Note for Salary

This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.

Job Family Description

Project management personnel plan, monitor and manage internal projects from initiation through completion. Program management personnel manage programs responsible for the execution of multiple projects or sub-projects. They secure required resources and use formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks, and changes. They manage projects to ensure on-time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs.

Discipline Description

Program managers are responsible for managing organization activities and ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives. They perform the tasks and responsibilities associated with ongoing work efforts and oversee multiple related projects or initiatives within the organization. Program managers coordinate resources, timelines, and stakeholders to deliver outcomes that meet quality standards and drive overall success.

Some Typical Duties & Responsibilities Include:

SRS Strategic Planning and Integration (SPI) group seeks an accomplished leader to serve as the SRS Capability-Based Investments (CBI) Program Manager. This Program Manager leads the identification, development, planning, and execution of SRS's CBI portfolio, ensuring strategic infrastructure and capability investments align with site mission requirements and NNSA NA-193 program priorities.

The CBI Program provides funding for strategic investments in infrastructure, equipment, and capabilities that support modernization of the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) and mission delivery across the stie. This SRS site-level position is responsible for managing SRS's portion of the NA-193 CBI portfolio, coordinating with the NA-193 Federal Office, and ensuring effective integration with other SPI programs and SRS stakeholders.

This position requires an accomplished leader who can manage relationships with federal program managers and SRS stakeholders, develop and prioritize capital investment portfolios, coordinate across multiple SRS organizations, and ensure alignment between local site needs and enterprise-wide NNSA strategic priorities.

Specifically, the SRS CBI Program Manager will be responsible for:
• SRS Portfolio Development and Prioritization: Identify, develop, and prioritize SRS CBI projects in coordination with facility management, SRS leadership, and PDO, ensuring alignment with NNSA NA-193 strategic priorities and SRS mission requirements;
• Site Project Ownership and Management: Own and manage SRS CBI projects through their lifecycle, ensuring appropriate project management rigor to deliver projects within approved scope, schedule, and budget using formal risk management and change control tools;
• Federal Program Coordination: Serve as the primary SRS interface with the NA-193 Federal Office Director and deputies, coordinating SRS CBI activities through the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and providing timely, accurate reporting on portfolio status;
• SPI Integration: Coordinate closely with other SPI Program Managers (e.g. Recapitalization, Operations & Maintenance, Tritium Modernization, Production Operations) to ensure CBI investments are appropriately integrated with other SRS programs.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with SRS facility management, Project Delivery Organization, Finance, Project Controls, and other support organizations to identify capability gaps, develop investment strategies, and ensure delivered capabilities meet mission requirements;
• Program Reporting and Data Integrity: Utilize G2 and other project management information systems to provide timely, accurate reporting on SRS portfolio status, ensure project data integrity and compliance with NA-193 expectations, and support monthly financial management analysis; and
• Enterprise Coordination: Participate in NA-193 program review meetings with CBI Program Managers from other NNSA sites to share best practices, coordinate enterprise-wide investments, and support NA-193's continuous improvement

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field plus at least five years of experience (YOE) in a relevant role, OR Master's degree in relevant field plus at least two years of experience (YOE), OR Doctoral degree in relevant field
• Equivalencies to experience and education requirements will be considered
• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of project and program management, including the definition of scope, schedule, budget, priority, and performance milestone baselines, cost and schedule variance reporting, management of risk, change control including earned value management (EVM), work breakdown structure (WBS) development, integrated baseline reviews, and portfolio optimization under fiscal constraints.
• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of DOE Orders, NNSA policies and supplemental directives, the NA-193 Program Management Plan, and SRS procedures relevant to infrastructure and capability investment program execution.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing successfully with NNSA and federal program managers, including coordinating work scope, schedules, and budgets through the PPBE process, submitting and managing change requests, and communicating portfolio status and strategic issues to leadership.
• Demonstrated proficiency with project management information systems and tools, particularly G2 or similar federal program management systems.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership and participate effectively in multi-site coordination forums.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.
• Technical Bachelor's Degree

Career Band Description
• Roles in this band apply the knowledge in area of expertise to analyze information; design and develop new approaches, methodologies and processes; and, provide professional advice and guidance to others in accordance with professional quality standards
• Applies a theoretical knowledge-base to work to achieve goals through own work
• Characterized by specific functional expertise typically gained through formal education
• May provide guidance to others as a project manager using technical expertise

Security Clearance Information

SRNS is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug & alcohol test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, criminal records, and employment history, and education verifications. Positions with SRNS may require applicants to obtain and maintain a DOE L or Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Factors such as pre-employment background review results, dual citizenship status, and unpaid and/or unfiled taxes may impact your ability to obtain a security clearance. This list of factors is not exhaustive; pre-employment information and security clearance requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

What We Offer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Benefits team is constantly assessing trends in the benefits area to provide the best possible services to our workforce. We ensure high quality outcomes of each service provider by consistent monitoring and oversight for positive results. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce. Your SRNS Health & Welfare benefits provide peace of mind and financial protection for you and your family. Some of the Benefits offered to full service employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Employer paid life insurance with buy up options
- Employer paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Various wellness programs
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Discounts and other supplemental benefits
SRNS employees are critical to the success of SRNS, all while making the world a safer place. The work that we do every day makes a difference.