Sr. Program Manager, Alliance Management and Integrated PMO

Battelle • Columbus, OH

2d • $157,500 - $224,500 • Remote

About The Position

Battelle delivers when others can’t. We conduct research and development, manage national laboratories, design and manufacture products and deliver critical services for our clients—whether they are a multi-national corporation, a small start-up or a government agency.
We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
Job Summary
We are currently seeking an Alliance Management and Integrated PMO Senior Program Manager. This position is a full-time opportunity located remotely.
Modern nuclear deployments bring together reactor and secondary system designers, engineering and construction contractors, equipment suppliers, national laboratories, federal agencies, regulators, utility operators, and investors. Each organization arrives with its own management systems, priorities, performance measures, and decision-making processes. Even when individual organizations perform effectively within their own scope, overall project performance can suffer when no single organization is responsible for integrating the enterprise. Organizational alliance models — built on shared objectives, integrated project teams, collaborative decision-making, and collective accountability — mitigate this risk. While innovative, these models create a need for effective interface management, participant alignment, governance oversight, and execution discipline through integrated Program Management Office (PMO) services.
The selected candidate will own Battelle's Alliance Management and Integrated PMO services scope for clients, standing up alliance governance and an integrated management system before leading a managed service through execution. This role sits at the intersection of collaborative governance and disciplined project controls, converting Alliance Board direction into operating routines and maintaining one integrated picture of cost, schedule, risk, and commitments across every participant.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a closely related discipline; advanced degree valued
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive program and project management experience on capital or nuclear programs, including at least 5 years leading a PMO or equivalent enterprise-level integration function
• Demonstrated ownership of an integrated management system in practice, including work breakdown and cost structures, integrated scheduling, earned value management, risk and opportunity management, trend and change control, interface management, and executive reporting
• Experience delivering in a multi-party environment where authority is shared rather than held, such as an alliance, integrated project delivery, joint venture, consortium, or owner-contractor integrated team
• Working knowledge of the nuclear regulatory and quality environment, including NQA-1, DOE O 414.1 or comparable quality programs, and 10 CFR 830 safety-basis processes
• Demonstrated track record managing subcontracted or teamed service providers as one accountable scope, including staffing plans, deliverable acceptance, and performance-based service levels
• Executive presence and written communication skills sufficient to brief a board, defend a forecast, and maintain a difficult position with a client while preserving the relationship
• Travel up to 40% to program sites, client and partner facilities, and Alliance Board meetings
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy access authorization; U.S. citizenship required

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with advanced reactor demonstration, first-of-a-kind nuclear construction, or DOE national laboratory project delivery
• Familiarity with Idaho National Laboratory site processes
• Formal certification such as PMP, PgMP, or an EVMS credential, and experience standing up or surveilling a compliant earned value management system
• An active DOE access authorization and experience with classification, controlled unclassified information, and export-control handling on a nuclear program
• Experience replicating a delivery model across multiple sites, including mobilization, surge, knowledge transfer, and demobilization

Responsibilities

• Leading alliance governance and decision support by operating and maintaining the Alliance governance framework, decision processes, and executive coordination to ensure timely, transparent, and aligned decision-making across all participants
• Establishing and managing a single integrated management system that provides disciplined planning, controls, performance reporting, risk management, and data-driven execution across the Alliance
• Developing and sustaining a repeatable, scalable operating model that enables efficient deployment, knowledge transfer, and successful replication across multiple sites
• Integrating quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and supply chain management into project execution to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable delivery
• Leading a unified support organization that aligns partner resources, standardizes practices, and ensures continuity, quality, and seamless project execution
• Administering the Alliance commercial model and Battelle contract performance while driving operational excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, and growth

Benefits

• Compressed work schedule allowing for every other Friday off
• Hybrid work arrangement (60% in-office, 40% remote)
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits
• Optional supplemental benefits
• Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer contribution (5% regardless of employee contribution, plus matching)
• Tuition assistance for higher education

What This Job Offers

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