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SME Program Manager

Prescient Edge
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/28/2026
Job Title
SME Program Manager
Location
Washington, DC 20032 US (Primary)
Category
Intelligence
Job Type
Full-Time
Career Level
Staff
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Travel
Security Clearance Required
TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a SME- Program Manager to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

SME- Program Manager

Benefits: 

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes: 

  • A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.  
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage. 
  • A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. 
  • Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking. 
  • A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged. 
Job Requirements

Responsibilities:

  • Must have experience working as a CAT 1 HUMINT collector, Targeteer, Desk Officer, or similar.
  • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
  • Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
  • Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
  • Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
  • Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal to no oversight.
  • Demonstrated ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.

Requirements:

  • 20 Years of experience.
  • Must have 10 years of experience working in the I.C.
  • Must have experience HUMINT Targeting, HUMINT Operations Support, HUMINT Collection Management, and Computer Scientist.

Education:

  • 4-year College Degree (no specific major)
  • Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Security clearance:

  • Current active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph.

Location:

  • Washington, DC.
Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.

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