Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Team Chief

ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the application of disruptive technologies and related global supply chains. Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response that maintains United States' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S. access to goods and services central to its national security.

Serve as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) team chief in the Investment Security Group (ISG) in the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technology (OESET). Serve as the IC representative to CFIUS and Team Telecom and back up the other team chief as OESET's lead for analytic support. Oversee the development and coordination of all-source analysis in support of the Treasury-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) process and the Justice Department-led Team Telcom process. Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development. Manage the CFIUS and Team Telecom case load for ISG; assign cases, balance workloads, and administer ISG's tracking mechanisms Develop and maintain a continuing substantive dialogue with analysts and managers within the IC on the key issues associated with foreign direct investment and participation in high technology, including, but not limited to, semiconductors, high-performance computing, quantum, and artificial intelligence, in collaboration with ISG's other Team Chief. Conduct first-line review of ISG analytic products. Draft or conduct first-line review of prep books for ODNI seniors participating in policy meetings for which ISG has the lead, as necessary. Plan, develop, utilize, and refine methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant analytic issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, sophisticated, finished intelligence products. Provide expert guidance and leadership to multiple teams in the production of well-crafted sophisticated, complex analytic finished intelligence products on sometimes controversial or particularly difficult issues in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security objectives; review final analytic products, written and oral, for clarity, organization, accuracy, and logic; effectively explain highly complex concepts and results to non-expert customers and tailor products to correspond to customer needs. Help craft and implement a strategic program of analysis in ISG. Develop and maintain working relationships with senior ODNI officials and, as necessary, principals throughout the intelligence and policy communities; identify issues and developments with internal and external peers, communicating regularly to exchange subject information. Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks with the ODNI and across the IC. Serve as a member of the ISG leadership team. Stay abreast of major developments having to do with foreign acquisition in sensitive industries or commercial sectors worldwide-particularly, but not exclusively, in high-tech sectors, critical infrastructure, and US supply chains-focusing on a wide-range of potential threats to national security. Engage in analytic outreach with private sector interlocutors and events to advance ISG's, OESET's, and the ODNI's efforts to glean insights from outside of the IC related to foreign acquisitions in sensitive industries or commercial sectors, particularly, in high-tech sectors, critical infrastructure, and US supply chains. Help advance ISG's foreign engagement efforts by participating in analytic exchanges and/or delivering briefings to liaison on foreign investment and economic security related topics.