Description:
management while operating in a high-performing organization that delivers effective mission support and outcomes for our sponsors. The Principal Group Leader’s responsibilities include:
- First Line Supervisor - focused on staff performance management and development for a group of 6-8 staff within the Counterintelligence and Cyber Group within the Mission Integration Department
- Department and Staff Engagement – Serves as direct supervisor for 8-10 staff providing technical support, conducting regular performance and development conversations; mentors, advocates and recognizes staff; communicates with Project/Task Leaders on staff performance; assesses staff performance and provides constructive feedback to staff
- Sponsor Engagement and Relations Management – Engage with sponsors to ensure mission needs are met
- Technical Quality, Execution and Capability Development – Assists the Department management and leadership team in workforce shaping, hiring, work program development, maintaining awareness of emerging technical issues and opportunities; fulfills other Department and Division management duties as assigned
- Collaboration and Communication – Supports regular communication between staff and Project/Task Leaders, serves as a proactive liaison between staff and Department/upper management, seeks collaboration opportunities across portfolios, and facilitates open sharing of program and/or technical area knowledge with other managers and staff
- Individual Contributor – Actively contributes to a work program in the MNS Intel Center
Basic Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Due to the lengthy clearance process, candidates without an existing TS/SCI clearance with CI or FS polygraph cannot be considered for this opening.
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years of related experience; or 8 years and a master’s degree; or 5 years and a PhD; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- 4 + years of experience with leadership/team management
- Extensive knowledge of the Intelligence Community with experience in the counterintelligence and/or cyber security domains
- Extensive knowledge of MITRE’s organizational structure, work programs, and Intelligence Center efforts
- Strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences across MITRE
- Excellent interpersonal skills, discretion, diplomacy, tact, and be able to work with both the staff and internal/external sponsors
- This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week.