Managing Director, Operations in Contested Environments

Job title: Managing Director, Operations in Contested Environments

Company: Mitre


Job description: 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.Division Summary:The Operations in the Contested Environments (OCE) Division within the Air and Space Forces Center (A&SFC), manages a work program interconnected across MITREs National Security Sector (MNS). The work program focuses on rebuilding and securing weapon systems, reestablishing deterrence by increasing lethality and survivability, and strengthening Coalition capabilities for our Partners. A key objective is enabling our DAF systems for the Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan and ensure the DoD has a mix of capabilities to penetrate the highly contested environment as well as deliver effects from stand-off ranges.OCE DAF sponsors span a collection of Air Force PEOs including the Fighter and Advanced Aircraft, ISR & SOF, Mobility, Weapons, Cyber and Networks, Business Enterprise Systems PEOs, the Joint Program Office for F35, Air Force Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems (CROWS), enabling Air Force Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) and various Coalitions / FMS Sponsors. The division strives to deliver world class technical expertise and capabilities in support of a set of the most challenging national security objectives. Technology areas include, but are not limited to: Cyber Security and resiliency, Command and Control, Communications Systems, Logistics, Platform Integration, Sensors, Modeling Based System Engineering and Analytics.Job Description:The Managing Director is responsible for strategically shaping the work program, setting the technical direction of the A&SFC’s ARBM Division’s capabilities, growing a diverse team of world-class talent, fostering a culture of connection and belonging, and building collaborative relationships across MITRE’s enterprise, with Senior DAF Leaders, industry, and academia.This is a key position in the development and execution portion of the broader A&SFC strategy that is aligned to the MITRE National Security (MNS) sector strategy all in support of The MITRE Corporation’s strategy. Success in this position will require strategic thinking, creative work shaping and close coordination across the MNS and MITRE Labs to maximize impact.The Managing Director is accountable to the Vice President, A&SF Center, for all aspects of the sponsor facing and internal division operations. The Managing Director will also work with the MNS Cross Cutting Priority Leads to ensure alignment of the IADE’s work program where appropriate with efforts across the company in these areas to increase impact.Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing a mission focused vision that enables the OCE Division to increase the impact of the work program in solving critical DAF and broader DoD challenges
• Developing and implementing a partnership with the cognizant VP responsible for the coalition partners strategy to appropriately shape and grow our FMS work program
• Developing and maintaining strategic relationships with Senior DAF Leaders to demonstrate commitment to their mission and ability to respond to their most challenging needs
• Collaborating and partnering with the other A&SFC Managing Directors in the development of the A&SF Center strategy and shaping the work in support of the MNS priorities and other DoD sponsors
• Collaborating and partnering with the Innovation Centers in development of the OCE Work Program and to ensure they provide the highest quality skillsets and capabilities to meet the needs of the division
• Leading organization to ensure technical quality, technical impact, and FFRDC appropriateness work program
• Leading, managing and developing a workforce of over 250 staff creating strategies for growth, advancement, training, and an effective work environment to ensure a satisfying career for each staff member
• Communicating clear expectations and goals that ensure all staff understand their contributions to key DAF outcomes

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM domain; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 10 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of leadership experience leading people and teams.
• Leadership experience at the senior staff level with a proven track record of sponsor focus and strong employee engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to establish trusted advisor relationships with senior Government leaders.
• Strong technical background in one or more of the following areas: software engineering, automation, networking systems, military and commercial communications systems, modeling and simulation, complex systems engineering, digital engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to build and shape a technical work program through collaborative and effective partnership with other divisions, and MITRE Labs
• Enterprise or systems engineering experience, especially owning the technical baseline and model-based systems engineering.
• Knowledge of systems integration and its complexities
• Active TS/SCI
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or equivalent and 15 or more years of experience in relevant domain.
• Experience in creating and nurturing a virtual team of geographically dispersed subject matter experts who support different senior stakeholders on various elements of a critical enterprise that is successful only if the various, disparate pieces work together.
• Previous work within dynamic environments, that fosters innovation in areas that provide leap-ahead capabilities to sponsors that result in significant operational benefit.
• Active TS/SCI, SAP

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCIThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCISalary compensation range and midpoint: $225,000 – $281,000 – $337,000 AnnualWork Location Type: OnsiteCommitment to Non-DiscriminationAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website .MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email for general support and for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.Benefits information may be found .Copyright © 1997-2025, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved.MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

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Location: Bedford, MA

Job date: Sat, 10 May 2025 22:04:30 GMT

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