Analytics & Decision Support Project-Program Director; Project-Program Director

Position: Analytics & Decision Support Project-Program Director (Project-Program Director 6)
** What You Will Do*
* The Weapons Infrastructure Program Office (WIPO) seeks a visionary leader to serve as the Analytics & Decision Support Project-Program Director. This Project-Program Director 6 position leads WIPO's analytic capabilities, providing the quantitative foundation for portfolio management, strategic planning, and executive decision-making across WIPO's billion-dollar infrastructure portfolio.

WIPO serves as the lifecycle asset portfolio director for weapons program infrastructure at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Analytics & Decision Support Program Director is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving the tools, metrics, analytics, and decision support systems that enable WIPO to effectively manage its integrated portfolio and support decisions by WIPO and Laboratory leadership.

This position requires an exceptional leader who combines deep technical expertise in data analytics, artificial intelligence, and decision science with the ability to translate complex quantitative analysis into actionable insights for senior executives. The Analytics & Decision Support Project-Program Director must operate at the intersection of advanced analytics, infrastructure management, mission integration, and federal program requirements

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Specifically, the Analytics & Decision Support Project-Program Director will be responsible for:

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** Strategic Analytics Leadership:
** Provide overall leadership, vision, and strategic direction for WIPO's Analytics & Decision Support Program element, ensuring analytics capabilities enable data-driven, transparent, and quantitative portfolio management across all WIPO program elements;

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** Tool and System Development:
** Direct the development, deployment, and maintenance of integrated tools that quantitatively assess the WIPO portfolio, including portfolio optimization models, risk analysis frameworks, scenario planning systems, and decision support applications;

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** Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics:
** Lead the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytical methods to infrastructure portfolio management, including predictive analytics for asset performance, optimization algorithms for resource allocation, and automated reporting and analysis capabilities;

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** Metrics, Dashboards, and Reporting:
** Develop and maintain comprehensive metrics, dashboards, and reporting systems that provide transparent, accurate, and timely information on portfolio health, project performance, risk status, and mission capability readiness to WIPO leadership, Laboratory executives, and NNSA federal program offices;

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** Scenario Planning and Strategic Analysis:
** Direct the development and application of scenario planning tools that capture, analyze, and communicate potential futures, enabling WIPO leadership to anticipate mission changes, evaluate alternative strategies, and make proactive portfolio decisions;

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** Mission Capability Assessment:
** Develop and maintain quantitative frameworks for assessing infrastructure capability alignment with mission requirements, including gap analysis, capability forecasting, and investment prioritization models;

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** Assurance and Effectiveness Evaluation:
** Lead the development of assurance and effectiveness evaluation frameworks that objectively assess WIPO program performance, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure continuous enhancement of portfolio management practices;

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** Data Governance and Quality:
** Establish and enforce rigorous data governance standards, ensuring the highest levels of data accuracy, integrity, transparency, and security across all WIPO analytics systems and databases;

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** NNSA Data Call Coordination:
** Serve as the primary point of contact for NNSA data calls, coordinating across WIPO program elements and Laboratory organizations to provide accurate, timely, and comprehensive responses to federal program office requests;

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** Cross-Program Integration:
** Coordinate closely with the other WIPO Program Directors (Capability Delivery, Transitions to Operations and Disposition, and Operations & Maintenance) to ensure analytics tools meet their needs and support integrated portfolio decision-making;

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** Laboratory Mission Assurance Integration:
** Interface with Laboratory mission assurance organizations, metrics and tool development groups, and data analytics teams to leverage institutional capabilities, avoid duplication, and ensure consistency with Laboratory-wide data standards and governance;

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** Federal Program Coordination:
** Interface with NA-91, NA-193, and other NNSA federal program offices to understand their data requirements, reporting expectations, and analytical needs, ensuring WIPO analytics capabilities support federal program management;

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** Technical

Innovation:
** Monitor external developments in program management analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, and decision support technologies, evaluating their…