Responsibilities

The Director of the Project Lifecycle Division partners with executive leadership to define and implement enterprise project lifecycle strategies that balance risk management with efficient execution across the laboratory's science and technology & facilities and Infrastructure project portfolio. Serving as the laboratory's strategic Project Management Office (PMO), this role leads and sustains an enterprise-wide project culture and establishes project management principles, expectations, and practices, including the development and deployment of lifecycle processes, systems, and tools.

The Director oversees implementation performance against lab-level requirements, including division-level execution through 14 PMOs and business development and proposal deployment through sector and account managers. This position is accountable for the laboratory's Earned Value Management System (EVMS), project controls capability, and deployment of project controls staff, while providing leadership and expertise for large, high-risk, complex, and interdisciplinary projects critical to achieving the laboratory's strategic objectives.

Managerial

• Provides leadership and direction through senior managers. Is accountable for the performance and results of multiple functions/activities across the Laboratory. Develops and executes strategy to achieve key business objectives. Decisions are guided by Laboratory and functional strategy and objectives.
• Serves as a thought leader, integrates functional and business knowledge to anticipate changing business direction.
• Applies in-depth business acumen and commercial expertise to differentiate the division from the competition.
• Leads a department, typically through multiple levels of managers of diverse activities; develops the strategy to achieve key business objectives.
• Impacts the results of a division by setting divisional strategy; guided by company strategy.
• Negotiates with and influences others internally and externally, with great latitude on outcomes.

Division Specific

• Enable Laboratory expert delivery execution by providing processes, systems, and training from proposal/project inception through closeout.
• Serve as a point of contact for M&O program owners and research directorates to vet and align requirements impacting project/expert delivery and overall performance.
• Act as a change leader to build an enterprise-wide project culture that promotes disciplined, high-quality use of project management practices to deliver projects and manage implementation risk.
• Oversees execution of the Project Management M&O Program, including project lifecycle responsibilities and related Lab-level initiatives.
• Lead deployment and adoption of project management systems to simplify and standardize project implementation across the Laboratory.
• Maintain and improve PNNL's Laboratory Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Manage the Laboratory project management risk system.
• Oversee the Laboratory's offsite work control as it relates to project execution.
• Develop and maintain the Laboratory's Project Controls capability to support project managers and PMO Directors in delivering scope on schedule and within budget, aligned with Laboratory strategic objectives.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders, including executives, senior management, and major customers, to achieve business results.
• Lead and coordinate cross-Laboratory collaboration among project teams within the organization and across the Laboratory.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA and 15 years of relevant experience -OR-
• MS/MA or higher and 13 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated people/line management success, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and developing staff at multiple levels.
• Experience working in a technical R&D and facility and Infrastructure environments and in a government contracting context (preferably DOE/NNSA).
• Experience implementing DOE-O 413.3B project management requirements and operating within a National Laboratory Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to lead through influence, persuasion, and collaboration rather than relying on authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor messaging for executives, sponsors, customers, and project teams.
• Strong customer focus (internal and external) with a track record of improving service, responsiveness, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, and objectivity; ability to build trust and inspire confidence.
• Adaptable and resilient; able to evaluate issues from multiple perspectives while maintaining a bias for action and follow-through.
• Professional certifications preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) and Earned Value Professional (EVP).

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not Applicable

Testing Designated Position

This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP).

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Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company-funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401 (k) savings plan with company match*. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

* Research Associates excluded.

**All benefits are dependent upon eligibility.

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Notice to Applicants

PNNL lists the full pay range for the position in the job posting. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the pay range and actual placement in the range is determined based on an individual's relevant job-related skills, qualifications, and experience. This approach is applicable to all positions, with the exception of positions governed by collective bargaining agreements and certain limited-term positions which have specific pay rules.

As part of our commitment to fair compensation practices, we do not ask for or consider current or past salaries in making compensation offers at hire. Instead, our compensation offers are determined by the specific requirements of the position, prevailing market trends, applicable collective bargaining agreements, pay equity for the position type, and individual qualifications and skills relevant to the performance of the position.

Minimum Salary

USD $211,600.00/Yr.
Maximum Salary

USD $338,600.00/Yr.