AFRICOM Defense Economics Integration Analyst

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MITRE's Strategic Non-Kinetic Effects Mission Center (SNKE) seeks a strategically focused, sponsor facing integration analyst, who can leverage the full-range of MITRE capabilities to meet sponsor requirements. The selected candidate will demonstrate strategic knowledge of economic principles, applied finance, and industry-relevant topics affecting the USAFRICOM area of responsibility (AOR).

Roles & Responsibilities:
We are seeking a consummate professional, whose analytic focus, expertise, and cross-corporation knowledge primes USAFRICOM's Defense Economics-related organizations to achieve Combatant Command (CCMD) objectives. The ideal candidate will fill critical knowledge gaps centered on AOR-informed economic analysis. The candidate will integrate economic and finance concepts, tools, and technologies to increase understanding of theater security challenges and inform Command national security decision making. The ideal candidate will have a functional understanding of macro- and micro-economic principles and applied finance to broader campaigning efforts, including course of action development and measures of effectiveness evaluation. This is a high-visibility, mission critical role that requires the candidate to deliver both verbal and written presentations that translate threat and vulnerability assessments and complex economic data into actionable products for senior military and interagency audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Possess and maintain a robust understanding of both industry and corporate tools, technologies, and methodologies relevant to the defense economics environment to connect sponsor requirements to existing capabilities and stakeholders
• Strategically integrate existing economic- and finance- relevant capabilities into emerging Combatant Command requirements
• Liaise between non-kinetic effects subject matter experts and acquisition professionals across the Department of War, MITRE, and other interagency organizations as well as relevant academia, think tank, and lab partners to leverage cutting-edge research, tools, and methodologies.
• Analyze open-source and U.S. Government economic, finance, and industry data to inform decision-making, USAFRICOM's Common Operation Picture (COP), and economic opportunities for strategic effect.
• Conduct rigorous economic risk and opportunity assessments that support USAFRICOM strategic and operational planning (e.g., illicit-market dynamics, critical-mineral supply-chain vulnerability, financing of violent non-state actors, cost-benefit analyses of capacity-building programs).
• Develop and maintain quantitative and qualitative economic models, databases, and analytic products that translate complex data into actionable insights for senior leaders.
• Provide recommendation briefs for capability-development, force-planning, and resource-allocation across planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) cycles; articulate trade-offs and forecast budgetary impacts of proposed initiatives.
• Contribute to experimentation, war-gaming, and red-teaming initiatives.
• Synthesize findings into time-phased implementation roadmaps, identify quick-wins, and propose long-term economic-engagement strategies that reinforce U.S. strategic objectives in Africa.

Selected candidates will demonstrate the following:

• Domain/Technical Competence: Advanced knowledge of defense-economics concepts such as war-finance, illicit-trade analysis, critical-resource supply chains, and cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Development of Data-Driven Products: Build, maintain, and continuously improve quantitative and qualitative economic models, analytical products, and briefs that convert raw data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrate strong technical and programmatic leadership. Excellent oral and written communication; adept at presenting sophisticated economic findings to a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Collaboration and Network Building: Demonstrate success working in geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary teams; comfortable partnering with engineers, planners, acquisition professionals, and regional analysts. Ability to identify and leverage cross-organizational MITRE capabilities and external partners to fulfill command requirements.
• Senior Sponsor Experience: Comfortable engaging senior U.S. and partner-nation military officers, civilian policymakers, and commercial executives.
• Flexibility: Be able to modify and alter course as priorities shift, sponsor requirements evolve, or crises emerge.

Basic Qualifications:

• 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.
• Demonstrated experience conducting defense-related economic analysis that directly supports military or interagency decision-making.
• Possesses advanced knowledge of defense economics concepts such as war finance, illicit trade analysis, critical resource supply chains, and cost effectiveness analysis.
• Ability to develop data-driven products by building, maintaining, and continuously improving quantitative and qualitative economic models, analytical products, and briefs that convert raw data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience as a strong technical and programmatic leader.
• Excellent oral and written communication; adept at presenting sophisticated economic, finance, and industry findings to a diverse set of stakeholders
• Ability to provide examples of demonstrated success working in geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary teams; being comfortable partnering with engineers, planners, acquisition professionals, and regional analysts.
• Ability to tap into MITRE reach back support and external academic partners to augment analytical capability.
• Experience with senior sponsors demonstrating comfort engaging U.S. and partner nation military officers, civilian policymakers, and commercial executives.
• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in related technical discipline, such as Economics, Applied Finance, or related field
• Previous experience in strategic economic analysis, private equity/venture capital, and/or defense research
• Demonstrated capability for bridging Information Operational technical capabilities and military operations
• Additional clearances: NATO SECRET

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$157,200 - $196,500 - $235,800 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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