Employee Engagement Senior Manager

The MITRE Corporation • McLean, VA

3d • 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 Senior Manager, Engagement leads enterprise employee engagement strategy to ensure employees feel connected, supported, and positioned for success from day one. This role oversees onboarding strategy, enterprise engagement governance, and employee-driven communities, while translating employee feedback into meaningful engagement initiatives.
The Senior Manager manages a team of Engagement Leads and serves as the primary architect of programs that strengthen employee connection, voice, and experience across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience leading employee engagement, onboarding, employee experience, or HR programs.
• Experience designing and managing enterprise engagement or onboarding strategies.
• Demonstrated success managing high-performing teams and complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience leading employee feedback programs or workplace surveys and translating insights into action.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic program design with operational execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience collaborating with events, culture, or recognition teams is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the enterprise onboarding strategy to deliver an inspiring and engaging experience from pre-boarding through the first year of employment.
• Develop and oversee a Day 1–Day 365 onboarding framework that supports new hires and interns at key milestones (pre-boarding, first week, 30/60/90 days, and first year).
• Create scalable onboarding experiences that support different employee populations, career stages, and roles.
• Launch and manage the Enterprise Engagement Council, which brings together employee-run groups and site engagement leads to align engagement efforts across the organization.
• Lead the enterprise workplace survey program and drive meaningful action from employee feedback.
• Manage the annual workplace survey lifecycle including planning, communications, and engagement campaigns.
• Co-lead organization-wide engagement initiatives in partnership with the Events & Recognition team.
• Collaborate to design engagement programs, campaigns, and moments that strengthen connection and culture across the workforce.
• Lead and develop a team of Engagement Leads responsible for delivering engagement programs across the enterprise.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees