Business Process Innovation Intern

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Location(s): McLean, VA or Ft. Meade, MD

Dates/Full-, Part-, Part-time on call: Summer 2025 Full-time

In Office Requirements:  Hybrid—2-3 days/week in the office

Clearance Requirements:  Will be submitted for U.S. government security clearance

Come join MITRE as an intern in the exciting field of Enterprise Transformation! As a member of the Business Process Innovation department, you learn about and contribute to guiding government agencies in planning and executing large-scale, complex, transformative changes in some of the following opportunities:

• Analyze business process flows, recommend process improvements, create journey maps, and/or facilitate innovation ideation sessions
• Contribute to an analysis to ensure that processes are aligned with desired business/mission strategies and objectives
• Use qualitative and quantitative research methods to collect and analyze data to find trends, themes, and similarities
• Develop presentations that translate and communicate assessment findings to inform impactful decisions 
• Contribute to the development of products, such as concept of operations, analysis of alternatives, roadmaps, playbooks, and visual dashboards
• Research leading practices, methodologies, tools, and techniques

Basic Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain a US Government security clearance and agency-specific clearances [This will go elsewhere]
• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in one of the following areas--Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Systems Management, Business Innovation, Management Sciences, or other related disciplines.
• Good understanding of two or more of the following areas:
  • Business Process Improvement or Modeling
  • Business Innovation
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Design Thinking
  • Journey Mapping
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Quantitative Research Methods
• Sustained excellence in academic performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience having applied academic learning to an internship or research/lab position
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Effective oral and in written communication skills
• Demonstrated interest in serving the public

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:

$33,000 - $41,500 - $50,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid