IC Acquisition Program Management Expert (Intelligence Center)

The MITRE Corporation • McLean, VA

10d • $162,400 - $243,600 • Onsite

About The Position

The Influence and Integration Department advances IC’s enterprise priorities by translating policy intent into integrated, executable approaches across the Intelligence Community. The department supports IC’s policy and mission integration efforts by shaping policy frameworks, strengthening governance and oversight, and guiding capability development that connects strategic direction to mission execution. Through disciplined analysis, enterprise coordination, and sustained partnership, the department aligns policy, mission priorities, and analytic leadership to enable coherent implementation of modernization initiatives and reinforce the sponsor’s role as the strategic leader of the IC.

The successful candidate for this position is an IC Acquisition Program Manager who combines strong foundations in space systems, systems engineering, technical analysis, and major systems acquisitions with hands-on experience supporting complex space and ground-related acquisitions. The IC Acquisition Program Manager will help our government sponsor establish, assess, and improve technical and programmatic approaches that support acquisitions across the Intelligence Community. The candidate will play a critical role in shaping acquisition strategy, evaluating program execution, informing policy and governance, and providing senior leader decision support.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted technical advisor and may act as a primary point of contact for senior government sponsors. The candidate will be expected to develop clear, concise, and actionable deliverables; communicate complex technical concepts to senior decision makers; and align acquisition and engineering approaches to enterprise-wide mission needs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated working knowledge of and application of Intelligence Community acquisition policy, including the ICD 801 series
• Strong working knowledge of the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) and experience supporting programs or acquisition efforts tied to National Intelligence Program (NIP) funding, mission priorities, and stakeholder coordination across the intelligence community and Department of War.
• Knowledge of satellite payloads, remote sensing systems, ground processing, and mission operations concepts.
• Understanding of resilience, survivability, cybersecurity, and supply chain considerations for space systems.
• Typically requires a minimum of 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.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise deliverables to senior Government decision makers on space and sensor related topics.
• Ability to interface with and serve as a primary point of contact to senior leader government sponsors.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including developing and delivering well-structured presentations to Government senior staff.
• Ability to serve as an impactful forward-leaning team member or team lead.
• Active TS/SCI with a polygraph.
• U.S Citizenship is required.
• Candidates without an existing TS/SCI clearance with polygraph cannot be considered for this opening.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting U.S. government organizations in acquisition, systems engineering, or technical advisory roles.
• Experience supporting space and sensor related acquisitions, milestone reviews, and enterprise coordination activities.
• Previous direct support to senior-level leaders.
• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, or related field.
• Experience with space payloads, remote sensing, ground systems, and mission processing architectures.
• Experience conducting independent technical risk assessments, alternatives analyses, and program health evaluations.
• Familiarity with DoD and IC acquisition processes, requirements processes, and systems engineering reviews.
• Experience integrating technical, operational, and acquisition perspectives into executable recommendations for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Establish, assess, and improve technical and programmatic approaches that support acquisitions across the Intelligence Community.
• Shape acquisition strategy, evaluate program execution, inform policy and governance, and provide senior leader decision support.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor and primary point of contact for senior government sponsors.
• Develop clear, concise, and actionable deliverables.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to senior decision makers.
• Align acquisition and engineering approaches to enterprise-wide mission needs.
• Provide technical and analytical support to space and ground related acquisitions – including risk, schedule, and cost assessments – across the Intelligence Community.
• Develop and assess acquisition strategies, technical plans, and programmatic blueprints.
• Provide continuous oversight of selected National Intelligence Program acquisitions and independent assessment of acquisition status, risks, and associated processes.
• Support significant milestone events and movement of major system acquisitions through key schedule milestones.
• Translate mission needs into acquisition recommendations, implementation plans, and senior leader decision support materials.
• Enable enterprise coordination that incorporates a Community-wide perspective throughout the acquisition cycle.
• Integrate acquisition and procurement initiatives to respond to the highest priority mission needs.
• Work with technical and program teams to translate strategy, policy, and mission intent into executable acquisition approaches.
• Conduct mission architecture analysis, including space, ground, transport, and user segment considerations.
• Assess sensor system performance, including coverage, sensitivity, revisit, latency, and data quality tradeoffs.
• Manage requirements analysis, traceability, and technical baseline across the acquisition lifecycle.
• Provide systems engineering support for concept development, alternatives analysis, integration, test, and transition to operations.
• Assess interoperability, data sharing, and enterprise integration implications of new space and sensor capabilities.
• Support source selection, capability evaluations, and independent technical assessments.
• Lead functional teams or projects with notable risk, complexity, and resource requirements.
• Identify and resolve complex problems in ways that have lasting impact for an organization.
• Apply expert-level experience and knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures within acquisition and systems engineering disciplines and transfer that knowledge to others.
• Communicate complex ideas, anticipate potential objections, and persuade others to adopt a new point of view.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits
• Exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth
• Culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior