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Recapitalization Program Manager (Program Manager 5)

Los Alamos National Laboratory · Los Alamos, NM · Yesterday
Project ManagementFull-time

What You Will Do

The Weapons Infrastructure Program Office (WIPO) seeks an exceptional leader to serve as the Recapitalization Program Manager. Under the Capability Delivery Project-Program Director, this Program Manager 5 manages the ~$100M/year Recapitalization Program, an essential element in enduring the Laboratory's future infrastructure capabilities meet weapons programs needs. WIPO's mission is to quantitatively match the capability of the Laboratory's infrastructure to the delivery needs of the weapons program and the Laboratory's retained risk. The Capability Delivery element manages future infrastructure capabilities across Mission Need, Analysis of Alternatives, Preliminary Design, and potentially Execution lifecycle phases, as well as overseeing the Disposition & Demolition lifecycle phase for excessed capabilities. The Recapitalization Program invests in improvements (below the minor construction threshold) in the condition of and extensions to the life of general-purpose infrastructure, equipment, and systems, or delivers new footprint supporting weapons program needs. This position requires an exceptional leader who can manage executive relationships both within and beyond the Laboratory, manage complex technical portfolios with strategic significance, and serve as a critical contributor to portfolio integration and analysis efforts across the Laboratory.

  • Project Planning and Prioritization: Lead the development of a proposed prioritized LANL Integrated Project List supported by the appropriate level of planning and by alignment among LANL stakeholders, and then secure NA-91's endorsement of that list;
  • Portfolio Integration: Assist WIPO's capability portfolio integration and analysis efforts, ensuring alignment between infrastructure capabilities and weapons program requirements;
  • Cross-Program Coordination: Enable close coordination closely 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 knowledge to ensure that recapitalization-supported capabilities are delivered in accordance with their agreed-upon scope, schedule, budget, and risk envelopes, in accordance with the principles of Integrated Safety Management and Integrated Work Management, meeting the requirements of the Office of Infrastructure, and maximizing the impact of this fiscally-constrained portfolio;
  • Risk and Change Management: Implement formal and effective risk management and change control across the recapitalization portfolio to manage scope, schedule, budget, and risk through project lifecycles using high-quality data;
  • Federal Interfaces: Interface with both the Recapitalization Program at the Office of Infrastructure and the Los Alamos field office to provide data, communicate status, and solve issues, including any necessary interfaces with the Federal programming and planning process and with the G2 tool.

What You Need

  • Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of project and program development and 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, Integrated Safety Management (ISM) requirements, the NA-91 Program Management Plan, and Laboratory procedures relevant to infrastructure program execution.
  • Demonstrated experience interfacing successfully with NNSA and NA-LA program managers and stakeholders, including negotiating work scope, schedules, and budgets, and briefing leadership on portfolio status and strategic issues.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with project management information systems and tools.
  • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of infrastructure, including asset lifecycle management, strategies for addressing deferred maintenance, and integration with Operations & Maintenance.
  • Demonstrated experience with the Federal programming and planning process.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in the LANL weapons program and associated infrastructure portfolio.

Education and Experience

  • Position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree and at least fifteen years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • An advanced degree and Project Management Institute certification are preferred.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of infrastructure, including asset lifecycle management, strategies for addressing deferred maintenance, and integration with Operations & Maintenance.
  • Demonstrated experience with the Federal programming and planning process.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in the LANL weapons program and associated infrastructure portfolio.

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