Principal Counterterrorism and Transnational Criminal Organization Expert; Intelligence Center

Principal Counter terrorism And Transnational Criminal Organization Advisor

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MITRE's Mission Operations Department supports national intelligence mission centers by strengthening warning, collection, analysis, enterprise coordination, and strategy execution. The department helps senior government sponsors identify seams across mission areas, reduce fragmentation, and build integrated responses to complex national security challenges. It provides the policy, analytic, operational, and technical expertise required to help mission partners operate as a unified enterprise advancing intelligence integration and national security outcomes.

MITRE's National Intelligence Division is seeking a Principal Counter terrorism and Transnational Criminal Organization Advisor to provide senior-level strategy and analytic support to a national-level Intelligence Community mission partner. This individual will be embedded on-site with the sponsor in McLean, Virginia, and will support senior government leaders in shaping, coordinating, and executing enterprise-level initiatives.

The role will support strategy development for integrating new data sources that have not traditionally been shared with the Intelligence Community. The individual will collaborate with partners across the Intelligence Community, defense, law enforcement, and other national security organizations to shape counter terrorism and transnational threat initiatives, strengthen enterprise coordination, and advance mission integration.

The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of Intelligence Community missions, governance, policy development, and senior-level decision-making processes. This individual will operate with exceptional judgment, discretion, and independence; synthesize complex mission, policy, and organizational issues; and translate sponsor priorities into clear strategies, decision products, implementation approaches, and measurable outcomes.

• Serve as a senior policy and strategy advisor supporting sponsor priorities, including enterprise strategy development, policy analysis, governance support, and executive decision-making.
• Develop, review, and refine high-impact strategic products, including policy papers, strategic assessments, implementation plans, decision memoranda, executive briefings, and stakeholder coordination materials.
• Advise senior government leaders on mission, policy, governance, organizational, and enterprise integration challenges, including tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations.
• Lead analysis of complex Intelligence Community issues, identify cross-cutting themes, assess strategic implications, and develop actionable recommendations that support sponsor objectives.
• Coordinate across government, MITRE, and contractor teams to align work efforts, manage dependencies, and ensure products are integrated, accurate, and responsive to senior-leader needs.
• Support sponsor engagement with Intelligence Community stakeholders by preparing talking points, read-ahead materials, issue papers, meeting summaries, and follow-up…