

• Familiarity with client planning cycles.

   

• Proficiency in writing, coordinating, and publishing reports and assessments related to joint capability development of ISR capability requirements at the executive level.

   

• Proficiency in performing capability requirements analysis on a daily basis and preparing products in a manner consistent with established reporting procedures.

   

• Proficiency in researching DoD and IC acquisition and RDT&E databases and resources to perform capability requirements analysis.

   

• Proficiency in using Windows based desktop computers and MS Professional Suite of applications, specifically, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

   

• Experience with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) or Intelligence Community PPBE ((I)PPBE) processes

Equal employment opportunity employer:

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

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