Deputy Chief, Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences, National Security Agency

The individual selected will work in concert with the Chief and the Technical Director to provide leadership for the LTS multi-faceted research program. As an integral member of the leadership team, the Deputy Chief will help define the strategic direction and focus for a highly technical workforce of computer scientists, engineering and physical science researchers, and mathematicians. As the Research Directorate is small in comparison to industrial research labs, leveraging external research is critical to NSA’s success. The Deputy Chief will help initiate and guide collaborative efforts with academia, industry, and the national laboratories. The primary functions of the LTS Deputy Chief will include:
– Actively participating in activities designed to enhance and strengthen the many technical partnerships critical to improving technology transfers and the success of the LTS mission.
– Assisting the Chief in the development and execution of the LTS program.
– Building a diverse technical workforce that is postured and equipped to meet LTS mission goals and embodies the principles of equal employment opportunity.
Further, Deputy Chief will share the Chief’s mission-focused agenda and will help shepherd LTS ideas/capabilities through to operational prototypes prepared to transition into mission space.
Serves in an official position of Defense Senior Executive Level Leader regardless of his/her organizational level. Assures that the Agency achieves its mission by developing its major programs, goals, and plans. Responsible for the overall success or failure of Agency programs and initiatives, and delegates program implementation tasks-the day-to-day or functional work activities-to mid-level managers. Considers Agency goals and performance strategically, by setting the Agency’s overall direction via its strategic plans. As a result, often works with people and organizations outside his/her immediate organization-to include the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense at large-to defend controversial or critical long-range NSA plans. Provides authoritative advice, serves as NSA spokesperson, and is ultimately accountable for effective and efficient Agency operations and its compliance with policy (to include approving out-year budget documents). Exhibits leadership competencies and behaviors for all to follow, as well as offers mentoring opportunities to subordinates to ensure the development of a cadre of future Senior Leaders.

Job Summary

This key leadership position provides an exceptional opportunity for a high-performing Senior Level Leader who is energetic and a technically astute leader to serve as the Deputy Chief of the Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences (LTS). The LTS is one of the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) premier communications and computing research laboratories.

Qualifications

Candidate must meet the Executive Core Qualifications.

Competencies

Executive Core Qualifications:
LEADING PEOPLE: (25 Points)
Experience in leading an organization fostering collaboration, trust, openness, integrity and risk-taking.
Experience in fostering open communications and seeking out individual differences to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
Experience in building high-performing, committed teams that maximize the talents of each person to achieve results.
Experience in rating employees on measurable, mission-related performance objectives, and coaching and developing individuals to maximize individual and organizational effectiveness.
Experience in leading succession planning/career development activities focused on enhancing organizational.
RESULTS DRIVEN (25 Points)
Experience in linking creative solutions to mission objectives and effectively seeking support as required.
Experience in setting direction and measuring progress toward stated goals to ensure projects are completed effectively, on time, and within budget.
Experience in balancing the interests of a variety of partners and adjusting priorities to respond to pressing or changing demands.
Experience making effective and timely decisions in ambiguous situations or where data is limited.
LEADING CHANGE (20 Points)
Ability to develop and implement collaboratively an organizational vision that balances change with continuity in such a way, others are motivated to think critically and creatively and implement innovative solutions.
Experience in motivating a workforce to maintain focus, intensity, and persistence in the face of multiple and changing priorities.
Experience in leading organizations to adopt and craft innovative programs and processes to meet changing conditions and new realities.
Ability to understand and apply a variety of workforce demographics and quantitative analysis to predict and build short, medium and long-term skills requirements.
Experience in creating and sustaining a culture of innovation, quality service, high performance, cross organizational collaboration and responsiveness.
BUSINESS ACUMEN: (10 points)
Experience in assessing current and future staffing needs during periods of change, and selecting well-qualified employees to achieve organizational objectives.
Knowledge of broad principles of financial management and experience in overseeing, justifying, and executing budgets.
Experience in recognizing and assessing trends, and adapting resources to meet new challenges.
BUILDING COALITIONS: (10 points)
Experience in building consensus between differing viewpoints, and facilitating an open exchange of ideas that resulted in outcomes reflective of the interests of multiple parties.
Ability to team with colleagues to design, develop and execute programs as well as facilitate technology transfers.
Ability to express facts and ideas orally and verbally in a clear, convincing, concise, and organized fashion.
Ability to develop professional networks with other organizations inside and outside NSA and to collaborate without regard to organizational boundaries.
LEADING THE INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE: (10 Points)
Candidate should have a broad point of view of the Intelligence mission and an understanding of responsibilities in relation to the larger Intelligence Community strategic priorities. Factors to be taken into consideration include:
Ability to build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks across organizational boundaries.
Foster and lead improved relationships, unconventional approaches and teaming with other NSA elements, Intelligence Community collaborators, and foreign partners.
Ability to effectively promote information sharing and analytic collaboration in support of the IC mission to provide thorough analysis to the Nation’s policymakers and decision makers.
Encouraging and supporting Joint Duty assignments and development experiences that develop and reinforce an enterprise focus.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.

Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule

Periodic extended hours may be necessary.
International and domestic travel may be required.
The incumbent is subject to random drug and polygraph testing.
This position requires a TOP SECRET clearance and SPECIAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION (SBI).

How to apply

APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE A WRITE-UP, NOT TO EXCEED THREE (3) PAGES, WHICH PROVIDES DEMONSTRATED EXAMPLES OF THE EXECUTIVE CORE QUALFICATIOINS LISTED IN THE QUALIFICATIONS SECTION OF THIS VACANCY.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all applicants. 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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