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Department Summary:

The MITRE Corporation’s Cost & Business Analytics Department is seeking a cost analyst to support multiple projects solving our customers’ most critical investment and financial challenges. We are seeking a lead analyst to join our team. This department serves as a vanguard for MITRE to meet the future needs of our customers requiring technical excellence while encouraging creativity and fostering interests in the intersection of emerging technologies, cost, business, and economic impacts across its diverse membership. Expect a multi-disciplinary team environment with self-motivated, highly trained professionals. This is a project-oriented position that may require project management, collaboration, communicating to technical and non-technical audiences, and direct sponsor engagement.

The Cost and Business Analytics Department within MITRE’s Center for Acquisition and Management Sciences (CAMS) Innovation Center that solves our FFRDC’s and Sponsor’s problems by leveraging our capabilities within:

Cost Estimation, Schedule, and Risk AnalysisInvestment Economics & Decision AnalysisStrategic Business & Financial Analytics

Roles & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include:

Develop and/or evaluate program technical and programmatic baselinesDevelop innovative development, production and operating and support (O&S) cost estimating techniques for a broad range of cost elementsDevelop independent or program life cycle cost estimates (LCCE) and accompanying cost and schedule risk, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysisDevelop investment economic and decision analyses, including business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses, analysis-of- alternatives, and portfolio analysisDevelop strategic business and financial analyses, including but not limited to economic studies, cost recovery strategies, budget development & planning, and affordability analysisAssess the credibility of government and industry cost estimates and economic analysesAssess the credibility of government and industry cost savings initiatives

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.Bachelor of Science degree in the fields listed below,EconomicsEngineeringMathematicsEconometricsStatisticsOperations ResearchData AnalyticsQuantitative SciencesTechnical expertise/experience in one or more economic sub-specialties (Financial, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Behavioral Economics, etc)Strong technical writing and oral presentation skillsThe ability to think critically and be proactive in pursuing research and problem-solving with minimal supervisionAbility to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearanceThis position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree in Economics, Finance, or related disciplineExtensive experience and expertise in the application of economic research in a business settingRecent publicationsStrong credentials, recognition, and partnerships in the design and evaluation of policies and strategies to deliver solutions at scaleExperience in financeRecognized expertise and professional network in cost, economics, or finance

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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