Business Design Engineer, Principal

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Are you passionate about business design and innovation? Do you enjoy solving complex problems in a team environment? Do you want to work on behalf of the public good? The MITRE Business Process Innovation Department may be for you! Our department is a part of MITRE's Enterprise Strategy and Transformation (ES&T) Innovation Center. We offer process engineering and business innovation knowledge and capabilities across the MITRE enterprise to enhance effectiveness and sustain transformational impact for our government sponsors. The ES&T Innovation Center is a growing team of over 200 professionals collaborating to drive targeted and enduring change within an enterprise; work with sponsor leaders to reimagine and solve complex problems; and guide sponsor improvements to strategies, processes, technologies, and organizational systems.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead and work in project teams to apply design thinking and process improvement methods to help solve complex sponsor problems.
• Manage critical sponsor relationships that advance MITRE's work and allow MITRE to do work for the public good.
• Shape new department work opportunities that include the use of innovative practices and lead to meaningful outcomes for our sponsors.
• Mentor and develop staff in the application of design, innovation, and process improvement tools and methods in the enterprise transformation space.
• Advance department knowledge capital through participation in MITRE research programs, training development, and thought leadership.
• Build professional prominence for MITRE in the areas of business innovation, business process, and other related capabilities.
• Contribute to corporate, innovation center, and department initiatives and priorities that advance business goals and/or drive MITRE's award-winning culture.

Required for consideration:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, psychology (human factors), design, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
• 10+ years of experience in local, state, or federal government client-facing advisory role.
• Hands on expertise in process modeling, process documentation / visualization, and other core process related capabilities.
• Familiarity with BPMN, SysML, Tableau and related tools
• Documented success and expertise in design thinking, human-centered design, user experience, and/or customer experience.
• Significant experience engaging with and delivering work products to senior executives.
• Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US Government security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Management Sciences, Business Innovation, Business Administration, Engineering Management, Engineering, Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, or other related disciplines.
• Certifications in Design Thinking and/or Human-Centered Design.
• Prominence as a thought leader regarding business design, such as speaking at conferences, publishing in professional journals, and/or teaching in academia.
• Significant experience leading large teams as part of project-based work.
• Preference given to qualified candidates holding current / active US Government security clearance(s).

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):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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