The Project Leader will provide overall direction and accountability for sponsor outcomes across efforts involving end-to-end NC3 modeling and threat analysis, Zero Trust protection of Qualifying NC3 Information (QNI), supply chain risk management, resilient communications for nuclear mission systems, mission effects and requirements analysis, and independent assessment of information exchange requirements.
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual
- Provide overall leadership and accountability for project execution and sponsor outcomes, establishing project vision, objectives, priorities, success criteria, and an integrated technical strategy aligned with sponsor needs and MITRE’s FFRDC role.
- Lead and integrate Deputy Project Leaders, Task Leaders, and multidisciplinary technical staff across NC3 systems engineering, mission engineering, cybersecurity and Zero Trust, communications, threat analysis, supply chain risk management, requirements analysis, and enterprise systems engineering.
- Build and maintain trusted sponsor relationships, receive and validate formal sponsor tasks, translate emerging mission needs into executable work, and communicate project status, risks, accomplishments, recommendations, and opportunities to senior government and MITRE stakeholders.
- Own project execution across scope, staffing, schedules, budgets, funding, dependencies, and risks, using MITRE processes and tools to maintain situational awareness and deliver high-quality outcomes on schedule and within available resources.
- Ensure technical quality, mission relevance, and integration of analyses and deliverables, including end-to-end models, threat and gap analyses, reference implementations, technical guidance, performance metrics, vendor assessments, test plans, architecture recommendations, and decision products.
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field
- Master’s or PhD in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field
- Nice to have: Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
- Nice to have: Nuclear deterrence missions
- Nice to have: Strategic communications
- competitive benefits
- meaningful career development
