Data Science and Analytics, Lead

MITRE Job Opportunity

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If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us.

MITRE's Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization, Veterans, Military Health, and Benefits Division partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to address some of the nation's most complex enterprise challenges. Our teams engage directly with senior government sponsors and stakeholders to understand mission priorities, translate complex technical challenges into strategic outcomes, and help shape solutions that advance sponsor objectives.

Our work spans Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), VA Central Office, and Military Health, where we support sponsors in modernizing enterprise operations, improving mission delivery, and implementing innovative technical and data-driven solutions.

Our multidisciplinary teams combine expertise in data analytics, data science, systems engineering, software engineering, enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence, modeling and simulation, acquisition, and digital modernization to develop objective, practical solutions that improve mission outcomes. We partner directly with government sponsors to analyze complex technical challenges, design and develop innovative solutions, and deliver measurable impact.

We seek applicants with strong technical expertise who excel at solving complex technical and enterprise challenges, leading multidisciplinary teams, collaborating effectively with government sponsors and stakeholders, developing mission-focused solutions, and driving complex initiatives from concept through implementation and delivery.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor supporting the design, analysis, integration, and implementation of innovative enterprise solutions for complex Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense Health Agency (DHA) initiatives, helping define, prioritize, and execute enterprise initiatives that improve mission outcomes.
• Engage with senior government sponsors and stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, translate complex technical findings and mission challenges into actionable recommendations and strategic outcomes, and help shape initiatives that advance sponsor objectives.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams in the execution of complex enterprise projects spanning data analytics, data science, digital modernization, systems engineering, enterprise architecture, software engineering, artificial intelligence, systems integration, and enterprise data solutions from concept development through implementation, while ensuring high-quality sponsor outcomes.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior government stakeholders by proactively identifying emerging mission needs, shaping sponsor priorities, and expanding opportunities to deliver innovative, mission-focused solutions.
• Lead the development and delivery of technical recommendations, strategic assessments, white papers, operating models, implementation plans, strategic roadmaps, and executive briefings that enable informed executive decision-making and successful…