You decide what intelligence the cyber mission needs, then make sure it gets collected — bridging the people who need answers and the systems that gather them. Turning questions into a collection plan.
The work runs through identifying intelligence gaps, writing and prioritizing collection requirements, coordinating across sources and teams, and tracking whether needs actually get met. You sit between analysts and collectors. A lot of the job is translating fuzzy questions into precise requirements, and prioritizing when everything feels urgent is a constant balancing act.
What's harder than people expect is the coordination and diplomacy across many stakeholders — you rarely control the resources you depend on. The work happens in secure, high-pressure environments, deadlines are tight, and success is often invisible while failures are loud. Settings span government and defense contexts, each with its own clearances and tempo.
It fits someone organized, diplomatic, and able to think clearly under pressure. If you want hands-on technical work or quick wins, the coordination-heavy role may not satisfy. But if you like being the connective tissue that makes a complex intelligence effort actually deliver, the work tends to be quietly essential, requirement by requirement.
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View all Technology roles →You decide what intelligence the cyber mission needs, then make sure it gets collected — bridging the people who need answers and the systems that gather them. Turning questions into a collection plan.
Median pay for a Cybersecurity All-Source Collection Requirements Manager is about $171K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $104K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Monitoring, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 15.2% through 2034, with roughly 645,970 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Project Manager, Technical Project Manager (Technical PM), and Human Resources Project Manager (HR Project Manager).
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