Project Portfolio Manager - Transition and Disposition

LLNL•Livermore, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site Infrastructure Management (SIM) is seeking a Project Portfolio Manager to lead a portfolio of approximately $100 million in complex decontamination, decommissioning, demolition, and disposition projects within Transition and Disposition. The role provides technical and operational leadership for projects involving the removal of legacy facilities. The position directly manages assigned complex and strategically significant projects and leads, coaches, coordinates, and integrates the broader portfolio team. The position reports directly to the Project Management Division Lead. It may offer a hybrid schedule, with the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week after a probationary period. The schedule’s details may vary based on team and organizational needs. This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates. The position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.

Requirements

Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Extensive experience leading complex technical, operational, facilities, infrastructure, construction, or capital-asset projects.
Demonstrated experience leading or managing projects involving facility transition, deactivation, decommissioning, demolition, waste disposition, environmental management, or site reuse in a regulated environment.
Demonstrated experience independently managing complex projects from initiation through closeout, including scope definition, cost and schedule baselines, risk management, stakeholder coordination, change control, and performance reporting.
Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio or multiple concurrent projects, including scope, cost, schedule, risk, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
Advanced knowledge of project-management principles, project controls, cost estimating, scheduling, risk management, and performance reporting.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary and matrixed teams and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries.
Advanced written, verbal, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
Demonstrated ability to advise management and customers on significant project, operational, technical, and resource decisions.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate education in engineering, engineering management, project management, business, or a related technical field.
Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or comparable certification.
Experience in DOE/NNSA, federal, laboratory, or similarly regulated environments.
Experience with earned value management, Primavera P6, integrated cost and schedule management, or project-reporting systems.
Experience leading through project managers, team leads, or matrixed organizations.
Experience with facility, utility, construction, maintenance, or infrastructure projects.
Experience with radiological or hazardous waste management, environmental permitting and compliance, and DOE or comparable regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead a portfolio of concurrent projects, integrating scope, schedule, budget, risks, resources, and performance.
Directly manage assigned complex, high-priority, or strategically significant projects, with accountability for scope, cost, schedule, risk, technical performance, and closeout.
Establish portfolio priorities, execution strategies, and long-range plans.
Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and technical oversight to project managers, construction managers, coordinators, and matrixed project teams.
Coordinate with customers, facility stakeholders, technical organizations, management, regulators, and other partners to define requirements and resolve project issues.
Ensure projects comply with applicable safety, environmental, quality, security, regulatory, and project-management requirements.
Monitor portfolio performance; identify risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies; and develop mitigation and recovery actions.
Oversee scope definition, cost estimating, schedule development, resource planning, acquisition strategy, and change control.
Prepare and communicate portfolio status, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to management and customers.
Foster a collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused culture that promotes continuous improvement in project delivery.
Support the development and implementation of common portfolio-management processes, tools, metrics, and best practices across Site Infrastructure Management.
Perform other duties as assigned.