Program Manager 3

SPECTRA TECH INC • NM

75d

About The Position

The program manager provides leadership and overall management of an assigned technical or operational portfolio, which may be large or small in total budget and may encompass one or more discrete programs. The program manager brokers with customers and individual researchers or research groups/programs to determine what work will be done to meet the customers needs, general timeframes, and funding requirements. The program manager is expected to develop working relationships that span existing internal and/or external institutional missions and extend into new opportunities as policies, missions, and opportunities evolve. Programs are a complex set of related activities needed to produce products or services over time to meet customer requirements within a given mission area. Programs are often ongoing over multiple years and evolve in response to the customers changing needs. The customer may be an external body, such as a federal agency, or may be an internal organization within the Laboratory.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering related field from an accredited institution.
• 12 years of related management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced knowledge of program management in technical or operational work.
• Demonstrated experience working with executive-level internal and external customers.
• Proven ability to develop, manage, and track project baselines.
• Direct experience working in a high-hazard nuclear facility.
• Experience in the design, implementation, or management of support services within a high-hazard nuclear environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Working understanding of LANL plutonium missions.
• Previous experience in supporting work in a production agency.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Advanced technical degree.
• Willingness to take initiative on new tasks or projects.
• Experience utilizing EVMS principles.
• Active DOE Q clearance.
• Experience working with classified information/rednet account.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and overall management of assigned technical or operational portfolio.
• Develop working relationships with customers and researchers to determine work scope, timeframes, and funding requirements.
• Define program work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones.
• Develop cost, scope, and schedule baselines; report cost and schedule variance.
• Manage change control and risk associated with program management.
• Interact effectively with all levels of internal and external personnel.
• Build trust, gain consensus, and resolve conflicts.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees