Job Description

Responsibilities

The Senior Intelligence Team Lead is responsible for the day-to-day management of the contract, including staffing, financial oversight, and technical and programmatic reporting. This role oversees both employees and subcontractors and requires proficiency in managing LOE, completion, and cost reimbursable contract types. The Team Lead provides technical and administrative direction, ensures high-quality performance, and mentors team members.

The Team Lead will collaborate closely with the COTR and senior customer stakeholders to maintain technical, cost, and schedule baselines, develop deliverables, define requirements, and set expectations.

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring successful technical, schedule, and cost performance in accordance with contract requirements and company policies
• Developing staffing plans, including skill mix and labor allocation
• Recruiting, interviewing, and hiring personnel as needed
• Assigning work, providing technical guidance, and reviewing deliverables
• Monitoring contracts, sub-contracts, and funding; preparing financial forecasts
• Preparing required reports at contract, project, and financial levels
• Coordinating onboarding activities, including security processing and administrative setup

*****This position is contingent upon contract award****

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required

• 16 years of experience in Intelligence Analysis

• Minimum 10 years of all-source intelligence experience, including Indo-Pacific regional security, foreign military capabilities, and order-of-battle analysis. Supervisory or senior analytic leadership experience preferred

• 3 years' experience leading and or supervising teams of intelligence analysts, including assigning workloads, reviewing finished intelligence products for analytic rigor, and providing mentorship and performance evaluations

• Proven experience assessing foreign military capability, including force structure, readiness, modernization, and infrastructure across Indo-Pacific threat actors (e.g., PRC, DPRK, Russia Far East)

• Demonstrated expertise working with hard-target data and methodologies supporting military capability assessments, net assessments, and defense intelligence requirements

• Experience leading cross-functional analytic teams (e.g., operations research, data science, visualization) to deliver integrated intelligence products

• Expert knowledge of foreign military force management, equipment and infrastructure data, order-of-battle systems, logistics, and defense acquisition programs

• Working understanding of the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and the ability to align intelligence analysis to resource planning and CCMD requirements

• Familiarity with AI/ML tools and Large Language Model (LLM) tools used in military capability assessment and analytic production

• Deep understanding of ICD 203/206 analytic standards and demonstrated ability to enforce analytic tradecraft

• Strong written and oral communication skills with experience briefing senior government stakeholders (e.g., CCMD J2, OSD, Intelligence Community leadership)

• Demonstrated experience supervising and mentoring analysts, managing production requirements, and providing performance feedback in fast-paced environments

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate across all levels of government, including senior executives

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Data Science)

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.