Director, Project Management Office

TerraPower•Everett, WA

About The Position

TerraPower Isotopes (TPI), a division of TerraPower focused on medical isotope development and radiopharmaceutical applications, is hiring a Director of the Project Management Office. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Strategy, this leader will mature the TPI Project Office from a build-stage function into an established discipline for planning, resourcing, measuring, and delivering work across the enterprise. The portfolio includes engineering, technology, and R&D delivery, as well as capital projects. The Director will lead the Project Office framework and team, oversee portfolio and capital project delivery, establish project controls and reporting, govern project management systems, and serve as the senior delivery contact for internal functions and external partners. The role operates in a regulated, safety-critical radiopharmaceutical and radiological setting and must ensure governance, documentation, and project tooling support applicable compliance and export control requirements. Regular travel to TPI facilities and project sites is required, with stated travel of 0–10%.

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or a related discipline from an accredited university.
At least 12 years of project management experience.
Deep project controls expertise, including scheduling, cost, earned value, and change control.
Experience managing a team of project managers.
Demonstrated experience building and leading a project management office, project controls function, or comparable delivery framework.
Experience delivering capital construction projects, including managing EPC or design-build partners and specialized equipment vendors.
Strong proficiency with Atlassian tools, including Confluence and Jira, and enterprise scheduling tools such as Primavera P6.
Experience directing the configuration and governance of project management tools.
Solid understanding of supply chain processes, contract administration, SCR review, and procurement change control.
Familiarity with integrated master scheduling and milestone governance across complex, multi-year programs.
Significant project delivery experience in a regulated or high-compliance environment, such as cGMP/pharmaceutical, nuclear, aerospace, or another safety-critical industry.
Proven people-leadership experience, including the ability to build, coach, and retain a high-performing project management team.
Executive-level stakeholder management skills and the ability to align engineering, R&D, quality, operations, and commercial teams.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including governance documentation and concise leadership-level reporting.
High degree of trust and integrity, open communication, respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
Ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to meet the physical and working-condition expectations described, with or without accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
PMP, PMI-SP, or equivalent certification.
Prior experience in a radiopharmaceutical, nuclear, or radiological environment.
Experience building a project management office or comparable delivery framework in a startup, scale-up, or other fast-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Design, govern, and continuously improve the TPI Project Office framework across project controls, risk management, and program management.
Author and maintain Project Office policies, procedures, and templates, and drive organization-wide training and adoption.
Build, lead, and develop a team of project managers, including hiring, coaching, workload allocation, and performance management.
Lead portfolio intake and categorization, applying a graded approach to planning that reflects project size and resources.
Hold accountability for project delivery across engineering, technology, and R&D functions, with project managers embedded in individual functions.
Oversee work breakdown structures, resource-loaded schedules, and baseline management across the portfolio.
Govern scheduling, including resource loading and leveling, integration of external engineering and vendor schedules, and schedule updates and reporting.
Direct milestone and earned value tracking, variance analysis, portfolio dashboards, and leadership reporting on portfolio health.
Own the portfolio-level project change request process and keep change logs and risk registers current and resolved in a timely manner.
Oversee Project Office accountability for capital delivery of production facility expansions, including schedule integration, cost and commitment tracking, and change control.
Integrate EPC, design-build, and specialty equipment vendor schedules into the TPI master schedule and hold partners to agreed reporting standards.
Track capital spending against approved budgets and forecasts, and raise variances and trends to leadership in time for action.
Sequence delivery milestones against licensing, commissioning, qualification, and production start-up requirements.
Select, configure, and govern project management tooling across enterprise scheduling, time tracking, and portfolio reporting, maintaining appropriate separation of validated-quality systems and project tooling.
Set standards for Atlassian tools, including Confluence and Jira, and enterprise scheduling and reporting platforms.
Serve as the Project Office’s senior point of contact for engineering, technology, R&D, operations, and commercial leadership on delivery status, risk, and resourcing.
Own portfolio-level interfaces with contracted engineering partners and specialized equipment vendors, holding scope, schedule, and deliverables to agreed standards.
Collaborate with quality, operations, engineering, and R&D leaders to align delivery with safety, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Ensure Project Office governance, controls, and tooling meet requirements for cGMP, nuclear, or comparable safety-critical environments.
Maintain awareness of regulatory expectations affecting project execution and reporting in radiopharmaceutical and radiological settings.
Ensure project activities and documentation comply with export control requirements governing TPI technology and information.
Travel regularly to TerraPower Isotopes facilities and project sites.