Intelligence Collection Manager – Subject Matter Expert (ICM SME)

SMX is seeking a highly experienced Intelligence Collection Manager – Subject Matter Expert (ICM SME) to provide comprehensive expertise in all facets of collection and production management for multi-discipline intelligence operations. The ICM SME will oversee collection activities for routine, contingency, Special Access Programs (SAP), and compartmented projects, and will collaborate with national, theater, and tactical partners to ensure the integration and prioritization of customer requirements supporting diverse operational missions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Advise on and oversee all facets of intelligence collection and production management, including doctrine, policy, procedures, oversight, and coordination at the tactical, theater, and national levels.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for collection management during routine operations, contingency missions, SAP, compartmented projects, and all related exercises.
• Perform collection management duties across all intelligence disciplines, ensuring efficient use of collection platforms and maximizing analytic value.
• Demonstrate superior proficiency utilizing current intelligence-related automation, requirements-based applications, tools, and databases to support collection and analytic product development.
• Develop, establish, and prioritize intelligence collection plans to support command objectives and operational requirements.
• Routinely assist with and oversee day-to-day collection management activities at the command level.
• Coordinate with National Intelligence Agencies, Combatant Command Joint Intelligence Centers, Service Production Centers, and partner organizations to advocate for the inclusion of customer requirements in standing collection and production activities.
• Participate in analyst/collector/collection management forums, actively assisting analysts with collection-related issues and product refinement.
• Deliver high-quality executive briefings and written assessments to senior stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• Must possess a valid U.S. passport.
• Must be willing and able to deploy both CONUS (within the continental U.S.) and OCONUS (outside the continental U.S.) as needed.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of total intelligence or intelligence operations experience within the Department of Defense or equivalent U.S. Government agencies, including at least five (5) years at the operational level.
• At least five (5) years of experience in collection management, with deep firsthand expertise in collection management and/or intelligence reporting, including doctrine, policy, procedures, oversight, and coordination at the tactical, theater, and national levels.
• Demonstrated experience serving as an advisor or subject matter expert on collection management for routine, contingency, SAP, and compartmented missions and exercises.
• Excellent briefing and executive-level writing skills.
• Strong proficiency with the current suite of intelligence automation, collection management applications, tools, and databases.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience providing collection management support to SOF, CT, or complex Joint/Interagency/Intergovernmental/Multinational (JIIM) environments.
• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline.

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