COLLECTION MANAGER – MID

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph.
Cherokee Preting is seeking a Collection Manager to support SPACECOM. The Collection Manager will collaborate across the IC (USSC directorates, subordinate commands) to understand customer intelligence needs and gaps to optimize developing and validating collection requirements for the customer.

COLLECTION MANAGER – MID EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, SKILLS, ABILITIES REQUESTED:

• Active TS/SCI with the willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence polygraph
• Minimum of three (3) years of related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a related area; an additional four (4) years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree
• Graduate of an in-residence DoD / IC collection management course
• Demonstrates proficiency conducting statistics and using statistical packages such as, but not limited to, Matlab, SPSS, SAS, S-PLUS, or R
• Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences related to the Collection Manager role
• Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction
• Ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution
• Ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence
• Ability to guide teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
• Ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols
• Demonstrates ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools
• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally; with strong grammar skillsMust pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal

• Applies intelligence collection systems and capabilities to inform intelligence consumers of collection developments and relevancy through a range of products
• Evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of multi-INT collection against requirements; and the execution of collection plans and strategies to generate reliable and valid intelligence to customers
• Assesses the value of collected intelligence versus the customers’ need(s) and decision making
• Uses statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques to find and interpret ISR data sources. Manages large amounts of data, ensures data consistency, produces visualizations and develops models to report findings
• Assists developing methods and criteria to evaluate whether collection requirements been satisfied, using Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), Measures of Performance (MOPs), responses to collection plans and strategies, and others, and produces feedback of findings
• Identifies collection gaps, related trends and opportunities; assesses collection options, tests assumptions, and produces judgements, recommendations and solutions to refine collection
• Produces analyses identifying gaps in collections methods, and models future intelligence collection scenarios for Collection Strategists, Intelligence Planners, and Collection Enterprise Architects.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned