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The MITRE Corporation Performance & Solutions Engineering Group Lead in McLean, Virginia
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The Performance & Solutions Engineering Department applies broad homeland security, intelligence, and federal law enforcement expertise; a deep understanding of operational tradecraft; and a deep understanding of our sponsors' challenges to develop and advance innovative solutions which enable current and future homeland security operations from the tactical to the enterprise levels. The CSH provides systems engineering and integration support to planning, programming, acquisition (including concept exploration and early prototyping), and evaluation of capabilities for homeland security missions and programs.
As a Group Leader you will oversee staff, evolve our capabilities to support sponsor priorities, help support relevant work programs, and coordinate with other projects and departments to ensure optimal contributions to ongoing efforts. This is a team that works closely with our sponsors and their stakeholders. A collaborative approach and interest in building sponsor relationships based on understanding their missions, constraints, and opportunities is important, as are relevant technical skills.
The department is seeking a Group Leader to support department related programs and align expertise to the following competency area:
- Enterprise and Solutions Engineering, with focus on information and communications systems, services, and environments as well as supporting sensor networks
Job Responsibilities:
Staff Management
Provide leadership and first line, day-to-day management for personnel (avg. 10 individuals).
Oversee and facilitate routine administrative aspects of employment.
Support onboarding and assimilation for new employees.
Communicate regularly with group members to ensure well-being, engagement, and job satisfaction.
Career Development
Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance for group members to enable performance.
Engage in regular developmental conversations to create a positive atmosphere for group members to develop realistic goals that capitalize on strengths and interests.
Advocate for group members to identify opportunities for career experiences and developmental opportunities.
Project Placement
Engage in staffing activities to match projects with staff competencies and identify stretch assignments for staff to develop new skills.
Support development of transition plans and facilitate transitions between projects that meet the needs of projects and group members.
Performance Management
Engage in regular discussions with work leads (e.g., project or task lead) about expectations, performance, and growth opportunities.
Seek information and feedback on group members’ performance and recommend corrective/development action when needed.
Participate in annual performance management cycle activities.
Complete performance management reviews accurately and on schedule.
Identify opportunities to recognize and reward group members’ accomplishments.
Quality Management
Work with the DM and other leadership and team members to promulgate a culture of quality, excellence, teamwork, staff development, continued learning, innovation, evaluation, and benchmarking to ensure continuous improvement within the department and on all aspects of the department's work program.
Support the development of skills through training and experiential opportunities.
Encourage group members to seek and provide technical reach back within their areas of capability and expertise.
Serve as technical subject matter expert/referent to review staff work progress and artifacts as part of an enterprise approach to continuous quality improvement.
Extended Leadership team
Serve as primary change agent in developing and implementing Division and Department plans, strategies, and programs.
Participate in work shaping for upcoming projects when appropriate.
Participate in the leadership and management of the department's personnel activities, including identification, recruitment, development, and retention of personnel required to realize the department's mission, vision, strategy, goals, and objectives.
Provide back up for other GLs or the DM as required.
Ensure group members understand the Corporate, Center, Program, and Department mission, strategic direction, priorities, and related plans and activities.
Basic Qualifications:
Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related work experience in a technical area related to this Department with a technically relevant bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a technically relevant master’s degree; or a technically relevant PhD with 5 years’ experience.
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Demonstrated leadership and management expertise.
Strong technical and program management skills with practical experience in work programs in relevant technical area(s) to this Department.
Ability to effectively interact with senior leaders, management peers, direct reports, and support staff.
Ability to work with department leadership to create an effective team.
Ability to lead, manage, and conduct analyses.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience working with homeland security sponsors in related and relevant technical areas.
Minimum of 12 months experience at MITRE.
Prior experience as a Group Lead or staff supervisor.
DHS – Fitness Clearance preferred.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Fitness - DHS
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Fitness - DHS
Work Location Type:
Onsite
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