Project Manager 2 - Computing and Data Operations

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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About The Position

At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.
Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Earth and Biological Sciences, Physical and Computational Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus.
The Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate (EBSD) leads critical research in four areas: Atmospheric, Climate & Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, Environmental Molecular Sciences, and Global Change. Our vision is to develop a predictive understanding of biological and Earth systems in transition. We aim to understand energy and material flows within the integrated Earth system; to understand, predict, and control the response of biosystems to environmental and/or genomic changes; and to Model the Earth system from the subsurface to the atmosphere.
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Division is comprised of 18 interdisciplinary research teams focused on deciphering molecular-level interactions driving biological and environmental processes across temporal and spatial scales. Through computational analysis and modeling, these findings contribute to predictive understanding of how systems respond to environmental perturbations thus enabling solutions to the nation’s energy, environmental, and human health challenges. The division also manages the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus that accelerates the research of scientists around the world by providing access to world-class expertise, instrumentation, and computational resources.

As a Project Manager 2 serving as a Computing and Data Operations (CDO) Portfolio Manager within the CDO Group of EMSL at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the individual is responsible for managing and overseeing projects within the CDO portfolio with a focus on computing infrastructure, data operations, and software development activities. This role involves planning and executing projects that align with organizational goals, managing scope, schedules, budgets, and resources while ensuring effective risk mitigation and compliance with laboratory policies. The Portfolio Manager will facilitate collaboration across key EMSL science areas, including Computing, Analytics & Modeling (CAM), Environmental Transformations and Interactions (ETI), and Functional and Systems Biology (FSB), ensuring seamless integration of computational and data management capabilities to support diverse scientific research initiatives. Engaging with stakeholders, clients, and multidisciplinary teams, the individual will oversee the delivery of technical and scientific solutions, foster teamwork, and promote the alignment of science priorities and data operations. This role demands strong leadership, communication, and project management skills to support EMSL’s mission of scientific discovery and innovation.
The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party resources in order to deliver projects according to plan. Additional tasks include the responsibility to define project objectives and oversee quality control throughout their life cycle. Key attributes leading to the determination of upward progression in this career family include: project complexity, risk, team size, business volume, contract type, and political/client/business sensitivities.

Requirements

• BS/BA and 7+ years of relevant project management experience -OR-
• MS/MA or higher and 5+ years of relevant project management experience

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience managing projects with computing or data operations components.
• Proven expertise in project management practices, including scope, schedule, and budget management.
• Knowledge of any science focus areas, Computing, Analytics & Modeling (CAM), Environmental Transformations and Interactions (ETI), and Functional and Systems Biology (FSB).
• PMP Certified / Agile SDLC.
• Knowledge of AI technologies.
• Familiarity with computing infrastructure, data analytics, and agile software development processes.
• Proficiency with project management tools and risk management strategies.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple interconnected projects effectively.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate partnerships between diverse stakeholders, particularly in scientific environments.
• Prior experience in coordinating collaborations across multidisciplinary science teams.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals.
• This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party resources in order to deliver projects according to plan.
• Also responsible to define the projects objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.
• Managing and overseeing projects within the CDO portfolio with a focus on computing infrastructure, data operations, and software development activities.
• Planning and executing projects that align with organizational goals, managing scope, schedules, budgets, and resources while ensuring effective risk mitigation and compliance with laboratory policies.
• Facilitate collaboration across key EMSL science areas, including Computing, Analytics & Modeling (CAM), Environmental Transformations and Interactions (ETI), and Functional and Systems Biology (FSB), ensuring seamless integration of computational and data management capabilities to support diverse scientific research initiatives.
• Engaging with stakeholders, clients, and multidisciplinary teams, the individual will oversee the delivery of technical and scientific solutions, foster teamwork, and promote the alignment of science priorities and data operations.

Benefits

• Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support.
• Employees are automatically enrolled in our company-funded pension plan and may enroll in our 401 (k) savings plan with company match.
• Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level