Chief Intelligence Liaison

The Chief Intelligence Liaison for Strategic Net Assessment serves as the principal orchestrator of defense intelligence integration, analysis, and stakeholder engagement in direct support of the Office of Net Assessment (ONA). This executive role fuses technical expertise in scientific and technical intelligence with senior-level leadership and strategic influence to advance ONA’s mandate: to develop and coordinate rigorous net assessments of U.S. and foreign military capabilities, reveal emerging threats, and illuminate opportunities for long-term U.S. competitive advantage.

Location: Mark Center, Alexandria VA (full-time, on site)

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Intelligence Integration: Lead the curation, fusion, and operationalization of all-source intelligence—including technical, scientific, and operational data—into net assessment workflows. Ensure the continuous, authoritative updating and validation of military data (C&P, NEI, emerging trends) across all domains—ground, maritime, air, space, and cyber—using both classified and open-source repositories.
• Analytic Agenda Leadership: Shape and deliver focused analytic assessments and trend reports responsive to ONA’s evolving research priorities and high-urgency taskers. Drive intelligence-driven design of analytic queries, scenario and wargaming inputs, and the interpretation of complex data sets to produce actionable insights for ONA analysts and decision-makers.
• Cross-Community Liaison: Serve as the central point of contact between ONA, the MINERVA project team, the Intelligence Community (IC), and DoD analytical partners. Build, sustain, and leverage relationships across DIA, NRO, Service intelligence elements, COCOMs, and policy partners to enable rapid, secure, and effective intelligence sharing and problem-solving. Represent ONA and Dynamis at interagency forums and senior-level working groups to advocate for analytic requirements and resourcing.
• Executive Briefing and Decision Support: Prepare and deliver high-stakes oral and written briefings to senior leaders—including ONA leadership, OSD principals, and national policymakers—communicating complex technical subjects with clarity and adapting content to mission requirements under tight timelines.
• Team and Program Management: Direct and mentor multidisciplinary teams of analysts, technical experts, and support staff engaged in research, data ingestion, validation, and analytic report production. Implement rigorous performance management aligned with project milestones, security requirements, and organizational goals.
• Innovation and Methodology Advancement: Spearhead the adoption of innovative intelligence methodologies, including automated data pipelines, scenario development, and analytical tool enhancements, to keep the MINERVA platform and analytic products at the cutting edge of strategic assessment. Incorporate lessons learned from previous technical platform deployments and DoD wargaming initiatives.

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Senior-level experience in all-source defense intelligence, with a record of successful analytic, technical, or liaison roles at agencies such as DIA, OSD, or related DoD/IC components.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex research initiatives spanning technical, operational, and strategic analysis—preferably with direct support to net assessment, force posture, or wargaming activities.
• Proven excellence in briefing and advising executive stakeholders, distilling scientific/technical issues for broad audiences in both oral and written formats.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship of analytic teams under dynamic workload conditions; history of performance management, resource advocacy, and professional development.
• Top Secret/SCI clearance and experience managing intelligence at the TS/SCI level.

Preferred:

• Experience as a trusted liaison across the DoD, IC, industry, and academia—facilitating data sharing, analytic collaboration, and solution development.
• Advanced degree in systems engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, or equivalent field; formal certifications (e.g., DoD All-Source Analyst) desirable.
• Outstanding organizational, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

This position will underpin ONA’s ability to provide timely, authoritative, and forward-looking comparative net assessments by ensuring that all analytical activities are powerfully informed by the best available intelligence, expertly managed, and strategically aligned with the broader needs of the Department of Defense and the national security community.