Department SummaryThe MITRE NORAD/NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, and STRATCOM Department (N558) is seeking an experienced technical and mission leader to support MITRE's NORAD & USNORTHCOM work program. The selected candidate will work closely with the NORAD & USNORTHCOM Project Leader and Deputy Project Leader to integrate work across the portfolio, strengthen sponsor relationships, shape project activities, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and help translate complex mission challenges into actionable MITRE work.
This position is intended for a leader who can operate effectively at the intersection of sponsor engagement, project execution, mission analysis, and technical integration. The successful candidate will bring sufficient systems- and mission-engineering experience to understand and connect technical efforts, but the primary emphasis is on
integrating people, projects, mission needs, and MITRE capabilities rather than serving as the portfolio's principal engineering authority.
Roles and Responsibilities- Support the NORAD & USNORTHCOM Project Leader and Deputy Project Leader in planning, integrating, and executing a diverse portfolio of sponsor-funded and internally funded work.
- Partner with sponsor leaders and MITRE teams to understand mission challenges, clarify desired outcomes, and translate sponsor needs into well-defined project tasks and deliverables.
- Integrate activities across multidisciplinary teams and projects, identifying dependencies, gaps, opportunities for collaboration, and areas where MITRE capabilities can be brought together to address cross-cutting mission needs.
- Lead selected project tasks, studies, technical exchanges, or cross-project initiatives requiring coordination among technical staff, operational subject-matter experts, and sponsor stakeholders.
- Apply systems thinking, mission engineering, and structured analytic methods to frame complex mission problems and connect technical work to operational and strategic outcomes.
- Support development of project strategies, work plans, sponsor engagements, technical reviews, briefings, and senior-leader decision products.
- Build and maintain trusted working relationships across NORAD & USNORTHCOM, subordinate and supporting organizations, interagency partners, and relevant MITRE organizations.
- Mentor staff and emerging task leaders and help strengthen collaboration, technical integration, and project leadership across the NORAD & USNORTHCOM team.
Basic Qualifications- Typically requires a 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 equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, computer science, operations research, data science, national security, international relations, public policy, or a related field, with experience commensurate with MITRE Lead career-level requirements.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects, major tasks, or multidisciplinary teams supporting complex government missions.
- Experience working directly with senior government sponsors to understand mission needs, shape work, and deliver products that inform operational, technical, or strategic decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate technical, operational, organizational, and policy considerations into coherent project activities and recommendations.
- Working knowledge of systems thinking, systems engineering, mission engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, operational analysis, or related disciplines sufficient to collaborate effectively with technical teams.
- Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries and coordinate geographically distributed or multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and presenting material for senior government and MITRE leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted sponsor relationships and work effectively with senior military, civilian, interagency, and technical stakeholders.
- Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.
- Ability to work onsite in Colorado Springs and travel as required.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience supporting a Combatant Command, joint organization, defense agency, homeland-security organization, aviation or aerospace mission, or other complex federal mission environment.
- Direct experience serving as a project lead, deputy project lead, task lead, outcome lead, group lead, or comparable technical/project leadership role.
- Experience partnering with SES, GO/FO, or other senior government leaders.
- Experience shaping new work, developing follow-on activities, or connecting sponsor needs with organizational capabilities.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams that include engineers, analysts, operators, policy specialists, data scientists, cybersecurity professionals, or other technical disciplines.
- Familiarity with homeland defense, aerospace warning and control, Arctic security, command and control, cybersecurity, border security, interagency operations, or related NORAD & USNORTHCOM mission areas.
- Experience applying systems engineering, mission engineering, structured analytic frameworks, digital engineering, cybersecurity, or systems-of-systems thinking to complex mission problems.
- Experience developing frameworks, taxonomies, roadmaps, mission analyses, or other products that create common understanding across diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success building sponsor relationships and converting emerging mission needs into executable work.
- TSSCI clearance
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):Top 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/SCI
Salary compensation range and midpoint:$146,400 - $183,000 - $219,600 Annual
Work Location Type:Onsite
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