# Associate Director, Trust Decision (Adjudications)

Hiring organization: [Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/defense-counterintelligence-and-security-agency)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/84718aaa-be20-4832-9af7-0a5d7da32361

Listed on Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Executive
- Location: Quantico, VA
- Salary: 186207 – 209600 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads DCSA's adjudications and trust-decision operation, managing a large team responsible for personnel security clearance determinations across the federal government. The position suits an executive with experience scaling high-volume services organizations, driving process modernization with technology, and balancing speed with rigor in consequential decisions.

_Our summary, not Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's wording._

## Skills named

Budget Management

## Required

- Lead high-volume complex services operations with workforce planning and multi-million dollar budgets
- Manage P&L responsibility with contracted support to meet mission demand
- Make high-consequence decisions within legal, policy, and security constraints
- Build strategic coalitions across internal and external stakeholders
- Lead major business or mission transformations in regulated or high-consequence environments
- Leverage performance data and rigorous operating reviews to improve throughput, backlog, and quality
- Drive technology-enabled change including process redesign, automated workflows, and data analytics
- Maintain human judgment in critical decision-making while modernizing systems
- Demonstrate commitment to the rule of law and the Constitution
- Demonstrate ability to strategically manage resources and cut wasteful spending
- Show technical competence to produce exceptional quality work
- Lead and inspire teams toward organizational vision, mission, and goals
- Hold individuals accountable and drive high-performance culture
- Achieve both individual and organizational results aligned to stated goals

Apply on Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's site: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/890290400