DescriptionJob Title V-DO Division Leader (R&D Manager 6)
Location Los Alamos, NM, US
Organization Name V-DO/Weapons Engineering Verification & Validation Division Office
Minimum Salary 201000
Maximum Salary 368100
This position is open for both internal and external candidates to apply. What You Will Do Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as the Division Leader for V Division (V-DO) within the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Engineering (ALDW). As the R&D Manager 6, you will play a pivotal role in guiding strategic initiatives, fostering innovation, and ensuring the successful delivery of program milestones. This position requires deep expertise in the Nuclear Weapons Program, proven leadership in managing complex programs, and a commitment to developing high-performing teams. V Division verifies that weapon designs meet requirements and validates that the designs function as intended, ensuring the successful completion of investigations, qualification tests, and evaluations. This mission is accomplished through close communication and collaboration with sister divisions across ALDW and is carried out through assembly, non-destructive evaluation, test design and planning, and test execution. This leadership role requires a blend of technical knowledge, expertise in weapon verification and validation, test planning and execution, non-destructive evaluation, and the ability to foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to ensure mission success and continuous improvement. The division plays a critical role in supporting the safety, reliability, and performance of the nation's nuclear deterrent through rigorous verification and validation activities. We are seeking a visionary and accomplished R&D Manager to lead this dynamic division, strengthen partnerships across the Weapons Program, and drive excellence in verification and validation.
What You Need Minimum Job Requirements:Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading large, complex technical organizations or programs with responsibility for people, mission delivery, organizational performance, and strategic direction.
Technical and Programmatic Excellence: Extensive experience in engineering, testing, qualification, verification and validation, weapons engineering, or another highly complex technical environment where disciplined execution and technical rigor are essential.
Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated ability to translate institutional and programmatic priorities into organizational strategy, capability development, workforce planning, and executable priorities.
Cross-Organizational Collaboration: Proven ability to build effective partnerships across organizational boundaries and align stakeholders with differing responsibilities and priorities around shared mission outcomes.
Workforce Leadership: Demonstrated success developing leaders and organizations, including workforce planning, succession development, performance management, recruiting, retention, and organizational change.
Operational Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead work in environments requiring strong safety, security, quality, operational discipline, and risk management.
Communication: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated effectiveness communicating complex technical and organizational matters with employees, technical experts, program leadership, and senior management.
Education/Experience: Position requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution and 15 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
Desired Qualifications: - Familiarity with DOE and LANL policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of the Nuclear Weapons Program and the U.S. Stockpile, with the ability to apply the information to ensure mission success.
- Familiarity and application of the SCoR principles of a safe workplace.
- Experience managing or operating within moderate hazard facilities, including work with
- hazardous, radiological, and/or explosives.
- Demonstrated experience with classified computing, classified data, and/or classified parts.
- Ability to obtain a Q Clearance, which normally requires US citizenship
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.
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.
New-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 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 DetailsContact Name Lujan, Miranda
Email
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