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The CENTCOM, SOUTHCOM and JOINT STAFF OPERATIONS Department (N253) is seeking an experienced leader to supervise and manage a group of talented MITRE technical staff in the McLean, Virginia area. As Group Leader (GL), you will be responsible for supervising, growing, and nurturing a technical

team in a dynamic work environment. Working closely with the Department’s Project Leaders, you will help identify the right technical talent and skills needed to plan and execute our work program in support of our DoD sponsors’ missions and outcomes. As GL, you will be an integral member of the Department

Leadership team, helping with workforce recruiting, development and shaping, work program development, maintaining awareness of emerging technical talent needs and opportunities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Have deep knowledge of the Joint Staff work program and other related projects to enable the group members to grow as a team and provide work program growth opportunities.

• Developing and executing a strategy for your Group to include:

• Serving as Direct supervisor (DS) for assigned staff and interns, providing technical support, conducting regular performance and development conversations, staff advocacy and recognition, and communication with Project/Task Leads on performance.

• Serving as the primary point of contact for new employee onboarding and as a resource to guide staff in navigating the MITRE organization and processes.

• Partnering with Project/Task Leaders to identify appropriate project opportunities where staff can leverage their current skills and continue to develop new skills.

• Help shape group and department work programs and capability investments.

• Work with the Department Leadership to forecast workforce levels and skillset/talent demands then grow the group to fill those needs.

• Ensure technical quality of the group's work products & deliverables.

• Serve as a key member of the Department Leadership team in executing its strategy.

• Represent the department and/or division in ad hoc efforts/events.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other organizations to identify domain specialists to provide technical mentorship for the staff across various technical skillset areas. The current areas include Nuclear Command and Control (NC2), Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), Modeling and Simulation, Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering, Data Engineering and Operations Research and Analysis.

• Guide your staff in development of impactful professional goals that will challenge them to focus on career progression that has an impact.

• Work to ensure your staff contribute to and are accountable for sponsor outcomes, and maximize employee potential, motivation, and engagement.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically, 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related fields; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Staff supervisory experience

• Active DoD TS with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance

• Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise staff

• Strong desire to develop staff to address work program needs and challenges

• Strong verbal and written communications skills and excellent interpersonal skills

• Desire to develop early career staff and guide them to navigate career options/paths at MITRE

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD TS/SCI desired.

• M.S. degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related field and 10 years of experience.

• Prior group leader, task leader, or similar leadership experience

• Prior experience recruiting, retaining, and/or developing junior staff

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

  This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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