Medical Countermeasures Group Lead

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Roles & Responsibilities:

In addition to being a strong technical contributor, the Group Leader will serve as the primary point of contact on human resource matters for assigned staff and be responsible for staff engagement, coaching, collaboration, and professional development. Major aspects of this role will be to provide strategic vision, ensure the professional development of staff, and grow/develop an impactful work programs related to the development of medical countermeasures, public health, biomedical sciences, and related fields. As first-line supervisor, the Group Leader:

• Maintains awareness of relevant USG efforts, sponsors, and programs, identifies opportunities for MITRE impact, and engages across MITRE and with sponsors to develop and grow impactful work.
• Develops and executes a holistic vision for the group that supports the department strategic plan
• Engages with leaders across MITREs health and biomedical efforts and maintains awareness of relevant internal efforts, initiatives, and programs
• Works with the division Chief Engineer to ensure staff members technical skills are being maintained and expanded
• Works with staff to establish appropriate roles with well-defined goals, ensuring performance feedback is received and understood and helps staff in navigating transitions between projects.
• Works with other Group Leaders and department leadership to create a vibrant inter-group dynamic in which collaboration, mentoring and development across groups is nurtured and encouraged.
• Coach, mentor, and support staff who have broad technical expertise spanning biomedicine, biodefense, computational modeling, and biomechanics to maximize their short- and long-term career success
• Coordinate with organizations across MITRE to connect employees with projects, individuals, MITRE communities, and training resources aligned with the employee's career aspirations.
• Engage in ongoing and meaningful development-focused and career conversations on topics including work assignments, role expectations, learning opportunities, delivering value (e.g., the Mission Value Chain), performance, feedback, and professional development.
• Provide guidance to staff on expectations for performance and department goals and objectives with which staff can identify; effectively recognizes and rewards both individual and team achievements in accordance with MITRE values

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in one of the following disciplines: computational biology, bioinformatics, data analytics, qualitative research, synthetic biology, or related field and 8 years related experience.
• The candidate should possess the ability to define projects or programs greater than themselves.
• Demonstrated expertise and proven track record in bioinformatics, computational biology, synthetic biology or a similar field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to coach, mentor, and advocate for staff. Desire to help staff at various points in their careers
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret security clearance
• 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 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree and 10 years of experience or Ph.D. and 5 years' experience
• At least one year of experience working in a MITRE Innovation Center
• At least one year of experience as project or technical lead of a computational biology or synthetic biology related project
• Management experience, either at the project or department level
• Familiarity with L271 and/or the MITRE wide bioinformatics/analytics work program
• Active clearance

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

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:
$144,500 - $180,500 - $216,500 Annual

Work Location Type:
Hybrid

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