Mission Integrator

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

Job summary

MITRE is seeking a Mission Integrator in the State Department Programs Division to align sponsor needs with MITRE capabilities and deliver mission impact through project leadership. The role sits on the senior leadership team, shaping strategy, priorities, and investments, while bridging domestic and international partnerships.

Qualified candidates typically bring extensive experience, a Top Secret clearance, and a deep understanding of State Department missions, funding, and interagency

Qualifications

• Typical minimum: 10 years with a Bachelor’s, 8 years with a Master’s, or PhD with 5 years’ related experience.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams delivering mission impact in complex environments.
• Deep understanding of State Department missions, enterprise operations, funding processes, and inter-agency context.
• Comfortable in dynamic, urgent environments with minimal direction.
• Proven ability to lead technical efforts, engage sponsors, translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work on-site at government locations.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements with State sponsors to translate objectives into integrated capability roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Collaborate with MITRE project leadership to align program execution with State and partner needs to maximize impact.
• Identify and shape new opportunities for MITRE impact in collaboration with project leadership.
• Help shape and execute division strategy with the Division Director.
• Identify joint opportunities with external organizations and inform investment decisions.
• Lead development of proposals for State opportunities with MITRE experts across the corporation.
• Communicate complex technical and mission findings clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Enterprise analysis

Communication skills

State Dept knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

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.

In partnership with our State Department sponsors, MITRE’s State Department Programs Division (P770) advances U.S. national interests globally through diplomacy, economic engagement, and security cooperation creating a more secure and prosperous international environment for the American people.

We deliver objective mission driven engineering and integration expertise strengthening State’s ability to execute foreign policy effectively across more than 270 posts worldwide while also directly meeting our international partners’ needs. Our work spans modern acquisition, secure communications, non-proliferation activities, enterprise data platforms, cyber and critical infrastructure resilience development, trusted AI export, supply chains, commercial diplomacy, and the integration of emerging technologies into State’s global mission.

Roles & Responsibilities

The State Department Programs Division Mission Integrator serves as the division’s mission-to-capability architect, accountable for understanding dynamic sponsor needs, determining what MITRE can uniquely bring to bear, and shaping how to deliver mission impact with project leadership. The mission integrator is a member of the senior division leadership team, helping to set strategy & priorities, identifying gaps, and reporting to the director.

The role requires enterprise-level understanding of State Department priorities, institutional operational processes & constraints, funding and budget nuances, emerging needs, and political context both domestically and with partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead frequent and persistent engagements with State sponsors to translate Department strategic objectives & needs into integrated capability roadmaps, architectures, and investment priorities
• Partner with MITRE project leadership to shape and align program execution with State & foreign partner needs to maximize impact
• Partner with MITRE project leadership to identify and shape new opportunities for MITRE impact
• Partner with Division Director to shape and execute division strategy
• Identify joint business opportunities with external organizations and shape investment decisions
• Lead the development of proposals for State opportunities in close collaboration with MITRE experts from across the corporation
• Communicate complex technical and mission findings clearly to senior Department & MITRE leadership, interagency stakeholders, and international partners

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 success in leading large multidisciplinary teams delivering mission impact in complex enterprise or global environments
• Deep understanding of State Department missions, organization, enterprise operations, funding processes, and related inter-agency & Congressional context
• Comfortable working in highly dynamic environments with urgency, with minimal direction
• Proven ability to lead technical efforts, engage senior sponsors, and translate analysis into actionable recommendations
• Consistent track record of delivering high quality products, both as an individual contributor and team leader
• Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to work on-site at government locations as required by sponsor needs
• 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

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Familiarity with State & interagency coordination processes and international partner engagements
• Demonstrated ability to take informed risk, lead with partial insights, and operate effectively with high degree of autonomy
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries & employ shared leadership models effectively

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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