Intel Strategy and Policy Principal

Mitre Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is seeking an experienced strategic assessment SME to support wargaming, assessments, and exercises for DoD sponsors. You will lead analytic efforts, shape strategy, and identify opportunities to align MITRE’s depth with military needs.

The role requires an Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI potential, and 3 days on-site per week at a national security environment. Salary ranges from $161,600 to $242,400 annually, reflecting senior leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent.
• Experience with Indo-Pacific defense matters and security cooperation.
• Broad network of US, allied, and partner officials across security domains.
• Ability to articulate historical and potential future U.S. regional interests.

Responsibilities

• Shape the MITRE work program and customer strategy with program leadership.
• Data-driven assessments of national defense strategies with allies and partners.
• Conceive concepts to shape investments for future advantage.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with customers and stakeholders across Army, Joint Staff, and Combatant Commands.
• Deliver high-quality data-driven technical products on time.

Skills

Project leadership

Data-driven analysis

Stakeholder management

Security clearance

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Program management tools

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.

The MITRE Office of the Secretary of War Program Division is seeking an experienced strategic assessment subject matter expert to support wargaming, assessments, and exercises working for a broad set of existing sponsors across OUSW(A&S), OUSW(Policy), Military Departments, and Combatant Commands. This position requires a visionary leader able to conduct comparative assessments, shape strategy, and develop future warfighting concepts. This role involves analysis of strategies, supporting programs with allies and partners, and leading analytic efforts align to the National Defense Strategy. A successful candidate will seek out and shape strategic opportunities for MITRE to contribute to Department of War critical needs and bridge the gap between MITRE’s technical depth and military operational and tactical imperatives.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Working with the Project Leads, MITRE OSW Program Leadership, OUSW (A&S) and OSW Policy government leadership to shape the MITRE work program and customer strategy.
• Data-driven assessments of national defense strategies and supporting programs with allies and partners.
• Assessing threats and conceiving concepts to shape investments for future advantage against them.
• Leveraging relationships across various organizations across the DoW and MITRE to bring forward innovative solutions.
• Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customers and key stakeholders across the Army, OSW, Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and allied/partner organizations.
• Support critical sponsor goals and outcomes by on-time delivery of high-quality data-driven technical products.
• Work in partnership with the individual task leads to Identify and improve the quality data-driven technical products

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.
• Experience working with Indo-Pacific countries on defense matters, including security cooperation.
• Extensive knowledge of Indo-Pacific security affairs, especially the U.S – PRC military balance
• Possess a broad network of U.S., allied, and partner security (uniformed and civilian) officials
• Able to articulate historical and likely future U.S. regional interests and to knowledgeably speculate on allied/partner interests
• Experience leading projects and multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customers and key stakeholders
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with National Defense Strategy implementation, including military, economic and political understanding to inform investments, priorities and decisions.
• Experience working with high-level DoD officials
• Current TS/SCI

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

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:

$161,600 - $202,000 - $242,400 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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