Principal Project Leader, Geospatial Intelligence; Intelligence Center

MITRE Geospatial Intelligence Program Principal Project Leader

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MITRE's Geospatial Intelligence program provides skills and capabilities to enable the creation and exploitation of national, tactical, and commercial Intelligence in support of Geospatial Intelligence users. We support the production of intelligence and situational awareness for national and warfighter security, targeting, command and control, and humanitarian aid. Our capabilities include requirements and mission workflow analysis for sensor platforms and ground systems, specialized computing systems, architecture design and integration of data and artificial intelligence in support of exploitation processes, advanced analytics, and integrated intelligence analysis from seabed to space.

Joining the Geospatial Intelligence Program means contributing to work of national and global importance. Our people help strengthen the digital and physical foundations that enable resilient, effective, and trusted geospatial intelligence. Together, we are advancing mission assurance and empowering national policy makers, warfighters, and partners with the confidence and capabilities needed to succeed in an increasingly dynamic intelligence environment.

Roles & Responsibilities:

MITRE is seeking a technically exceptional Principal Project Leader to lead our Geospatial intelligence Program's Research and Analysis project team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of geospatial intelligence. A key focus for this role is advancing and shaping current research, developing prototypes, transitioning new technologies and tradecraft into systems to enable GEOINT missions through AI-enabled mission automation and orchestration moving beyond manual, legacy processes toward scalable, intelligent operations.

In partnership with staff from across MITRE's Intelligence Center and MTE, you will help to solve challenges in the areas of Geospatial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Science, Image Science, Spectral Science, and Systems Engineering. You will also collaborate across MITRE, government, and industry to transform raw orbital data into operational advantage.

The selected candidate will be expected to:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership as a trusted advisor to the sponsor and help shape the full scope of work for the projects tasks
• Build and sustain strong relationships with Sponsor senior leadership, division leadership, branch chiefs, and government stakeholders across the mission space
• Define and execute technical objectives based on sponsor priorities and mission outcomes, with an emphasis on areas where MITRE can deliver the greatest value through its technical depth and cross-cutting capabilities
• Translate overall project strategy into clear, actionable outcomes, deliverables, and technical products
• Identify and integrate relevant research and innovation efforts from across MITRE, including internal innovation programs, to strengthen project impact and advance sponsor objectives
• Ensure the technical quality of products and recommendations by establishing clear team expectations aligned with division quality practices, conducting in-progress reviews, incorporating peer review, implementing effective knowledge management, and participating in regular program execution reviews
• Partner with MITRE staff resourcing organizations to develop and execute a mission-focused staffing strategy for the project
• Collaborate across MITRE and with sponsors to identify, assess, and inform operational trade space decisions for the NGA mission
• Lead project administration activities, including financial tracking, project documentation, meeting coordination, status reporting, facility management, task tracking, and contributor expectation setting
• Oversee staff management activities, including onboarding and access coordination for required systems, networks, collaboration environments, and…