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Department Summary :
The Air Operations Division, N, is seeking a highly talented and experienced leader to be the Theater C2 and Homeland Defense Department Manager (DM), N.
The position will be responsible for managing a diverse department of over staff, primarily located at MITRE Bedford, MA, with a small team in McLean, and a few at remote / telework locations.
The DM will also serve on the Air Operation’s division leadership team, helping formulate and implement strategy, policy, and business processes for the division as whole.
Theater Command and Control and Homeland Defense (Department N) leads projects and initiatives directly related to the overall Homeland Air Defense mission.
This includes the technology and operational aspects of several sensor and command and control systems in response to the Theater and Homeland air threats (aircraft, cruise missiles, and unattended aircraft systems).
The N activities work across aspects of the joint engagement sequence to decrease response time and improve mission effectiveness.
Across the Department, our goal is to ensure sponsor’s ability to rapidly identify, characterize, and respond to threats to the homeland.
The selected candidate will be responsible for setting the technical direction of the Department's capabilities, strategically shaping the work program, growing a diverse team of world-class talent, fostering a culture of connection and belonging among department staff, and building collaborative relationships across MITRE, our sponsors, industry, and academia.
The DM’s primary responsibilities are a balance between strategic planning, work program execution, and people leadership.
The selected candidate will shape N Department and N Division outcomes by actively working as part of the leadership team to support and craft the organization’s strategic direction, identify new opportunities and initiatives, participate in and advocate for shared leadership responsibilities, and lead related activities.
Candidates should have a track record of leading people, thinking, and acting innovatively, and collaborating across boundaries.
The DM is responsible for executing a mission-driven, outcome-focused work program delivering impactful solutions by integrating a cadre of professionals with expertise in command and control, situational awareness, modern software development approaches, modeling and simulation and digital acquisition.
The DM is responsible for the delivery of high-quality technical work products that enable the accomplishment of strategic and sponsor outcomes, work program development / shaping, and ensuring cost / delivery are met.
The DM is also responsible for growing the team to include hiring and talent development.
Job Description :
Serve as a core member of the Division leadership team, working to implement division and department strategies; furthering sponsor outcomes;
and rapidly addressing and solving staffing, delivery, and quality issues. Support the director by providing specific sponsor / program knowledge and expertise.
Ensure that department staff performance and compensation management activities are fair and transparent.
Foster an environment of connection and belonging, with a focus on inclusion and diversity,
Basic Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Our culture is a tangible asset that endures through our people and leaders. At MITRE, our leaders must also demonstrate and continually develop a consistent set of shared Leadership Competencies :
Lead with a Strategic Mindset : Drives alignment across MITRE to achieve our mission by engaging across and beyond the enterprise, making and executing decisions, and activating the Good Growth Strategy.
Create Value : Takes a broad approach to solving complex problems using a national and global lens. Unleashes the full capabilities of our people in a relentless pursuit of innovative solutions that are scalable, equitable, transferable, and sustainable.
Cultivate Inclusion : Creates an environment and opportunities, built on trust, where people can be their whole authentic self, feeling welcomed, supported, engaged, and respected for who they are and what they contribute to the organization.
Embraces and engages all dimensions of diversity to exponentially expand MITRE’s impact in solving problems for a safer world.
Communicate for Impact : Conveys powerful messages tailored to the unique needs of stakeholders and desired outcomes in a style that engages and inspires action.
Exemplifies active listening to foster collaboration, understanding, and alignment.
Commit to Action and Outcomes : Holds self and others accountable for acting on and achieving established objectives. Exemplifies cultural attributes while executing and delivering impactful outcomes.
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
Work Location Type : Hybrid
Hybrid
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Last updated : 2024-03-26
Full Time
Scientific Services
$112k-137k (estimate)
03/28/2024
05/10/2024
mitre.org
STAFFORD, VA
7,500 - 15,000
1958
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
STEPHEN MARTIN
$500M - $1B
Scientific Services
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