Capability Delivery Deputy (Project-Program Director 5)

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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;
• Reporting and Communications: Assist in reporting and documentation with executive-level internal and external customers to communicate issues to Laboratory executive management and customers.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

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.

Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience in managing, supervising, and developing assigned employees in a respectful and inclusive work environment.

Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing effective executive-level external and internal customer relationships, building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

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Schedule

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