Principal Project Leader, Geospatial Intelligence (Intelligence Center)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership as a trusted advisor to the sponsor and help shape the full scope of work for the projects tasks
• Build and sustain strong relationships with Sponsor senior leadership, division leadership, branch chiefs, and government stakeholders across the mission space
• Define and execute technical objectives based on sponsor priorities and mission outcomes, with an emphasis on areas where MITRE can deliver the greatest value through its technical depth and cross-cutting capabilities
• Translate overall project strategy into clear, actionable outcomes, deliverables, and technical products
• Identify and integrate relevant research and innovation efforts from across MITRE, including internal innovation programs, to strengthen project impact and advance sponsor objectives
• Ensure the technical quality of products and recommendations by establishing clear team expectations aligned with division quality practices, conducting in-progress reviews, incorporating peer review, implementing effective knowledge management, and participating in regular program execution reviews
• Partner with MITRE staff resourcing organizations to develop and execute a mission-focused staffing strategy for the project
• Collaborate across MITRE and with sponsors to identify, assess, and inform operational trade space decisions for the NGA mission
• Lead project administration activities, including financial tracking, project documentation, meeting coordination, status reporting, facility management, task tracking, and contributor expectation setting
• Oversee staff management activities, including onboarding and access coordination for required systems, networks, collaboration environments, and classified facilities
• Collaborate across our work program with other PLs to ensure cohesive, well-aligned delivery

Basic Qualifications

• 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.
• Degree in physics, applied mathematics, aerospace, software development for engineering/physical systems, acquisition, artificial intelligence, data science, imaging, cloud architecture or related disciplines and work experience with a strong technical background
• Track record in achieving significant work program, sponsor, or organizational outcomes
• Team builder with ability to work across MITRE bringing required staffing resources to bear
• Identify, propose, and pursue partnerships with MITRE internally funded efforts (innovation program, PD/SI’s, strategic outcomes, etc.), as applicable to pursue groundbreaking capability advancements and delivery
• Proficiency in DoD and IC space sponsors and their role in the development, acquisition, and operational lifecycle and the ability to work across to achieve higher level strategic objectives
• Experience with understanding & presenting technical studies to senior decision-makers to drive action and outcomes
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to maintain and obtain a polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Masters or PhD with research experience in one of the above specified degree programs
• Domain knowledge of emerging and current sponsor related technology fields: Geospatial intelligence, AI / ML, Data Science, Image Processing / Computer Vision, various GIS data (SAR, HSI, Trajectories, etc.)
• Knowledge of intelligence operations, the intelligence lifecycle, TCPED, and intelligence systems
• Ability to mentor early-career staff, new task leaders, and encourage staff skill development
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex project components simultaneously
• Experience advising the federal government on acquisition lifecycle activities (emphasizing software acquisitions), including SOW/SOO development, market research, acquisition planning, technical evaluations, source selection support, or adoption of innovative acquisition approaches
• Understanding of space-related physics and engineering concepts, for example, orbital mechanics, satellite propagation, space-based ISR, satellite communications, space domain awareness, etc.