Description

Job Title I&T Strategy and Value Realization Portfolio Manager (Program Manager 4)

Location Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name CIO/Chief Information Officer

Minimum Salary 141500

Maximum Salary 238300

What You Will Do
Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a strategic leader to serve as the Strategy & Value Realization Manager within the Chief Information Officer's (CIO) organization.

Serving as the CIO's principal advisor on enterprise technology strategy, portfolio performance, governance, organizational effectiveness, and value realization, this position provides strategic leadership across the Information & Technology (I&T) organization to ensure technology investments align with mission priorities, customer needs, and enterprise objectives.
Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), this position serves as the CIO's senior advisor for strategy, enterprise portfolio alignment, customer engagement, and value realization. The role ensures Information & Technology investments remain aligned with organizational strategy, customer priorities, and mission outcomes while enabling executive decision-making through portfolio governance, strategic planning, performance measurement, and business value realization.

This role provides strategic integration across the CIO organization by connecting enterprise strategy, customer priorities, technology roadmaps, portfolio investments, and organizational performance. The position works collaboratively with portfolio managers and organizational leaders to ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value and advance institutional objectives.
Working closely with Division Leaders, business-line portfolio managers, Business Operations functions, and Laboratory leadership, this position provides enterprise-wide strategic integration by connecting customer needs, organizational priorities, technology roadmaps, and investment portfolios to maximize mission impact and business value.

Strategy & Customer Alignment

• Serve as the CIO's primary strategic liaison with major organizational customers.
• Develop trusted partnerships to understand future mission priorities and technology needs.
• Translate customer expectations into enterprise technology strategies and investment priorities.
• Translate CIO strategic priorities into portfolio investment strategies.
• Partner with business-line portfolio managers to ensure alignment between customer priorities, technology roadmaps, and enterprise objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve customer experience through integrated technology planning.
• Ensure customer priorities are reflected in executive portfolio decisions.

Enterprise Portfolio Strategy & Value Realization

• Lead enterprise portfolio integration across organizational portfolios, identifying dependencies, duplication, and cross-functional opportunities.
• Establish benefit realization plans and monitor expected versus realized business outcomes.
• Conduct strategic tradeoff analyses, scenario planning, and investment recommendations.
• Develop executive recommendations regarding strategic investment priorities, capability gaps, and future technology direction.
• Monitor strategic risks affecting enterprise technology direction.

Governance & Organizational Performance

• Partner with PMO staff and portfolio managers to improve execution discipline, project visibility, and organizational accountability.
• Facilitate executive governance boards, operational reviews, and portfolio decision forums.
• Ensure consistency in governance, accountability, operational execution, and customer-focused service delivery across all CIO divisions.
• Identify enterprise risks, organizational dependencies, and operational issues while ensuring timely mitigation and resolution.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that increase organizational effectiveness, operational maturity, and business process efficiency.
• Partner to develop executive reporting that provides meaningful insight into organizational performance and strategic progress.

Executive Decision Support

• Advise the CIO on enterprise technology investment strategy, portfolio performance, organizational priorities, and value realization.
• Prepare executive decision packages for governance boards and investment reviews.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Significant experience leading enterprise portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business operations, or organizational performance within a large, complex organization.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing enterprise strategies, technology roadmaps, investment portfolios, or governance frameworks.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to align organizational priorities, customer needs, and technology investments.
• Experience analyzing complex business issues and developing executive-level recommendations, strategic plans, and decision support materials.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and organizations.
• Experience developing executive dashboards, performance measures, or business metrics to support organizational decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively with executive leadership and influencing strategic decisions.
• Knowledge of enterprise portfolio management, strategic planning, governance, and organizational performance management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to translate organizational strategy into actionable investment priorities and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across organizational boundaries and influence without direct authority.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, business acumen, and executive communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities, facilitate executive decision-making, and lead organizational change.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, assess organizational performance, and develop actionable recommendations.

Education/Experience: Position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited institution and 12 years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level an advanced degree may be expected.
Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting executive leadership.
• Experience aligning technology investments with enterprise strategy and business outcomes.
• Experience leading strategic planning or value realization initiatives.
• Experience developing enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Experience facilitating executive governance and investment decision-making.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and organizational stakeholders to define strategic priorities and measure realized value.
• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, or equivalent certification.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• Experience within DOE, NNSA, national laboratories, or other highly regulated environments.

Work Location: The work location for this position is hybrid and is located in Los Alamos, NM and Santa Fe, NM. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite/partially offsite but within 2 hours ground commute of this location. All work locations are at the discretion of management and can change at any time with appropriate notice.

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 Laboratoryy.

Where You Will Work

Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:

• PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
• Dental and vision insurance
• Free basic life and disability insurance
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Flexible schedules and time off (paid sick, vacation, and holidays)
• Onsite gyms and wellness programs
• Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)

Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2 . Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance, and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

PositionNew-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Incentive Compensation Program: Position is eligible to participate in the Triad Incentive Compensation Program. You must be in an eligible position for a minimum of 3 months, before July 1st and remain in an eligible position as of the end of the fiscal year, September 30th. The annual distribution is prorated based on the number of months in the eligible position.

Employment Status Full Time

Appointment Type Regular

Regular

Contact Details

Contact Name Vigil, Brittany Rose

Email [email protected]

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