Project Leader

What You Will Do

The Sigma Operations Group (SIGMA-OPS) seeks an energetic, customer-focused individual for the position of Project Leader to serve as an integral part of the Programmatic Project Management Team. This team focuses on the incorporation of project management principles and serves as the primary liaison with a variety of Sigma Division programmatic organizations, support organizations, and LANL program offices. The successful candidate will work with Sigma Division management, technical teams, and program managers throughout project life cycles, to include tracking programmatic work progress and reporting on deliverable and milestone status.

This position requires a motivated and professional individual who is capable of strengthening communication across various stakeholders, acting independently, and quickly changing focus.

• Serve as the primary interface between project scientists, program, and line management for moderately to highly complex project(s) to establish technical requirements and to negotiate and define deliverables, budgets, and schedules in accordance with the project charter and line expertise.
• Working with diverse teams, managing moderately to highly complex projects, ensuring project deliverables are completed within the scope, schedules, and budgets defined in project work packages. Properly communicate and document all changes during project lifecycle.
• Interface with program and line managers to assist with deconfliction, ensuring that resources are available to accomplish the work.
• Identify and manage project procurement needs.
• Interface with the program office and line management to develop and negotiate work packages and establish out year budgets and schedules.
• Mentor junior team members with the possibility of providing input to performance evaluations.

• Experience managing moderately to highly complex projects across the full project lifecycle.
• Knowledge of project management principles, including WBS, schedules, work packages, and baseline/change control management.
• Ability to manage scope, schedule, cost, and performance, and prepare project documentation and reports
• Experience managing projects with technical and operational components.
• Experience working with external vendors, setting up and monitoring multi-million, multi-year contracts.
• Ability to serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and issues, delivering briefings to leadership and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to analyze, research, and resolve complex problems independently and collaboratively.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, and relationship development.
• Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

Education/

Experience:

Position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited institution and 5 years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Experience with operations or other relevant manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of and experience interfacing with one or more of the following programs:
  Directed Stockpile Work, Strategic Materials, Science Campaign, and/or Strategic Partnership Projects, including their interfaces and interdependencies.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements.
• Experience in handling classified matter.
• Active DOE Q clearance.

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Along with a resume, a detailed cover letter addressing each of the position requirements is required.

Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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