Integrated Payload Project Team Specialist (Project​/Program Specialist 1

Overview

What You Will Do
The Space Systems Assurance and Implementation (ISR-7) Group is seeking a motivated and collaborative Project/Program Specialist to join our team. Los Alamos National Laboratory's Intelligence and Space Research (ISR) Division designs, builds, delivers, and operates innovative ground-air-space-based measurement systems that support scientific discovery and national security missions. ISR's more than 400 instruments fly on over 200 satellites, including numerous NASA missions such as Voyager and the most recent Mars Rover missions.

What You Will Do
The Space Systems Assurance and Implementation (ISR-7) Group is seeking a motivated and collaborative Project/Program Specialist to join our team. Los Alamos National Laboratory's Intelligence and Space Research (ISR) Division designs, builds, delivers, and operates innovative ground-air-space-based measurement systems that support scientific discovery and national security missions. ISR's more than 400 instruments fly on over 200 satellites, including numerous NASA missions such as Voyager and the most recent Mars Rover missions.

In this role, you will serve as an integral member of multiple ISR project teams, supporting projects with varying schedules, budgets, technical objectives, procurement activities, and risk profiles. Working closely with project leaders, technical staff, procurement professionals, suppliers, and institutional partners, you will help plan, coordinate, execute, and monitor project activities to ensure successful delivery of mission objectives. Responsibilities may include supporting project schedules, budgets, resource planning, risk management, and project reporting;

and it will include executing procurements, evaluating supplier performance, and managing project procurement plans within a dynamic, multidisciplinary R&D environment.

The position reports to the ISR-7 Project Management & Execution Team Leader and is a member of the Project Management & Execution Team. The Team Leader and Group Leadership provide line management, mentoring, and professional development support.

On any given day, potential responsibilities may include:

• Support project leaders in planning, organizing, and controlling resources and processes to achieve project objectives within scope, schedule, quality, and budget constraints.
• Support operational planning, cost estimating, task area schedule development & maintenance, and reporting of project execution activities.
• Plan and perform procurement and supplier management activities: track supplier performance metrics, project deliverables, milestones, and status information.
• Support supplier reviews, corrective action activities, and assist with identification and mitigation of project and supplier risks.
• Support project reporting and communication of project status, issues, recommendations, and process improvements.
• Understand and comply with Laboratory policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

What You Need

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of project or program management principles and practices.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to plan, organize, monitor, and communicate project status and issues.
• Familiarity with procurement processes of a large R&D enterprise or supplier management systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with project leadership, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Knowledge of project management tools.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and two (2) years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Associate's degree in a related field and two (4) years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School diploma and two (6) years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired

Qualifications:

• Experience supporting technical, engineering, aerospace, space systems, or research and development projects.
• Experience supporting supplier, subcontractor, or vendor management…