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MITRE National Security Sector (MNS) and the National Security Engineering Center (NSEC) FFRDC is placing significant emphasis and focus into solving challenging problems that cut across all Departments and Agencies, Industry, and International Partners. As a systems engineering and integration FFRDC, NSEC fulfills the important role of assisting the DoD in solving its most challenging problems that require integration across the Services, other DoD agencies, the Intelligence Community, and the Interagency. Boundaries between these different organizations limit the DoD’s ability to discover how integration and collaboration could enable cross-cutting solutions and to identify and develop these solutions. The breadth of its connectivity, spanning warfighters and other operators, technology developers, acquisition offices, and the intelligence agencies, puts the NSEC in a unique position to help address this gap. This is ­­an important way in which the NSEC proactively assesses capability gaps and needs by mission rather than by system or Military Service and focus on outcome rather than process.

This position will report to the DoD and Services (D&S) Center in MNS. D&S is charged with the mission to ensure our DoD sponsors’ and partners’ mission success. To increase the impact of the D&S Center and expand relationships with current and future sponsors, D&S increasingly tackles complex, multi-stakeholder national security challenges using a “whole of nation”, data-driven analytic approach. This “whole of nation” approach will demand D&S Center leadership to act as a bridge between MNS sponsors and partners in industry, academia, and allies.

There is a growing demand among our sponsors for strategic non-kinetic effect options across the competition, crisis, and conflict spectrum. This demand is evident in the expansion of work programs in Strategic Cyber, Strategic Economics, and Strategic Influence, and with key sponsors reorganizing to enhance the development of these options.

MITRE recognizes the need for a centralized focus within MITRE National Security to more effectively deliver integrated work programs, create common capabilities, and develop talent in this critical area. The proposed Strategic Non-Kinetic Effects (SNKE) Mission Center aims to fill this gap. Operating under an “Executive Agent”-like model, it will partner with MNS Officers, Centers, and Cross-Cutting Priorities, with a focus on integrating Strategic Cyber, Strategic Economics, and Strategic Influence to maximize sponsor value.

As the Managing Director of the Strategic Non-Kinetic Effects (SNKE) Mission Center, the successful candidate will lead a new, cutting-edge organization focused on developing and implementing innovative solutions to address complex national security challenges. The Managing Director will be responsible for shaping the future of non-kinetic warfare and driving the development and implementation of SNKE solutions by leveraging the power of cyber, economics, and influence operations to achieve strategic objectives. The successful candidate will be wholly responsible for the development of the division strategy, develop key relationships, and build a first-class organization that will provide the U.S. with innovative SNKE solutions. In addition, this position will be responsible, in coordination with partner Division Chief Engineer, for the development and execution of the work program. The Managing Director has accountability to the Vice President, D&S Center, for all aspects of the sponsor facing and internal division operations. The candidate will also work with the MNS Cross Cutting Priority Leads to ensure alignment of the SNKE work program where appropriate with efforts across the company in these areas to increase impact.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Partner with leaders and staff to develop and execute a long-term vision for the Mission Center.

• Collaborate and partner with the other D&S Managing Directors in the development of the D&S Center strategy and shaping the work in support of the MNS priorities and other DoD sponsors

Operational Excellence:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Division, ensuring effective project management and high-quality deliverables.

• Manage the Divisions budget and monitor financial performance and execution.

Sponsor Relationships:

• Build and maintain strong and trusted relationships with key sponsors and stakeholders, understanding their needs and delivering exceptional value.

Innovation:

• Encourage a culture of innovation, identifying emerging technologies and trends, and driving the development of innovative solutions.

Technical Excellence:

• Drive the development and implementation of advanced technologies and techniques for our sponsors.

• With the Division Chief Engineer, develop and provide oversight of the work program

• Drive technical quality and lead the development of technical quality standards within the Division

• Provide constructive feedback on leadership, staff hired, staff development, and training initiatives necessary to ensure appropriate technical quality is achieved

Talent Development:

• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, fostering a high-performing and engaged workforce.

• Mentor, train, and develop staff within the appropriate organizational scope

• Collaborate and partner with the Innovation Centers to ensure they provide the highest quality skillsets and capabilities to meet the needs of the division.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s of Science degree with 15 years of related experience, Master’s of Science degree with 12 years of related experience, PhD with 10 years of related experience in the national security area.

• Proven track record of successful experience leading technology development and integration, strategy and business development, technical and engineering services, program and portfolio management, and government program leadership

• Success in providing sponsors with advice to address critical issues; setting and meeting strategic objectives; and advancing short and long-term program goals.

• Excellent leadership skills including persistent, tactful, and persuasive communications, influencing, conflict resolution, and building trust.

• Demonstrated ability to develop a strategic vision and use that vision to guide short and long-term execution.

• Maturity and expertise balancing performance and mission impact against effective risk management and technical quality.

• Ability to prioritize across multiple competing demands and simultaneously handle diverse commitments to multiple stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong partner and sponsor relationships at the most senior levels of diverse organizations.

• Excellent business acumen and demonstrated ability to develop, plan and implement cross-cutting strategies in a complex multi-stakeholder environment.

• Experience working across multiple technical disciplines with a desire to do cross-disciplinary work assessing concepts for novel national security systems and sensors in operational contexts.

• History of team building, achieving team goals, and growing trust.

• Top Secret Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain an SCI.

• This position requires a minimum of 4-days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with joint, coalition, and interagency operations, authorities, and missions.

• Demonstrated expertise working with DoD, Intelligence Community, and Interagency government organizations, including senior government leaders, as well as diverse commercial organizations from small start-ups to large established corporations.

• Proven success working across organizational boundaries, create win-win approaches for complex multi-sponsor challenges, and manage effectively through influence to achieve successful whole-of-MITRE outcomes

• History of success developing new pilots, programs, and mission applications, including navigating both internal organizational processes and government programmatic processes.

• Maturity and expertise balancing performance and mission impact against effective risk management and technical quality.

• Ability to prioritize across multiple competing demands and simultaneously handle diverse commitments to multiple stakeholders.

• TS/SCI clearance

Our culture is a tangible asset that endures through our people and leaders. At MITRE, our leaders must also demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies:

• Lead with a Strategic Mindset: Drives alignment across MITRE to achieve our mission by engaging across and beyond the enterprise, making and executing decisions, and activating the Good Growth Strategy.

• Create Value: Takes a broad approach to solving complex problems using a national and global lens. Unleashes the full capabilities of our people in a relentless pursuit of innovative solutions that are scalable, equitable, transferable, and sustainable.

• Cultivate Inclusion: Creates an environment and opportunities, built on trust, where people can be their whole authentic self, feeling welcomed, supported, engaged, and respected for who they are and what they contribute to the organization. Embraces and engages all dimensions of diversity to exponentially expand MITRE’s impact in solving problems for a safer world.

• Communicate for Impact: Conveys powerful messages tailored to the unique needs of stakeholders—and desired outcomes—in a style that engages and inspires action. Exemplifies active listening to foster collaboration, understanding, and alignment.

• Commit to Action and Outcomes: Holds self and others accountable for acting on and achieving established objectives. Exemplifies cultural attributes while executing and delivering impactful outcomes.

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:

$215,000 - $268,500 - $322,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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