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The MITRE Corporation CENTCOM Project Leader in Tampa, Florida
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The N253 Department manages the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), and the Joint Staff work programs under the N250 Division for Joint Staff and Combatant Commands. Our goals are to deliver on our sponsor commitments with high technical quality, increase our operational impact, and address our sponsor’s most critical challenges while growing a strong innovative team that adheres to MITRE’s core values. This work program directly supports and is embedded with military and government leadership across all directorates at USCENTCOM headquarters located at MacDill AFB in Tampa, FL. The work program is operationally aligned and requires technical expertise in enterprise systems engineering, C4 systems engineering, data science, cyber operations, software engineering, modeling and simulation, operations research, and information systems design and analysis.
Job Description:
This is an approximately 10 STE project that develops, manages, and executes engineering tasks across the Directorates at USCENTCOM . This project interfaces with other MITRE work programs within the USCENTCOM Intelligence Directorate (J2) and Component Commands (AFCENT, ARCENT, NAVCENT and MARCENT) and DOD Programs of Record. This is a high-visibility position and requires continual interaction with general/flag officers and senior leaders across multiple organizations. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of technical excellence, as well as the operational domain knowledge and credibility to support and influence non-technical senior decision makers.
Selected candidates will demonstrate the following:
Project Execution. Develop, manage, and execute project outcomes through technical deliverables and direct support to leadership decisions. Ensure FFRDC-appropriate impactful tasks are defined, and meaningful data driven products are developed in a timely and relevant manner. Proactively and closely partner with Government, Military, Contractor, Industry, Academic, and MITRE-peers to deliver seamless, holistic, and strategic impact to USCENTCOM. Actively collaborate with other projects supporting related sponsors to ensure maximum value and impact across MITRE’s sponsors.
Project Strategy and Workshaping. Develop and maintain a project strategy that aligns with the Command’s most challenging technical and operational problems as well as FFRDC core competencies, mission-critical programs, and cross-cutting priorities. Implement MITRE’s Good Growth Strategy within the USCENTCOM work program. Maintain senior sponsor visibility and relevance through delivering impact, technical quality, and regular engagement.
Domain / Technical competence. Demonstrate strong familiarity and skill in one or more of the following areas: Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), Combined Joint All Domain C2, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Coalition Interoperability, Security Cooperation, Cyberspace, Modeling and Simulation, Science and Technology (S&T), Data Management and Analytics, Digital Modernization, Logistics, Operational Analysis and Mission Engineering.
Interpersonal skills. Provide strong leadership and develop a team that partners closely with both senior military leaders and action officers to identify operational and engineering challenges, potential solutions, and communicate project goals and impacts clearly and effectively. Comfortably and respectfully engage with senior military leaders and engineers as well as commercial executives and managers.
Team Development and Collaboration. Cultivate a project team environment that develops a robust network of MITRE and other professional connections to engage and collaborate with engineers and planners, subject matter experts, international program (foreign military sales) specialists, and defense acquisition professionals. Continue to leverage a pipeline of MITRE technical expertise from the Labs, capabilities from the MITRE Platforms, and transition R&D from the MIP into project delivery.
Flexibility. Be able to modify and alter course as the environment and sponsor priorities shift. Understand the power of reach-back and be an effective conduit to bring the talent forward to execute at the right time.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Focused achievement of project outcomes and deliverables while adhering to scope, schedule, and budget
Oversee/execute work on the project, consistent with N253 technical quality processes
Staff and plan projects to ensure the right talent is supporting the tasks
Build, grow, and lead a cohesive and high performing MITRE team
Set clear expectations to personnel on project tasks. Work with staff supervisors to ensure progress is meeting goals and performance expectations
Regularly engage key sponsors (e.g., J-DIR SES/GOFOs), Department and Division leadership, and MITRE cross cutting initiative Leadership.
Develop/nurture sponsor relationships; serve as primary interface to direct sponsors and government project lead (GPL).
Collaborate closely with other MITRE’s colleagues with relevant expertise, locally and elsewhere. Foster collaboration by project members and a “norm” of leveraging reach-back support from the company.
Perform contract administration and budgetary/financial planning, supported by the department, as needed – In concert w/ dept leadership, provide awareness of current year progress thru program execution reviews
Support/develop opportunities, where appropriate, to support MITRE outreach engagement strategies in support of the sponsor work program (i.e., University R&D, MIP, softshell)
Develop and maintain project strategy and workshaping plans, highlighting opportunities for senior leader engagement.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and 10 years of related experience or equivalent in Engineering, Physics, or a technical degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience
Active TS/SCI clearance
Experience and familiarity working with senior government leaders at the general officer and SES level.
Experience with requirements documentation and program/mission gap analysis and systems engineering application to mission gaps and challenges.
MITRE task management experience, to include work shaping.
Knowledge of MITRE’s value proposition, organizational structure, strategy, work programs, and N253/N250 division initiatives
Demonstrated ability to independently bring new, innovative solutions to sponsor challenges and strategically advocate for new approaches.
Major Command (MAJCOM) or Combatant Command (CCMD) work experience, command & control communications experience, warfighter support experience
This position requires a minimum of 5 days a week on-site.
Preferred Qualifications:
MS or higher degree in Physics, Engineering, or a technical degree
Experience integrating classified capabilities with Combatant Commands, MAJCOMs
Experience in development and application of modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities and methodologies.
Working knowledge, detailed technical understanding of C4 Systems, weapon systems, CCMD Operations, and digital modernization efforts
System of Systems Engineering experience within a CCMD
Experience with prototyping, demonstrations, user evaluations.
10+ years working in CCMD Operations and C4 Systems
Experience with all aspects of project management, such as work shaping, staff planning and selection, recruiting, budgeting, and reporting, managing geographically distributed groups
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/SCI
Work Location Type:
Onsite
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