Manager, Configuration & Information Management

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Contract:

Regular

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

* These benefits vary by job classification.

The Configuration & Information Management Excellence Department (5494) empowers innovation and ensure operational excellence through meticulous configuration and information management, employing a graded approach to support projects of varying rigor levels, and fostering a collaborative environment that drives the successful delivery of cutting-edge solutions. You will be the leader for the staff that executes the Configuration Management (CM) and Information Management (IMP) responsibilities.

In this role you will:

• Steward the end to end information service delivery for Sandia projects.
• Guide the development and maintenance of strategic architectures for data driven processes
• Translate customer driven requirements into concrete CM/IMP solutions built from commercial off the shelf (COTS), open source, or internally developed tools (e.g., PLM/CM systems, SharePoint, Confluence).
• Champion the Digital Thread initiative, ensuring PLM integration, traceability, and data driven decision support across the product lifecycle.
• Serve as the senior liaison between program managers, technical leads, sponsors, and external partners on configuration control and information management matters.

• Recruit, select, onboard, and develop staff.
• Conduct performance assessments, provide coaching, mentoring, and recognize achievements.
• Create staffing plans that balance current project needs with future capability growth.
• Define and monitor deliverables, schedules, budgets, and staffing for work packages.
• Align activities with overall program plans and Sandia's mission area strategic goals.
• Guide the develop and refinement of CM and IMP processes (version control, change control, traceability, data package creation) in accordance with EIA 649, CMII, ISO, and Sandia policies.
• Guide configuration audits (administrative, physical, functional) and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Provide leadership for the PLM/CM toolset (e.g., Aras, PDMLink, Windchill), setting strategy and ensuring that expert support is available to all users.
• Provide leadership for the IMP team to manage collaboration sites (Confluence, SharePoint, Planner) and control access to classified/unclassified information.
• Build trust based relationships with internal and external customers; translate their requirements into CM/IM solutions.
• Liaise with sponsors, security officers, and external partners on rules, standards, and information exchange procedures.
• Identify process bottlenecks, propose efficiency gains, and lead implementation of improvements.
• Mentor staff on best practices, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes.

$138,600 - $235,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field;
  Minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated leadership experience.
• Proven expertise with PLM/CM tools (Aras, PDMLink, Windchill, or comparable).
• Strong knowledge of configuration management standards and information management practices.
• Active DOE Q-level security clearance or DOD equivalent.

• Demonstrated ability to lead…