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Lead Project Management Specialist

The MITRE CorporationFort Meade - Annapolis Junction, MD

$138,800 - $173,500 / year


Overview

Schedule
Full-time
Education
PMP
Career level
Senior-level
Remote
Hybrid remote
Compensation
$138,800-$173,500/year
Benefits
Paid Vacation

Job Description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We're a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation's health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.

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, and more. The Enterprise Program & Risk Management department provides support across a wide range of MITRE portfolios, employing 50 highly qualified and experienced staff.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Project coordination for MITRE projects
  • Implementation and maintenance of project schedules
  • Implementation and maintenance of project risk register(s)
  • Research associated with specific project requirements
  • Handling of project logistics, including meeting management and facilitation
  • Project communications and reporting (includes generation of project periodic reports)
  • Management of project artifacts
  • Application of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to project management

Basic Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of related experience
  • Basic knowledge of project, program and risk management as would be evident by a Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification.
  • Experience in the application of AI tools
  • Specific experience in one or more project management domain (e.g., risk management, change control, schedule management, project reporting, quality management)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
  • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S Citizenship is required
  • This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Specific project management experience
  • PMBOK Knowledge
  • Task leadership or other supervisory experience

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$138,800 - $173,500 - $208,200 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All 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.

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