Senior Program Manager, NASP

Job : 518879
Location: CHATTANOOGA, TN
Regular/Temporary: Regular

External - Posting Description

Senior Program Manager, NASP - 518879

Organization:
Nuclear Power Group

Department: NASP APPS

Location:
Chattanooga, TN

Relocation benefits are not offered for this position

Posting Open: 09/14/2026

Posting Close: 09/20/2026 at 11:59 PM EST

POSITION

PURPOSE:

Position is Responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to assess and improve TVA project performance, ensuring that TVA projects are planned and executed in a manner that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations; satisfying all safety, environmental, scope, cost, schedule, and quality goals. Position is responsible for assigned programmatic functional area performance and provides governance and oversight for assigned programmatic functional area(s).

Responsibility includes project assurance through oversight of assigned programs to ensure that early warning signs of issues on projects are recognized and corrective actions are properly identified and taken.

Analyzes project and programmatic performance, identifies opportunities for improvement, and guides TVA project management and support teams in implementing best practices and project performance improvement initiatives and to ensure proper direction of multifunctional/cross-disciplinary teams of TVA employee and staff augmentation contractors. This position supports planning, estimation, contract & material management, and implementation of plant project modification activities ensuring that managed activities are conducted in accordance with applicable TVA, Federal, and state regulations.

This Position supports the development, execution, and upkeep of a Projects Asset Management Plan to identify capital projects needed to sustain the Nuclear plant for 80-100 years of operation.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

Supervisory Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be required to temporarily and indirectly supervise others when leading an assessment team.

Budget Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be expected to identify budget/spend plan gaps in projects, determine the extent of condition, recommend corrective actions, and propose measures to prevent recurrence.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

The incumbent reports to a Nuclear Asset Sustainability Projects (NASP) Manager and interfaces with key stakeholders such as SVPs, VPs, GMs, Directors, Plant Management, Engineering, Finance/EPMO, and Information Technology to assess and improve project performance across TVA. As a Senior Program Manager, the incumbent is accountable for the following as related to their assigned NPG-SPP-19 Series defined

Functional Area

or Areas (can be more than 1 for Senior Prog Mgrs):

Maintain Procedures, Process and Guidance documents up-to-date with relevant industry, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, and regulatory requirements.

Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide decision making and or recommendations for decision making, depending on subject’s level of approval authority.

Develop and Manage Peer team or Working Group meetings.

Participate in developing the new processes and procedures to support project performance requirements.

Propels standardization and process improvements across all TVA project management organizations.

Develop and execute oversight, benchmarking, and self-assessment plans.

Lead the compliance efforts to ensure project executing organizations are adhering to TVA Project Management SPPs.

Utilize the Corrective Action Program (CAP) and Issue Resolution Program to correct deficiencies and improve program performance.

Collaborate across the enterprise to maintain a high level of technical expertise and business acumen; including industry experience to ensure processes are…