Health Program Analysis and Transformation, Principal

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us.

As part of MITRE’s Center for Transforming Health, the CMS Programs Division is responsible for managing work shaping, engagement, and end-to-end delivery for the Health FFRDC’s CMS Portfolio with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid and Services (CMS).

Roles & Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be supporting large, complex engagement teams to address programmatic, policy, operational, strategic, and/or acquisition needs for the Center for CMS programs. As part of a team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with CMS to develop and implement evidence-based strategies and solutions to address some of the agency’s most complex challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies and resolutions to complex problems across CMS programs (Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance) with lasting impact on CMS’ mission.
• Lead functional teams and complex project across or the CMS portfolio, integrating multidisciplinary team.
• Communicate complex ideas to the Sponsor, anticipate potential objections, and persuade the Sponsor to adopt a new point of view to achieve their mission.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or other physical science/engineering fields.
• Experience with health policy, application of the health capability, and in-depth knowledge of the health domain.
• Recognized as a technical expert in one or more CMS programs in the areas of policy and/or operations
• Demonstrated ability to apply best practices to develop and improve products and solutions and share with more junior staff
• Experience supporting large, complex engagements that identify, design, and implement policy and business solutions for government entities or large companies.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with senior leaders and executives to shape, influence, and persuade them to achieve their objectives.

• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A terminal degree (JD, MD, PhD) or advanced degree in public policy or health sciences field and 8 years related experience
• Key understanding of challenges across entire health spectrum - payor, provider, life sciences and public health arena

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$155,000 - $194,000 - $233,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email [email protected] for general support and [email protected] for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.

Benefits information may be found here.

Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.