We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy.

MITRE Jobs

Home View All Jobs (782)

Job Information

The MITRE Corporation Lead Project Management Specialist in McLean, Virginia

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

Department Summary:

L212 contains MITRE Enterprise Program and Risk Management thought leaders. The department is composed of recognized subject matter experts, who are proficient in a suite of program and risk management skills including: leading people, project communications, scope management employing Agile, establishing program metrics, developing schedules, and more. The Enterprise Program & Risk Management department provides support across a wide range of MITRE portfolios, employing 90 highly qualified and experienced staff.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Application of project and program management process groups to MITRE sponsor environments

  • Project leadership, control, and reporting for MITRE projects

  • Development, implementation, and maintenance of program and project schedules/roadmaps

  • Development, implementation, and maintenance of project risk management process

  • Identification, development, and maintenance of program objectives and key performance indicators

  • Development and maintenance of project and program budgets and finances

  • Direct interface with project sponsor senior levels

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.

  • Mastery of project, program and risk management as would be evident by a Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP) or similar certification

  • Project leadership and supervisory experience of projects valued equal or greater than $750,000

  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft products including MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Word.

  • Strong verbal and written skills as demonstrated through presentation of guidance and analysis to senior-level positions and above, i.e., Senior Manager, Director, GS-14/15 etc.

  • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Basic knowledge of Agile values, principles, and practices as evident by a professional certification such as PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Certified SAFe® Agilist

  • Experience serving in a Product Management, Release Train Engineer, or Scrum Master role within an Agile framework such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe® 5.0 or greater

  • Hands-on experience with Atlassian Jira, ServiceNow, or Microsoft Azure DevOps

  • Experience with MITRE project management tools – Clarity, MIHub, etc.

    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

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .

MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org .

Copyright © 2024, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Benefits information may be found here (https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/benefits)

DirectEmployers