Also called: Collection Requirements Manager, Collection Strategist
Decides which satellites, sensors, and sources should gather what information to answer the questions leaders need answered.
Collection managers take a question, like whether a hostile country is moving troops, and coordinate imagery satellites, signals collection, and human sources to get the answer. It's a puzzle of priorities, schedules, and scarce resources.
Federal and contractor pay. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's degree and usually prior experience as an intelligence analyst; top-secret clearance.
Ways in: 4-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: International Relations, Political Science, Geography.
Growing about average. Steady demand.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI helps schedule satellites and sensors; deciding priorities among competing needs stays human.
Classes: AP World History, Statistics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-3021.
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