Leidos

Combat Intelligence Cell (CIC) Team Lead

Hampton, VA
Full-time
$92,300.00 - $166,850.00
Posted Nov 5, 2026

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Skills

Microsoft Office

Job description

Combat Intelligence Cell (CIC) Team Lead

Location: Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), Hampton, VA

Lead the Mission. Develop Intelligence Professionals. Make an Impact.

Are you an experienced intelligence professional ready to take your leadership career to the next level? Leidos is seeking a Combat Intelligence Cell (CIC) Team Lead at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) in Hampton, VA, to play a critical role in advancing the training and readiness of U.S. Air Force intelligence personnel. In this high-impact leadership position, you'll bring your operational intelligence expertise, instructional knowledge, and team management experience to oversee advanced training supporting the core functions of the Combat Intelligence Cell and Squadron Intelligence. You'll lead and coordinate teams across multiple locations, collaborate directly with Air Combat Command (ACC) leadership, and help ensure the successful delivery of mission-critical intelligence training.

If you're passionate about leading high-performing teams, developing the next generation of intelligence professionals, and directly supporting Air Force mission readiness, we want to hear from you!

Primary Responsibilities:

As the Combat Intelligence Cell (CIC) Team Lead , you will provide leadership, oversight, and direction for the CIC Course teams at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), Nellis AFB, and GAFB, ensuring unity of effort and alignment with Air Combat Command (ACC) A23T objectives. In this role, you will oversee program execution, develop and manage Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), balance team workloads, and coordinate project activities and deliverables to ensure mission success. You will also serve as a key liaison with customer leadership while managing assigned personnel, including monitoring and approving timecards, assessing performance, and ensuring overall mission accomplishment.

Key responsibilities include:

•Program Oversight: Lead and manage overall program execution, ensuring the successful delivery of training requirements, project deliverables, and performance objectives.

•Team Leadership: Provide direction, supervision, and oversight to geographically dispersed teams, functional leads, and subcontractors, fostering collaboration, accountability, and mission success.

•Customer Engagement: Serve as a primary point of contact for customer leadership, building strong relationships, coordinating priorities, and ensuring alignment with mission objectives.

•Strategic Planning: Develop and maintain course schedules and instructor assignments, identify potential risks, implement mitigation strategies, and proactively address challenges to ensure program objectives and milestones are achieved.

•Personnel Management: Oversee assigned personnel, balance workloads, monitor and approve timecards, assess individual and team performance, and ensure effective execution of mission requirements.

•Training and Instructional Oversight: Apply an understanding of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) strategies and course development methodologies to support the delivery of effective, high-quality intelligence training.

Required Qualifications:

•Active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

•Bachelor's degree with 12–15 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 10–13 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

•Demonstrated experience supervising, leading, and managing personnel.

•Experience overseeing and managing project deliverables to ensure successful execution of program objectives.

•Experience developing and managing course schedules and instructor assignments”. for government customers.

•Demonstrated experience and subject matter expertise in operational unit-level intelligence and the Contingency Intelligence Network (CIN)/Combat Intelligence Cell (CIC).

•Experience with all-source intelligence in support of operational missions.

•Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey detailed technical information to peers and non-technical management personnel.

•Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

•Ability to travel approximately 25%, with potential adjustments based on mission needs and requirements.

Desired Qualifications:

•Experience as an Air Force ISR Weapons Instructor or possession of an Air Force Instructor certification.

•Experience supporting mission planning, mission execution, and mission debriefing and reporting.

•Experience coordinating with Air Operations Centers to obtain current intelligence and threat information and disseminate relevant intelligence to wings and operational squadrons.

•Knowledge and understanding of intelligence processes, organizational structures, and responsibilities within the U.S. Air Force and Intelligence Community.

•Previous program management experience, including oversight of program activities, personnel, or deliverables.

•Knowledge and understanding of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) strategies and course development methodologies.

Ready to Lead the Mission?

At Leidos, your leadership and expertise can make a meaningful difference in preparing Air Force intelligence professionals for mission success. This is your opportunity to lead talented teams, influence critical training initiatives, and contribute directly to the readiness of our nation's warfighters.

Bring your expertise. Lead with purpose. Make an impact. Apply today!

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

November 5, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.