Director of Intelligence Task Leader (Intelligence Center)

The MITRE Corporation•McLean, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. The Strategic Integration Department (N924) is seeking Principal Task Leader for Project NCTC, an Intelligence and Forensic Analysis Task supporting the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). The Strategic Integration Department is seeking a motivated and creative Task Leader with solid capabilities in project management, technical and thought leadership, customer relations, and team development. As Principal Task Leader, you will be accountable for overall direction, resource planning, programmatic support, budgetary development, internal and external coordination, execution, and outcomes of MITRE work for the sponsor’s Counterterrorism (CT) mission. The Task provides substantive Counterterrorism analysis and the research and development of new Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) capabilities to US policymakers and the Intelligence Community. An emerging or established leader who would thrive working as part of a MITRE team in a multi-agency environment on the nation’s toughest Counterterrorism challenges. The ideal candidate would serve as an objective, informed partner for government leaders who rely on MITRE’s insight and expertise to solve the government’s greatest CT issues from a strategic perspective. This position is a full-time position, that supports our government sponsor.

Requirements

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.
Applicants must have a Top-Secret SCI security clearance with a CI Polygraph.
Experience working with collected exploited material (CEM) and/or DOMEX-derived intelligence, intelligence analysis and regional studies
Ability to work with diverse team and pursue innovative solutions to counterterrorism related problems
Ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to take initiative with minimal direction and to solve problems
Ability to communicate complex intelligence reporting, analytical problem sets and concepts to technical colleagues
Demonstrated ability to write strategic and operational level analysis for senior audiences.
Willingness to work directly with government customers and across the IC at the customer site.
Strong verbal and written communications skills, and excellent interpersonal skills
Willing to work on site at NCTC in McClean, VA
This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with programming languages and scripting tools (e.g. Java, Objective-C, Swift, Python, C, C++, Go)
Basic knowledge of forensic investigations and outputs
Knowledgeable of the latest tools and techniques employed by digital forensic examiners
Proficient in standardizing data into structure data either through basic Excel or program languages or script tools
A broad working knowledge of counterterrorism principles and technology is a requirement as this position requires interfacing with senior counterterrorism policy leaders in the CT Field.
Strong customer relations ability to include:
Sponsor communications (Operations-level to Executive-level)
Team building and interpersonal skills
Conflict resolution and constructive feedback

Responsibilities

Lead NCTC Director of Intelligence efforts to the sponsor:
Direct and oversee the development of all intelligence analysis and DOMEX activities.
Leverage your MITRE network to implement innovated technical solutions from Labs/Innovation Center/MIPs
Serve as the primary MITRE/DI POC for cross-task and coordination related to NCTC Counterterrorism efforts
Collaborate with the N924 Department Chief Engineer to support your task with other MITRE projects initiatives.
Serve as the MITRE NCTC Task Lead and key technical advisor to NCTC/DI
Understand sponsor strategy/plans and participate in future work-shaping
Engage with sponsor to understand and shape desired project outcomes
Work with the project leadership team on executing the sponsor engagement strategy
Develop and maintain an executable project plan
Execute project plan within allocation
Ensure that the right staffing skill mix and resources
Work with the project leadership team to enable integration within and across NCTC project tasks
Ensure that program area knowledge is shared openly to all Task Leaders and Team members
Serve as communication conduit between project team and sponsor leadership
Seek internal feedback on project activities and sponsor engagements from project team
Recognize team accomplishments and achievement appropriately