Deputy Project Lead, OSW R&E C5ISRT Technologies

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in McLean, VA is seeking a seasoned leader to oversee a growing, multimillion-dollar work program focused on C5ISRT technology for DoW Warfighter needs. You will work with government sponsors and MITRE’s experts to shape, govern, and deliver critical capabilities in contested environments.

The role requires extensive on-site work (TS/SCI level clearance) and a track record of delivering high-impact government outcomes, with strong leadership and collaboration across diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in C5ISRT-related technology programs.
• Strong ability to recruit, organize, supervise, and motivate technical staff.
• Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills, with executives or senior customers.
• Proven track record delivering high-impact government-focused technology deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a growing work program (>$1M, potential >$5M) and shape MITRE work for DoW Warfighter needs.
• Serve as primary MITRE interface to government sponsors and stakeholders.
• Mentor leads, manage budgets, and ensure on-time delivery of major milestones.
• Ensure high quality deliverables with peer review and archiving of key outputs.
• Align MITRE work with strategic initiatives and internal R&D programs.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Team leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

MITRE’s Research & Advanced Capabilities Development (N223) Department seeks an accomplished, proactive individual capable of serving as a sponsor-facing work leader and strategic work shaper for MITRE’s work with government officials specifically focused on advancing technology solutions in the C5ISRT (command, control, communications, computer, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting) mission space. The N223 department leverages MITRE’s broad and deep technical bench to identify, evaluate, and accelerate technology solutions to priority Warfighter mission needs, with a work portfolio spanning the core organizations within the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research & Engineering: Science & Technology, Critical Technologies, and Mission Capabilities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

This position would help oversee a growing work program, currently around $1mil in size, but with the clear opportunity to exceed $5mil. This individual is expected to work in collaboration with the government sponsors of our work and MITRE’s technical talent to identify, shape, and oversee MITRE work for the Department of War’s C5ISRT mission needs, to include in contested environments in a diversity of operations and mission types. This can be through advancing specific technology solutions or developing and piloting processes and tools for advancing commercial technology solutions. The work will span operational gap analysis, technology analysis, mission engineering, and aligning emerging warfighting systems to agile acquisition process.

Work is performed at a minimum at the TS/SCI level, and this position requires significant (50% or more) time in-person in classified spaces at the MITRE site and/or government facilities in the Washington D.C. area.

Responsibilities include:

• Being the primary MITRE interface to the government sponsors of the work: build/maintain trusted relationships with key government leaders and stakeholders.
• Being accountable for the overall execution of the MITRE work program: negotiate entry/exit of major tasks; onboarding of new staff; select MITRE leads for component work efforts, serve as their mentor/advisor, and provide performance feedback; maintain staff plans and budgets to ensure delivery within allocated resources; and ensure major milestones are met on time, within resources, and to government expectations.
• Leading by example: personally contribute to (or lead the development of) one or more high impact MITRE deliverables; maintain long-term professional self-development to become/remain a credible MITRE voice on C5ISRT technologies and threats across a diversity of mission types
• Establishing high quality of MITRE deliverables, in consultation with the N223 department leadership: ensure delivered products lead to successful, impactful government outcomes; review project deliverables and ensure appropriate peer review; and archive and appropriately share key deliverables.
• Bringing MITRE to bear for the project’s sponsors: Support relevant strategic initiatives of MITRE and the Division/Department; and build partnerships between your work and other MITRE work programs, including our internal research & development program.
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in kinetic and non-kinetic technology solutions related to C5ISRT-related operational problems, to include cyber operations, electronic warfare and electromagnetic spectrum operations, navigation warfare, space technologies, advanced sensors technologies, hard target intelligence analysis, and other relevant areas.
• Consistent track record of generating relevant, impactful product deliverables (including definition, completion, and technical quality), in a team setting.
• Ability to recruit, organize, supervise, and motivate teams of technical staff to execute task objectives.
• Strong critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills – comfortable working in dynamic settings where task objectives may evolve or need to be shaped, or creative solutions to task impediments must be identified.
• Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills, with the ability to write technical reports, present briefings, and persuasively speak to audiences of all backgrounds, including executives or senior customers.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment, establish and leverage a diverse professional network, and integrate contributions from a variety of resources (people, tools, organizations).
• Must have an active Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on‑site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with technology prototyping and transitioning to DoW warfighters, to include special forces operators.
• Experience with mission engineering analysis as defined by the Department of Defense Mission Engineering Guide, version 2.0 published 1 October 2023
• Active TS/SCI

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:

$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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