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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.

Job Description:

This position is for a Managing Director of the Naval Division within D&S to work as a mission partner to the United States Navy as it works to solve the most critical systems engineering challenges facing the Navy today and into the future. This position will be responsible, in coordination with the Division Chief Engineer, for the development and execution of the work program, managing a workforce of more than 200 staff, and delivering a broad and impactful portfolio to the Navy. The Managing Director has accountability to the Vice President of the DoD & Services Center, and for all aspects of the sponsor facing engagements and internal division operations. The Managing Director will also work with the MNS Cross Cutting Priority Leads to ensure alignment of the Division work program where appropriate with efforts across the company in these areas to increase impact.

The Managing Director will be responsible for strategically and dynamically shaping the work program to effectively meet the urgent mission challenges set forth by the DoD and the Department of the Navy. This includes setting the technical direction of the Division’s capabilities, growing an organization of world-class talent, and building collaborative relationships across MITRE’s enterprise, with Senior Government and Military leaders, industry, and academia.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• 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.

• Work across MITRE to forge partnerships and identify resources, and solutions to deliver on priorities for the Department of the Navy.

Operational Excellence:

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

• Manage the Division’s 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, identify emerging technologies and trends, and drive the development of innovative solutions.

• Commitment to addressing capability gaps and needs by mission, focusing on outcomes.

Technical Excellence:

• Drive the development and implementation of advanced technologies and techniques for 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 to leadership and staff to ensure appropriate technical quality is achieved.

Talent Development:

• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent.

• Foster a high-performing and engaged workforce.

• Forge strategic partnerships with Innovation Centers to ensure they deliver top-tier skillsets and capabilities that align with and exceed division’s needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 10 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Comprehensive understanding of U.S. Navy systems, operations, and strategic objectives.

• Experience working directly with the Navy or on Navy-related projects.

• Demonstrated success in leading technology development and integration, driving strategy and business growth, delivering technical and engineering services, managing programs and portfolios, and excelling in 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.

• Strong capability to build collaborative relationships across various sectors, including government, military, industry, and academia.

• Experience managing a large workforce and delivering impactful project portfolios to DoD sponsors.

• Proven accountability to senior leadership, with experience in sponsor-facing engagements and internal operations management.

• Demonstrated ability to grow and lead an organization of world-class talent.

• Ability to strategically and dynamically shape work programs to meet urgent mission challenges.

• Experience in setting technical directions and aligning division work with broader company efforts.

• Proven track record in solving complex systems engineering challenges, particularly within the defense sector.

• 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 a wide range of commitments to multiple stakeholders.

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

• Strong 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.

• Top Secret Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience across Joint Fires, Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C-C5ISRT), C2 in Contested Environments, Autonomous Systems, Data Architectures and Analytics, Mission Engineering, Wargaming, and Experimentation.

• TS/SCI 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:

$225,000 - $281,000 - $337,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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