Manager, Configuration & Information Management

Manager, Configuration & Information Management (5494)

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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…