Managing Director, National Intelligence Division

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Department Summary:

The MITRE Intelligence Center is seeking a Managing Director (MD) for its National Intelligence Division, N920, located at MITRE's McLean campus. The Managing Director reports to MITRE's VP, Intelligence Center and serves as a member of the Intelligence Center senior leadership team.

The MD is accountable for the leadership of the Division and the planning and implementation of MITRE's work program in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The MD is responsible for the development and execution of the Division strategy, and the delivery and execution of the work program by aligning the workforce and technical capabilities to deliver mission value. As a member of the Intelligence Center senior leadership team, the MD is also accountable for supporting the Center's strategic goals.

The MD must be familiar with the mission, organization and technical areas of key importance to ODNI and the Intelligence Community writ large. This includes working knowledge of ODNI's mission centers and directorates, as well as technical depth in one or more of the following areas: single- and multi-source intelligence collection & analysis, acquisition and procurement, data strategy and management, intelligence community policy and strategy, and research test & evaluation.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing an organization, a record of engagement at senior levels of the government, and the ability to operate and interact effectively in a large, complex, matrixed, and dynamic organizational context. They will have demonstrated outstanding and timely results in leading projects that have significant enterprise-wide impact, while building trusted relationships and exemplifying MITRE's values and professionalism. As a technical thought leader, the MD is expected to apply their areas of expertise and contribute to high-criticality sponsor projects and corporate strategic initiatives.

The primary responsibilities of the position must be carried out in person in McLean, Virginia. Applicants will establish a regular presence at ODNI sponsor locations and MITRE locations with staff supporting those organizations, as well as have availability to travel to those locations on short notice. This may entail frequent, flexible, and/or extended travel as mission and organizational needs dictate.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Management
  • Leading all aspects of the National Intelligence Division.
  • Serving as a partner to the sponsors through thought leadership in critical mission areas.
  • Managing a large division with sponsor connections that intersect many other MITRE portfolios.
• Strategic Planning
  • Identifying and anticipating major sponsor and environmental trends, opportunities, and issues; continually shaping the plan and strategy accordingly to achieve mission impact, critical outcomes, and enable sponsor value through our work program.
  • Leading executive-level engagements with sponsors and stakeholders to build trusted relationships across the Intelligence Community.
  • Shaping work to deliver mission impact and achieve sponsor mission and outcomes.
• Integration
  • Collaborating and partnering with senior MITRE leadership in other divisions, mission centers, and innovation centers to plan and align work program development strategies that deliver on the promise of MITRE's capabilities.
  • Building relationships, networks, and potentially new organizational constructs across MITRE to drive cross-sponsor approaches to increase the value of the FFRDC platform.
  • Developing and deploying cross-agency solutions to solve national security challenges.
• Technical Oversight
  • Leading, planning, and executing the work program to ensure mission impact and technical quality while bringing forward consistency, innovation, and best practices.
  • Overseeing technical and strategic quality of division project plans, capabilities, and deliverables.
• Staff development and workforce shaping
  • Shaping a high-caliber team to deliver high-value, high-impact work, ensuring that staffing levels are maintained for critical skills and that the right people are placed in the right jobs.
  • Recruitment and retention of a highly skilled technical workforce
• Business and Financial Acumen
  • Estimating, informing, and meeting targets for revenue and delivery to MITRE sponsors
  • Setting and managing overhead and indirect budgets for division operations

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 12 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 10 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Deep working knowledge of the Intelligence Community.
• Experience meeting cost, schedule, performance, and quality for sponsor work.
• Experience executing large complex endeavors from strategic, operational, and financial perspectives.
• Successful record of engagement, relationship-building, and collaboration in a complex national security environment
• Proven leadership skills managing and motivating employees and creating an inclusive environment.
• Significant exposure to and experience solving mission-oriented challenges of our sponsors.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels of sponsors and internal staff
• Strong understanding of how the national security enterprise works
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizations and integrate efforts to achieve more impactful outcomes.
• Active Top-Secret SCI Clearance with a current CI Poly.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced graduate degree in the national security, engineering, computer science, physical sciences, mathematics, or comparable related fields.
• Demonstrated leadership of projects that provide innovative solutions leading to game-changing capabilities.

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

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/Polygraph

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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