Los Alamos National Laboratory

Capability Delivery Deputy (Project-Program Director 5)

Los Alamos National Laboratory$184K — $329K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum of twelve years of relevant experience, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Expert-level project management knowledge and experience, especially in risk management and change control.
  • Proven success in managing complex, multidisciplinary programs/projects.
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assists in leading strategic planning and vision for complex program portfolios.
  • Supports portfolio integration and ensures alignment with weapons program needs.
  • Manages lifecycle phases from Mission Need through Disposition, excluding Operations.
  • Coordinates closely with other program elements to meet integrated requirements.
  • Ensures effective delivery of capabilities within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
  • Implements risk management and change control processes throughout project lifecycles.
  • Oversees personnel management including team development and performance.

Benefits

  • Onsite work location in Los Alamos, NM.
  • Collaborative environment focused on national security.
  • Opportunities for leadership within a senior management team.
  • Engagement in complex and technically challenging projects.
Full Job Description
Description

Job Title Capability Delivery Deputy (Project-Program Director 5)

Location Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name 50I00A

Minimum Salary 184200

Maximum Salary 329700

What You Will Do

The Weapons Infrastructure Program Office (WIPO) seeks an exceptional senior leader to serve as the Capability Delivery Deputy Project-Program Director. This Project-Program Director 5 position assists the Capability Delivery Project-Program Director in strategic leadership for managing the past and future components of WIPO's capability portfolio, playing a critical role in ensuring the Laboratory's infrastructure capabilities meet weapons program needs. As deputy to the Capability Delivery Project-Program Director, this position provides critical leadership continuity and assists in all aspects of portfolio management.

WIPO's mission is to quantitatively match the capability of the Laboratory's infrastructure to the delivery needs of the weapons program and the Laboratory's retained risk. The Capability Delivery Deputy Project-Program Director assists in the leadership of the program element responsible for managing future infrastructure capabilities across Mission Need, Analysis of Alternatives, Preliminary Design, and potentially Execution lifecycle phases, as well as help to manage the Disposition & Demolition lifecycle phase for excessed capabilities. This capability delivery spans a range of scales up to multi-billion-dollar capital acquisitions managed under DOE Order 413.3B. Because many such projects are running in parallel, the Capability Delivery Deputy Project-Program Director must be able to help balance a dynamically evolving portfolio of efforts.

This position requires an exceptional leader who can broker relationships at the executive level, manage complex technical portfolios with strategic significance, and serve as a critical contributor to portfolio integration and analysis efforts across the Laboratory.

Specifically, the Capability Delivery Deputy Project-Program Director will be responsible for:

  • Strategic Program Leadership: Assist in the delivery of leadership, vision, strategic and tactical planning, and overall direction for execution of large, complex, technically challenging portfolios requiring multidisciplinary integration across multiple Laboratory organizations, as well as serving as a core member of the WIPO leadership team;
  • Portfolio Integration: Assist WIPO's portfolio integration and analysis efforts, ensuring alignment between infrastructure capabilities and weapons program requirements;
  • Lifecycle Management: Assist in the leadership and management of the Capability Delivery program element responsible for infrastructure capabilities across all phases of the lifecycle, from Mission Need through Disposition & Demolition, excluding Transition to Operations, Operations & Maintenance, and Transition to Disposition;
  • Cross-Program Coordination: Enable close coordination with other WIPO Program elements (Operations & Maintenance, Transition to Operations & Disposition, and Analytics & Decision Support) to ensure delivered tools and capabilities meet WIPO's integrated needs;
  • Execution Delivery: Apply advanced, expert-level knowledge to ensure that capabilities are delivered in accordance with their agreed-upon scope, schedule, budget, and risk envelopes, and in accordance with the principles of Integrated Safety Management and Integrated Work Management;
  • Risk and Change Management: Implement formal and effective risk management and change control to manage scope, schedule, budget, and risk through project lifecycles;
  • Personnel Leadership: Manage some aspects of personnel management including headcount management, budgeting, directing assignments, hiring, onboarding, performance management, staff development, and team recognition; and
  • Reporting and Communications: Assist in reporting and documentation with executive-level internal and external customers to communicate issues to Laboratory executive management and customers.


The Capability Delivery Deputy Project-Program Director will report to the Capability Delivery Project-Program Director and will serve as a member of WIPO's senior leadership team.

For full consideration, applicants must provide a cover letter addressing each of the individual minimum job requirements.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

  • Expert-level knowledge of and demonstrated experience in all aspects of project management of technical or operational work, including defining work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones; developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk.
  • Demonstrated experience in successfully developing, planning, and managing technically complex and multidisciplinary programs/projects in accordance with and providing guidance for Laboratory policies.
  • Expert-level knowledge of and demonstrated experience in partnering, implementing, and providing guidance for governmental regulations related to technical or operational work of assigned portfolios, particularly involving DOE Order 413.3B.
  • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.


Education/Experience:
Position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and at least twelve years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. An advanced degree and Project Management Institute certification are preferred.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience in construction oversight and management.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in the LANL weapons program.
  • Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience in all aspects of project management of technical or operational work, including defining work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones; developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk.
  • Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience in partnering, implementing, and providing guidance for governmental regulations related to technical or operational work of assigned portfolios, particularly involving DOE Order 413.3B.
  • Demonstrated experience in management, supervision, and development of assigned employees in a respectful and inclusive work environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing effective executive-level external and internal customer relationships, building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.
  • An active DOE Q clearance.

Work Environment:

Work Location : The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Position commitment:

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Note to Applicants:

Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Employment Status Full Time

Appointment Type Regular

Regular

About Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory initially organized during World War II for the design of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. It is located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico in the southwestern United States. LANL conducts research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. It is the largest institution of its kind in the world. LANL is managed and operated by Triad National Security, LLC, which is composed of Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California, and the Texas A&M University System.
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