Project Leader, OUSD(A&S) Strategic, Space, & Intelligence Capab

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MITRE's Acquisition Studies & Analysis (ASA) Department seeks an accomplished, proactive staff member capable of serving as project leader and technical contributor for our work supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S) - Strategic, Space, and Intelligence Portfolio Management (SSIPM). This is a full-time position overseeing a 3-5 staff year project providing analysis and systems/mission engineering support to guide the Department of Defense in planning and investment decisions. This MITRE work program is a key enabler to SSIPM portfolio management objective to integrate perspectives across Services, OSD and Joint Staff into a holistic understanding of joint future capability to enable fully informed trades.

This is an exciting opportunity to directly inform DoD senior leadership on various important decisions. Your primarily role will be to engage with SSIPM government Portfolio Leaders and offer MITRE services in tackling their most pressing analytical needs, central to which is the execution of the Portfolio Review process. This will consist of work program shaping, customer engagements and coordination, staffing and project execution, and budget planning.

This position requires significant (40% or more) time in-person in classified spaces, on site at MITRE and/or at government facilities in the Washington DC area. Majority of the work for SSIPM is performed at Secret and TS/SCI level.

Responsibilities include:

• Being the primary MITRE interface to the project's sponsors : build/maintain trusted relationships with key government leaders and stakeholders.
• Being accountable for the overall execution of the project's work program : negotiate entry/exit of major tasks; onboarding of new staff; select Task Leaders, serve as their mentor/advisor, and provide performance feedback; maintain staff plans and budgets to ensure delivery within allocated resources; and ensure major milestones are met on time, within resources, and to sponsor expectations.
• Leading by example : personally contribute to (or lead the development of) one or more high impact project deliverables; long-term professional self-development to become/remain a credible MITRE voice on CWMD topics; and support continuity of operations, when necessary, as a Task Leader of last resort.
• Establishing high quality of project deliverables , in consultation with the Department Chief Engineer: ensure delivered products lead to successful, impactful sponsor outcomes; ensure Task Leaders follow corporate quality norms; review project deliverables and ensure appropriate peer review; and archive and appropriately share key deliverables.
• Bringing MITRE to bear for the project's sponsors : Support relevant strategic initiatives of MITRE and the Division/Department; and build partnerships between the project and other MITRE work programs, including our internal research & development program

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience..
• Ability to internally recruit, organize, supervise, and motivate teams of technical staff to execute task objectives.
• Track record of generating relevant, impactful product deliverables (including definition, completion, and technical quality), in both an individual contributor and team setting.
• Strong understanding of the roles and functions of the various Title 10 components of DoD and Title 50 Agencies of the Intelligence Community (IC), the structure of OSD, of Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution, the spectrum of conflict, National Strategy, and joint warfighting.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment, establish and leverage a diverse professional network, and integrate contributions from a variety of resources (people, tools, organizations).
• Strong understanding of DoD's approach to capability portfolio management across Requirements, Acquisition, and Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE).
• Experience in one or more of the following domain areas:
  • Campaign Analysis
  • Joint warfare
  • Joint C2 systems
  • IC related space systems
  • Missile warning and missile tracking systems
  • DoD terrestrial, wireless, and satellite communications systems
  • Missile defense
  • Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance domains
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent experience with successful technical studies management or technical leadership with Service impact.
• Systems and Mission Engineering experience leading prototyping or analytical efforts and yielding impactful results at high levels of government.
• Demonstrated record of technical publications.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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