Senior Project Management Specialist

The MITRE Corporation•Milford Mill, MD

1d•$113,600 - $170,400•Hybrid

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. Department Summary: L582 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, managing supply chain risk, and more. The Enterprise Program & Risk Management department provides support across a wide range of MITRE portfolios, employing 50 highly qualified and experienced staff.

Requirements

5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; 3 years and a Master's degree; a PhD with relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
Demonstrated experience managing projects or workstreams with cross-functional teams, multiple stakeholders, and defined scope, schedule, performance, and quality expectations.
Experience with supply chain risk management, enterprise risk management, supplier risk, logistics risk, critical infrastructure risk, acquisition risk, or related risk assessment activities.
Ability to support the design, execution, and communication of risk assessments that inform decision-making, mitigation priorities, and operational execution.
Experience developing project plans, schedules, risk registers, mitigation plans, decision support products, and sponsor-facing briefings.
Ability to communicate and synthesize complex requirements to enable policy, organizational, technical, and programmatic decision-making.
A cross-functional team player with the ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate stakeholders, and drive tasks to completion under time-sensitive conditions.
Applicants selected for this position may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or other sponsor requirements, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred in supply chain management, engineering, business administration, economics, data analytics, public policy, national security, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience supporting supply chain risk management, critical infrastructure resilience, economic security, trade, acquisition, logistics, mission assurance, or related risk management efforts.
Experience working with federal sponsors, FFRDCs, or government advisory environments where independence, objectivity, and public interest outcomes are central to delivery.
Experience applying structured risk methodologies, maturity models, risk scoring frameworks, dependency mapping, business impact analysis, or continuity and resilience planning.
Experience using data analytics or visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, Palantir, or equivalent platforms to support risk-informed decisions.
Familiarity with supplier due diligence, vendor risk management, cyber supply chain risk, acquisition policy, industrial base analysis, trade policy, or international supply chain issues.
Additional credentials such as PMI-RMP, Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Lean Six Sigma, or Agile certification.

Responsibilities

Lead project workstreams and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality analytical, technical, and project management support for government sponsors.
Develop and maintain project charters, integrated schedules, work breakdown structures, risk registers, action and issue logs, decision logs, and recurring status reporting mechanisms.
Plan and facilitate supply chain risk assessments, dependency mapping, vulnerability analysis, scenario analysis, tabletop exercises, and mitigation planning sessions.
Translate complex supply chain and risk information into concise briefings, implementation plans, policy options, and actionable recommendations.
Apply project management best practices consistent with PMP principles, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, risk, stakeholder, and change management.
Partner with analysts, economists, data scientists, systems engineers, acquisition specialists, cybersecurity experts, and policy subject matter experts to integrate technical insights into sponsor deliverables.
Identify, track, and report key performance indicators and key risk indicators that inform sponsor decisions and improve visibility into supply chain resilience.
Manage multiple priorities while maintaining alignment with sponsor objectives, MITRE quality standards, FFRDC objectivity, and expected project outcomes.
Support relationship building across MITRE and with government, academic, industry, and other stakeholders in the supply chain and risk management ecosystem.