Agreements and Partnerships Success Lead

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Department Summary MITRE is seeking an Agreements and Partnerships Success Lead within the Technology Transition and Partnership Office. Our office serves as a front door to industry engagement for MITRE. As the technological and operational environment around the globe rapidly changes, MITRE is focused on turning innovation into mission-ready capability. You’ll be part of the team that rapidly accelerates IP licensing and executes agreements and partnerships with industry, academia, and other nonprofit institutions and associations.

Roles & Responsibilities This position offers the ability to take a key role in supporting our Technology Transition and Partnerships Office. This individual contributor position will create impact across all of MITRE (MITRE Public Sector, MITRE National Security, and MITRE Technology and Engineering) and will have frequent and in-depth engagement with external organizations such as industry, academia, and other nonprofit institutions and associations.

Agreement Intake and Triage:
Serve as the first point of contact for external parties and MITRE colleagues for non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and collaborative teaming agreements such as university partnership agreements, co-research agreements, Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), licensing agreements, and more; triage agreements by type, risk, and urgency.

Agreement Review and Mark-up:
Review agreements against standard templates and approved language library, which may include the use of AI or other tools; prepare redlines; manage document version control and communications with external parties as well as MITRE business partners in legal, contracts, subcontracts, and procurement as needed to assist with nonstandard terms; and manage agreement execution using e-signature tools such as Docu Sign.

Success Management:
Support MITRE staff requests to understand agreement processes and existing agreement availability; maintain the agreements repository. Support post-agreement follow-up by tracking agreements for key dates and terms and conditions, such as renewals, expiration, deliverables, reporting, and mandatory notifications; manage communications with internal and external parties to confirm public good and compliance outcomes; develop or enhance training materials; and support internal and external communications announcements related to IP licensing and partnerships.

University Partnerships:
Collaborate with MITRE business partners and technical resources to track, strengthen, and deepen MITRE’s relationships with universities through a shared engagement model, which may include developing co-research and innovation opportunities, intern and early career talent pipelines, training and continuing education for MITRE staff, facility and infrastructure use, or other focused opportunities.

Basic Qualifications Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree;…