About this role
Job Summary
As the sector policy lead, you'll be responsible for setting strategy, monitoring U.S. government policy priorities & positions, generating & shaping the sector pipeline, & supporting transactions across your specific sector. You'll also undertake special projects at the request of the Managing Director and Vice President, Office of Foreign Policy; and assist with formulation & implementation of major DFC policies, activities, & objectives, drawing on U.S. foreign policy objectives & priorities.
Qualifications
Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level). Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement.
TIME-IN-GRADE
Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: Experience preparing thorough, written documents for principal briefings and communicating and interacting with high-level officials; Experience monitoring and analyzing important sectoral, political, and/or economic events related to the emerging technology sector; Experience conducting international business development and determining whether complex projects/investments emerging technology sector are financeable, executable, and durable; and Experience supporting projects/investments in emerging technology sector areas (i.e. dual- use, AI, cloud, or advanced technology).
Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 27-OFP-DE-13086882-BN using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.
Major Duties
- As the Senior Strategy Advisor (Emerging Technology) you will: Drive sector strategy, building on U.S. government foreign policy objectives, that identifies priority technologies, markets, and deployment models; define where emerging technologies can be scaled commercially; and maintain a current view of rapidly evolving technology landscapes and commercial dynamics.
- In close coordination with DFC's origination and investment teams, convert strategy into highly strategic deals that engage technology companies, platform providers, and investors; originate opportunities across compute, platforms, and applications; and build pipeline of scalable technology deployments in coordination with the Office of Global Business Development and DFC's Overseas Offices on business development to bring in strategic deals.
- Support transactions with sector expertise as part of the deal investment teams: evaluate fit to U.S. foreign policy objectives and DFC strategy; support assessment of technical credibility, scalability, and deployment models; help shape and ensure inclusion of policy terms and conditions, technical design, and partnerships in the project structure to align with U.S. foreign policy objectives; assess risks to execution and long-term viability to identify policy mitigants; and contribute to timeliness of deal execution in accordance with DFC's Investment Program Policy.
- Draft and clear policy papers, briefing memos, press guidance, correspondence, and other documents for use by Office of the Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Policy Officer, or other Principal-level staff in meetings, public events, Congressional briefings, etc.
- Coordinate, participate in, and/or accompany Principal in meetings as subject matter expert.
- Monitor and analyze important sectoral, political, and economic events relevant to DFC's work in the emerging technology sector, keeping senior leadership and regional working group informed of significant trends affecting U.S. national interests and DFC equities.
- Advance and coordinate interagency national security and foreign policy initiatives and strategic goals, in line with U.S. legislation, foreign policy, and security policy to ensure alignment in approach.
- Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.