The Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA), Intelligence Division, Strategic Intelligence (NI) serves as a senior advisor to the Chief of Intelligence, Intelligence Division on the development, integration, and execution of strategic intelligence capabilities that provide senior decision-makers with timely, objective, and forward-looking assessments of transnational criminal organizations, illicit drug markets, trafficking networks, emerging threats, and risks to the United States.
Provides executive direction for DEA's strategic intelligence mission. Establishes long-range goals, enterprise priorities, governance, and performance measures for the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, and evaluation of strategic intelligence. Ensures the intelligence program anticipates changes in the global illicit-drug environment and supports national policy, resource, operational, and enforcement decisions.
Produces or oversees authoritative assessments, estimative products, strategic warning, executive briefings, and decision-support materials concerning transnational criminal organizations, illicit drug production and supply chains, synthetic-drug threats, trafficking routes, financial and facilitation networks, emerging technologies, and geopolitical developments affecting DEA's mission.
Establishes analytic standards and tradecraft, safeguards intelligence sources and methods, and promotes objectivity, rigor, sourcing transparency, alternative analysis, and effective intelligence dissemination. Provides management oversight and substantive leadership for intelligence policy, planning, program evaluation, and resource execution.
Conducts comprehensive reviews of intelligence authorities, policies, procedures, goals, and organizational arrangements; recommends major national initiatives; and realigns objectives and resources when necessary to support DEA and Department of Justice missions, strategic plans, and long-term goals.
Education: All academic degrees and coursework must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions Desired Education: Desired Education: Undergraduate or Graduate Education or equivalent experience.
Glenda.Y.Cabrera@usdoj.gov · 571-776-2610
This position is with Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.
The posted pay range is $151661 – $228000/yr.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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