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Department Summary:

L212 contains MITRE Enterprise Program and Risk Management thought leaders. The department is composed of recognized subject matter experts, who are proficient in a suite of program and risk management skills including: leading people, project communications, scope management employing Agile, establishing program metrics, developing schedules, and more. The Enterprise Program & Risk Management department provides support across a wide range of MITRE portfolios, employing ~ 90 highly qualified and experienced staff.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Direct supervision of up to 9 group members
• Work in partnership with Project Leaders on an as required and on-going basis to align staff member goals to project outcomes
• Facilitate the professional and career development of assigned staff members through positive leadership, coaching, communication, and recognition
• Participate in development of department and division strategies
• Leads department staff in the development of department capabilities
• Outreach of department capabilities to other MITRE organizations
• Participate in department recruiting activities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 8-10+ years of experience, or Masters degree with 6 – 8+ years of experience.
• BA/BS in a technical (e.g., Engineering or Computer Science), business, or management field
• Basic knowledge of project, program and risk management as would be evident by a Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
• Task leadership or other supervisory experience
• Experience in a leadership role on a project for a Federal government sponsor

Preferred Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge of project management domain areas including program, project, and risk management
• Demonstrated success in the application of project management domain areas
• Demonstrated experience in leading and developing staff members
• Experience in developing an organizational strategic vision
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret level security clearance

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):

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