Department Manager, Architecture Analysis

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MITRE Technology and Engineering's Systems Engineering Division delivers innovative, multidisciplinary systems engineering solutions that support MITRE and its diverse sponsor base. The division is a leader across government, industry, and academia in advancing next-generation systems engineering and applying best practices to complex national security and public sector challenges. Its technical expertise includes:

• Mission, Enterprise, and Domain Engineering
• Systems Engineering, Architecting, and Lifecycle Integration
• Digital Engineering, Prototyping, and Modernization
• Architecture, Interfaces, and Open Systems
• Performance Analysis, Test, and Evaluation
• AI-Enabled Systems Engineering

The division applies these capabilities across sponsors to address broad national challenges, integrate lessons learned across domains, and continuously strengthen MITRE's impact and differentiated value in systems engineering.

The Systems Engineering Technical Division is seeking an organizational leader to serve as the Architecture Analysis Department Manager. The Architecture Analysis Department delivers innovative, multidisciplinary solutions to sponsor challenges that are critical to national security and public sector missions.

The department researches, develops, and applies advanced technologies in the following Systems Engineering areas:

• Model-Based System Architecting
• Architecture Analysis
• Digital Engineering Transformation

Architecture Analysis enables digital transformation by linking stakeholder needs, operational concepts, and engineering data into an integrated digital thread. The department applies model-based system architecting to define and evolve system structures, interfaces, behaviors, and dependencies for complex systems. The department also delivers architecture analysis through trade studies and assessments of performance, risk, and system interactions to support sound design and investment decisions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Architecture Analysis Department Manager leads a department focused on Model-Based System Architecting, Architecture Analysis, and Digital Engineering Transformation. In this role, the Department Manager is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the department's capabilities, developing and growing a high-performing technical staff, ensuring technical quality and integrity, and advancing collaboration across MITRE and with sponsors.

The Department Manager collaborates with Division and Capability Chief Engineers and the Division Senior Leadership Team to bring department capabilities to bear on MITRE's FFRDC work programs. The role also includes responsibility for department budget, assets, staffing decisions, and implementation of division strategies and objectives.

In addition, the Architecture Analysis Department Manager provides direct senior principal-level technical support to MITRE work programs. Time spent on direct sponsor contributions should focus on technical leadership aligned with the department's core capabilities.

• Partner with the Division Director, Division Senior Leadership Team, Capability Chief Engineers, and Project Leaders to shape and execute the work program and advance department strategy in alignment with MITRE enterprise, Labs S&T, and division priorities.
• Set strategic direction for the department's technical capabilities and ensure the department remains positioned to meet current and emerging mission needs.
• Advance the department's technical capabilities and ensure the quality, rigor, and integrity of work products.
• Provide technical domain expertise, leadership, and influence across internal and external stakeholders to help drive mission outcomes.
• Develop trusted working relationships with MITRE stakeholders and sponsors.
• Partner with work programs and Project Leaders to shape, grow, and staff impactful work.
• Support the development of new opportunities and help position department capabilities for future sponsor needs.
• Promote the department and its technical capabilities across MITRE and with sponsors.
• Lead, mentor, and develop staff, and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and integrity consistent with MITRE's values, code of ethics, and standards of conduct.
• Represent staff needs and perspectives to Division leadership.
• Ensure fairness and consistency in performance and compensation management across the department.
• Manage department budget, staffing, assets, and other resources to support effective execution of department and division priorities.
• Collaborate across divisions and centers to leverage related activities, shared resources, existing products, and lab assets.
• Contribute directly to MITRE work programs through senior principal-level technical leadership in areas aligned to department capabilities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years of mission engineering related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 10 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 7 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related systems engineering education and work experience
• Business/managerial experience and recognition, combined with broad technical expertise in Mission Engineering and SoS.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, and oversee a portion of the Division's strategic sponsor outcomes.
• Demonstration of specific sponsor/program knowledge and technical domain expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, collaborate, and develop close, trusted advisor relationships with sponsors, internal stakeholders, and business-area counterparts.
• Successful experience driving delivery of specific sponsor strategic outcomes through effective work program execution.
• Leads strategic work shaping opportunities aligned with the overall work program strategy (moved to responsibilities).
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain a high-performing workforce by hiring for needed skills, coaching and developing staff, and monitoring staff engagement and performance.
• Experience advocating for department staff and technical capability areas/portfolio with customers/sponsors to establish new work within their organization.
• Active TS clearance and ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance within 6 months.
• Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• A graduate degree in systems engineering, math, physics, or mission engineering related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Experience with defining work programs, oversight of KPI's, and execution of strategic outcomes.
• Experience with multi-level customer/sponsor and/or enterprise-wide engagements.
• Demonstrated track record building strong internal and external partnerships.
• Mentoring experience, whether formal or informal roles, across the range of staff experience levels and team sizes.

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$190,000 - $237,500 - $285,000 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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