Science/Engineering Program Manager 2/3

What You Will Do

The office of Stockpile Production Management (SPM) within the Weapons Production Directorate (ALDWP) is seeking a well-qualified Science and Engineering Program Manager for the W88 Team. The position is posted as both a S&E PM-2 and S&E PM-3 depending on experience of the selected candidate.

As a S&E Program Manager, you will provide program management support to the team within the LANL-Production Agency (PA) and report directly to the Project-Program Director (PPD) 5 and Sr. Director. The selected individual(s) will be responsible for cross-site/cross-agency collaborations to ensure overall successful program execution.

• Work closely with the management team and serve as a LANL-PA interface with internal line organizations (e.g. DP, PT, FIN-WP, ALDWP-PC) and the program office to ensure a specific component or set of components are managed through the 6.x Process.
• Assist in defining technical program scope, in accordance with Laboratory, ALDWP, and SPM capabilities, capacities, and priorities, which balance the best interests of the customer, the program, and the institution as a whole.
• Manage the interface with program, project, and line management to ensure performance, monitor and track cost, schedule, and progress against milestones.

What You Need

Science and Engineering Program Manager 2

• Working knowledge of and experience in program management of scientific or engineering scope, including defining program 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.
• Working knowledge of the science or engineering discipline of the assigned portfolio(s).
• Working knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements related to programmatic work of assigned portfolio(s).
• Experience in developing and nurturing effective customer relationships.
• Experience in interacting effectively with all levels of personnel; building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Science and Engineering Program Manager 3

• Advanced knowledge of and successfully demonstrated experience in all aspects of program management of scientific or engineering scope, including defining program 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 the science or engineering discipline of the assigned portfolio(s).
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements related to programmatic work of assigned portfolio(s).
• Successfully demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing effective internal and/or external customer relationships.
• Successfully demonstrated experience in interacting effectively with all levels of internal and/or external personnel; building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Proven experience interacting effectively with all levels of personnel; building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements related to programmatic work of assigned portfolio(s).
• Knowledge and experience with the overall mission for NA-12 (Office of Stockpile Management) based programs.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills & experience interacting in an effective manner with NNSA and/or other federal customers.
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in developing and executing complex organizational interface agreements, funding cost models, or similar integration tools.
• Demonstrated experience managing a component or set of components through the 6.x product life-cycle process (Life Extension Program or Major Alteration experience).
• Experience utilizing formal Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles to help manage a project/program.