Collection Manager - Expert

Position: Collection Manager

LCAT:  Expert
Location: Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), Hampton, Virginia / On-site
Office:  U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command

Required clearance:  TS/SCI, ability to pass a polygraph

Required education: Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with at least five years of related expert-level experience for a total of 20 years, as a substitute to the master’s degree. Alternatively, a minimum of 15 years of collection management or related experience with at least part of the required experience within the past two (2) years.

Description:
This position is contingent upon award of contract. We are seeking an Expert-level Collection Manager to support Air Combat Command (ACC) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations. The ideal candidate will apply Expert-level training and experience to planning and optimizing intelligence collection activities for both airborne and space-based platforms and sensors.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in ISR collection management, multi-INT integration, and intelligence planning, with the ability to translate complex customer requirements into effective collection strategies. This role demands a data-driven professional capable of evaluating collection effectiveness, identifying gaps, and delivering actionable recommendations to enhance mission performance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage multi-discipline ISR collection activities aligned with strategic, operational, and tactical requirements.
• Translate customer priority intelligence requirements and information gaps into validated collection requirements and actionable tasking.
• Integrate collection strategies into mission planning processes supporting Air Force DCGS Analysis and Exploitation Teams (AETs), air components and combatant commands
• Collaborate across the Intelligence Community (IC) to identify intelligence gaps, priorities, and mission requirements.
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of multi-INT collection against validated requirements.

Required Experience: 

• Graduate of a DoD or Intelligence Community in-residence Collection Management course.
• Demonstrated expert-level experience in ISR collection planning and execution, multi-INT collection coordination and integration and intelligence requirements development and validation.
• Strong proficiency in statistical and analytical tools such as R, Matlab, SAS, SPSS, S-PLUS (or equivalent)
• Strong verbal communication skills for briefings and collaborative discussions
• Strong knowledge and experience using ICD 203/206 tradecraft standards

Desired Experience:

• Previous Air Force DCGS Collection Management experience
• Prior experience supporting Joint, Air Force or Combatant Command ISR Operations
• Familiarity with Air Force and Joint targeting doctrine and target development and Battle Damage Assessment processes.
• Experience briefing senior leaders or operational staff

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING

Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.

Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• PTO
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Paid military-reserve leave
• Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
• 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
• Flex time
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.