8+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years with a Master's; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent education and experience.
Proven success in executing corporate agreements like NDAs and MOUs, coordinating multiple organizations from initiation to signature.
Strong judgment in legal and business terms, with the ability to escalate issues to senior leadership when necessary.
Advanced MS Word skills, including document comparison and redlining.
Experience with contracts, licensing, and CRM software/databases.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a detail-oriented approach to relationship building.
Ability to multitask and meet the needs of both internal and external customers, with a focus on public sector impact.
Responsibilities
Serve as the first point of contact for external parties regarding various agreements, triaging them by type and urgency.
Review agreements against standard templates, prepare redlines, and manage document version control and communications.
Support MITRE staff in understanding agreement processes and maintain the agreements repository.
Track key dates and terms for agreements, managing communications to ensure compliance and public good outcomes.
Collaborate with business partners to enhance relationships with universities, developing co-research and innovation opportunities.
Benefits
Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on technology transition and partnerships.
Engagement with a diverse range of external organizations, including industry and academia.
Access to training and continuing education opportunities for professional development.
Involvement in impactful public sector projects that contribute to mission readiness.
Full Job Description
Department Summary
MITRE is seeking an Agreements and Partnerships Success Lead within the Technology Transition and Partnership Office. Our office serves as a front door to industry engagement for MITRE. As the technological and operational environment around the globe rapidly changes, MITRE is focused on turning innovation into mission-ready capability. You'll be part of the team that rapidly accelerates IP licensing and executes agreements and partnerships with industry, academia, and other nonprofit institutions and associations.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position offers the ability to take a key role in supporting our Technology Transition and Partnerships Office. This individual contributor position will create impact across all of MITRE (MITRE Public Sector, MITRE National Security, and MITRE Technology and Engineering) and will have frequent and in-depth engagement with external organizations such as industry, academia, and other nonprofit institutions and associations.
Agreement Intake and Triage: Serve as the first point of contact for external parties and MITRE colleagues for non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and collaborative teaming agreements such as university partnership agreements, co-research agreements, Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), licensing agreements, and more; triage agreements by type, risk, and urgency.
Agreement Review and Mark-up: Review agreements against standard templates and approved language library, which may include the use of AI or other tools; prepare redlines; manage document version control and communications with external parties as well as MITRE business partners in legal, contracts, subcontracts, and procurement as needed to assist with nonstandard terms; and manage agreement execution using e-signature tools such as DocuSign.
Success Management: Support MITRE staff requests to understand agreement processes and existing agreement availability; maintain the agreements repository. Support post-agreement follow-up by tracking agreements for key dates and terms and conditions, such as renewals, expiration, deliverables, reporting, and mandatory notifications; manage communications with internal and external parties to confirm public good and compliance outcomes; develop or enhance training materials; and support internal and external communications announcements related to IP licensing and partnerships.
University Partnerships: Collaborate with MITRE business partners and technical resources to track, strengthen, and deepen MITRE's relationships with universities through a shared engagement model, which may include developing co-research and innovation opportunities, intern and early career talent pipelines, training and continuing education for MITRE staff, facility and infrastructure use, or other focused opportunities.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Demonstrated track record of successfully executing corporate agreements, such as NDAs, MOUs, or other collaborative agreements, requiring coordination of multiple contributing organizations from first contact to signature through success management.
Sound judgment in legal, contracts, and business terms; understanding of when an issue requires senior leadership escalation.
Advanced proficiency in MS Word, including tracked changes, document comparison, and redlining.
Experience using contracts, licensing, and customer relationship management software/databases.
Exceptional verbal, writing, and collaboration skills; relationship builder and detail-oriented.
Strong cross-functional and multitasking abilities; enjoys meeting the needs of internal and external customers with a passion for public sector impact.
This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.
Preferred Qualifications
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government-issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
Experience in IP Tech Transfer licensing/commercialization of technology, with certification.
Skilled in the use of AI tools for document comparison.
Proficiency with dashboards using tools like Tableau or Power BI.
Familiarity with iEdison or other government reporting and compliance tools.
Competence in SharePoint development skills.
Experience in government, as a government contractor, or at a large nonprofit research institution supporting contracts, subcontracts, legal, technology transition, or a partnerships office.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): None
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $132,000 - $165,000 - $198,000 Annual
Work Location Type: Onsite
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