Solutions Lead Senior Principal

Solution Lead Senior Principal (SLSP) are responsible and accountable for the success of 1-3 projects in the AO’s MITRE-wide Acceleration (MwA) portfolio of projects. The role will report to MwA Portfolio Managing Director. SLs will successfully exit their projects from the MwA pipeline via current and new business models, including via external sponsors, licensing of captured IP via MITRE’s Technology Transfer Office, MITRE Engenuity, spin‑outs/ups, co‑development partnerships and other rapid transition and scaling avenues.

This role will follow an agile solution and transition / scaling focused Innovation Lifecycle process:

• Discovery of Gaps that identify Critical problems, achieving Customer Validated Needs
• Exploration & identification of Differentiated Solutions with the Optimal Solution and Team
• Development, Field Tests/Demonstrations, and iteration to Validate the Solution solves Customer problems.
• Transition and rapid scaling of the solution, with an eye towards disruptive Dual‑use.

SLSPs will actively globally seek, identify, capture, negotiate for, obtain, and utilize all available internal and external resources at their disposal, to achieve disruptive solution delivery at the speed of mission need. SLSPs will also be objective and highly data‑driven, utilizing clear and focused metrics to track progress and when necessary, quickly terminate projects that do not show a clear path to meet the threshold of disruption and impact envisioned, thereby rapidly redeploying resources to more promising (higher likelihood of success) MwA projects.

SLSPs should be hands‑on technical, business, and project execution experts in their chosen field (a modern intra/entrepreneur) able to pursue excellence in innovation. SLSP’s are expected to operate at a rapid pace at all levels, internally and externally, willing, and able to break glass when absolutely necessary, while understanding the risk / reward balance of actions and reactions, and of the values various approaches in obtaining objectives.

SLSP’s primary measure of success will be successful exits from the MwA pipeline and positive feedback from MITRE and sponsor / key partner senior leaders.

The ideal candidate thinks and acts (or performs) like an entrepreneur with ‘hands‑on’ experience at rapidly and efficiently identifying opportunities, evaluating ‘market’ size/impact, and finding solution‑‘market’ fit while being mission driven to achieve MITRE’s goals for the public good. The candidate should have a broad set of business skills including new business creation/development, solution development / rapid prototyping, and operational execution capability.

Strong partnering, external diligence and evaluation skills are important, in addition to the candidate’s ability to structure and negotiate partnering agreements.

Initially, the AO is seeking SLSPs with proven credentials in support rapid positive disruption in of one or more of the following areas: healthcare with AI / healthy aging focus, cybersecurity, 5/xG, micro/opto/RF electronics including laser, energy / climate, modern diverse technology‑enabled workforce development, space – including very low‑Earth orbit (VLEO), and automated logistics robotics.

The responsible individual for leading and growing a defined set of MwA pipeline projects rapidly driving them through the full MITRE Innovation Lifecycle. Successful candidates will have most of the following skills and attributes, with a demonstrated ability to fill in gaps as needed:

• Independently leads search/find, evaluate, shape, and execute disruptive solution projects.
• Leads Identification and maximizes dual‑use opportunities in the national interest.
• Leads Collaborative ‘co‑invest’ with internal and external partners.
• Develops plan to foster positive relationships with oCTO RPL’s, ensuring joint success.
• Identifies and anticipates gap to Scaling disruptive solutions for key sponsor / global challenges.
• Proactively ensures continuous learning and incorporation of feedback that accelerates impact.
• Leads driving brand building disruption versus incremental improvement.
• Proactively matching strategic level results to the…