Strategic USSOUTHCOM Program Leader

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The MITRE NORAD/NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, and STRATCOM Department (N558) is seeking a strategic, technically accomplished, and operationally focused USSOUTHCOM Project Leader. The selected candidate will lead and grow a diverse work program supporting Headquarters U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and related mission partners, including Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHM), and the SOUTHCOM Autonomous Warfare Command (SAWC).

The Project Leader will play a critical role in strengthening MITRE's position as a trusted partner in Western Hemisphere security, integrated deterrence, countering transnational criminal organizations, counter-illicit trafficking, regional security cooperation, crisis response, domain awareness, cyber and network resiliency, data-driven decision support, and operational integration of autonomous and uncrewed capabilities.

As a member of the N558 leadership team, the Project Leader will collaborate with geographically distributed MITRE staff and leaders across the corporation to address complex defense, interagency, and partner-nation challenges. Working in partnership with the U.S. Department of War, USSOUTHCOM, subordinate and joint task forces, interagency organizations, and international partners, the Project Leader will bring together systems engineering, mission engineering, modeling and simulation, operational analysis, data analytics, command and control expertise, and other technical disciplines to deliver sponsor outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership across a USSOUTHCOM-focused work program supporting Headquarters USSOUTHCOM, JIATF-S, JTF-WHM, SAWC, and other regional mission partners.

• Apply knowledge of systems engineering, mission engineering, command and control, joint and combined operations, intelligence capabilities and processes, operational analysis, data analytics, cyber resilience, logistics, capability development, experimentation, autonomy, and air, maritime, land, space, cyber, and information-domain mission challenges.

• Maintain a deep understanding of USSOUTHCOM missions, authorities, organizational structures, headquarters functions, subordinate commands, joint task forces, interagency relationships, and partner-nation mission priorities.

• Partner with senior military, civilian, interagency, and international sponsors to identify mission needs, define desired outcomes, shape project tasks, and establish technically sound deliverables that enable sponsor success.

• Collaborate across the Combatant Commands and MITRE work programs to identify common mission challenges, share lessons learned, leverage existing investments, and adapt proven approaches for USSOUTHCOM, JIATF-S, JTF-WHM, SAWC, and Western Hemisphere mission needs.

• Strengthen partnerships with industry, academia, government laboratories, federally…