What You Will Do

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your program management career? Look no further. The Engineering and Technology Maturation (ETM) Program office is seeking candidates for a Program Manager (PM) 2. The successful candidate will report directly to the ETM Program Director to facilitate, coordinate, and communicate activities to support the ETM mission areas. In this role, you will promote the progression and success of current ETM programs by providing project/program management support. Your communication skills will be utilized through a plethora of deliverables that require presentations, white papers, reports, etc. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, inserting your unique skills and experience to continuously develop the possibilities of this position.

The ETM Program resides under the associate Laboratory Director for Weapon Physics (ALDX) and conducts research to improve America's ability to rapidly design, produce, qualify, and certify nuclear weapons. The main goals of ETM are to 1) Develop, mature, and integrate technologies and capabilities for the future nuclear deterrent 2) Build and test prototypes and apply lessons learned to future activities & 3) Rapidly bring proven technologies, capabilities, and prototypes together to address urgent and future nuclear deterrence needs. To that end, ETM is focused on developing modeling and simulation tools, testing capabilities, weapon technologies, materials, explosives and surveillance methods for weapon systems to assure production, qualification and certification in the absence of underground nuclear testing.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Knowledge and Experience:

Knowledge of and experience in program management of technical or operational work, including defining program work scope, budgets, priorities, performance milestones, and status reports. You must have good organizational and time management skills to work on multiple activities and projects related to this position.

Program Management and Leadership:

Experience in leadership and management of programs, including success at project development, planning, advocacy, resource allocation, management, execution, tracking, reporting and customer interactions. Ability to set priorities and proven strength in decision making. You must also possess the ability to create and implement strategic vision.

Teamwork/Collaboration:

Demonstrated experience in collaboration and teamwork. Ability to build, maintain, and strengthen internal relationships and effectively cultivate a team culture across multidiscipline organizations.

Communication:

You must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills as evidenced by successful internal and external interactions through briefings, presentations, and writings. Demonstrated evidence of building stakeholder confidence and strengthening relationships through effective communications and timely submission of quality and comprehensive deliverables and taskings is imperative.

Education/Experience: Position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 5 years of directly related technical and project management experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the position.

Desired Qualifications:

• A degree in a technical or STEM related field, Science or Engineering preferred.

• Formal project/program management training or certification (e.g., Project Management Professional).

• Experience working effectively with DOE/NNSA personnel in Washington DC.

• Active Q and SCI Clearance.

Work Environment:

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:

For full consideration, applicants must submit a resume and a comprehensive cover letter that addresses the key requirements of the position.

The selected candidates will lead one of ETM's 12 programs-based expertise relative to each program's mission space.

Essential Job Functions (can perform with or without reasonable accommodation):

Frequent travel to NNSA Headquarters and NNSA design/production agencies is required.

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 childbirth and parental leave

§ Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)

§ Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

§ Flexible schedules and time off (PTO 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 (https://directives.nnsa.doe.gov/supplemental-directive/sd-0206-0002) . 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 (https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0472.2-BOrder-A/@Aimages/file) 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 Policy P701 (https://int.lanl.gov/policy/documents/P701.pdf) for applicant eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call 1-505-664-6947 option 2 and then option 3.