Lead Project Management Specialist

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Department Summary

L212 contains MITRE Enterprise Program and Risk Management thought leaders. The department is composed of recognized subject matter experts, who are proficient in a suite of program and risk management skills including: leading people, project communications, scope management employing Agile, establishing program metrics, developing schedules, and more. The Enterprise Program & Risk Management department provides support across a wide range of MITRE portfolios, employing ~ 90 highly qualified and experienced staff.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Application of project and program management process groups to MITRE sponsor environments

• Project leadership, control, and reporting for MITRE projects

• Development, implementation, and maintenance of program and project schedules/roadmaps

• Development, implementation, and maintenance of project risk management process

• Identification, development, and maintenance of program objectives and key performance indicators

• Development and maintenance of project and program budgets and finances

• Direct interface with project sponsor senior levels

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Mastery of project, program and risk management as would be evident by a Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP) or similar certification

• Project leadership and supervisory experience of projects valued equal or greater than $750,000

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft products including MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Word.

• Strong verbal and written skills as demonstrated through presentation of guidance and analysis to senior-level positions and above, i.e., Senior Manager, Director, GS-14/15 etc.

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of Agile values, principles, and practices as evident by a professional certification such as PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Certified SAFe® Agilist

• Experience serving in a Product Management, Release Train Engineer, or Scrum Master role within an Agile framework such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe® 5.0 or greater

• Hands-on experience with Atlassian Jira, ServiceNow, or Microsoft Azure DevOps

• Experience with MITRE project management tools - Clarity, MIHub, etc.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type

Hybrid

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