Archiving and Support Program Manager

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World! Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have an opening for a Knowledge Archiving and Support (KAS) Program Manager to work within the Knowledge Management program. You will be responsible for overseeing Strategic Deterrence (SD) digitization operations, knowledge preservation and curation, and access to legacy technical materials through the Research & Knowledge Services and Digitization Services teams. You will manage assigned knowledge-service operations, implement established strategies, standards, and governance practices, resolve complex operational issues, and provide recommendations regarding service priorities, resources, and process improvements.

You will coordinate closely with the Taxonomy Program and Knowledge Applications team on metadata standards, semantic governance, and repository integration, though semantic model development itself sits outside this role’s scope. This position will be in the Administration Division within the Operations and Business Directorate and is matrixed to the Strategic Deterrence Directorate.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options, may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Research & Knowledge Services and Digitization Services teams, including direct supervision of assigned staff and coordination of work with the Research & Knowledge Services Team Lead and Digitization Services Team Lead.
• Contribute to and implement service-area strategic plans for SD digitization, archiving, and knowledge-structuring activities; coordinate with the Taxonomy Program Manager to ensure appropriate application of metadata standards to digitized and repository content.
• Establish and oversee adoption of a prioritization framework for digitization activities and SD digitization standards, including sustaining a formal digitization governance framework (e.g., Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) compliance, permanent-records digitization pilots) as an ongoing operational practice.
• Manage escalated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) operational issues and support sustainable workflow practices in partnership with the FOIA Coordinator on process and workload management.
• Represent KAS in program-level planning and stakeholder engagement alongside the Taxonomy Program Manager and Knowledge Applications Product Manager.
• Maintain effective relationships with SD stakeholders, program partners, records and information-management organizations, and service providers.
• Foster staff development through coaching, knowledge sharing, training, and feedback while maintaining accountability for service quality and delivery.

• Resolve cross-functional operational gaps affecting digitization and reference services (e.g., intake processes, coverage of physically distributed digitization spaces, coordination with partner organizations handling related materials).
• Serve as PI/budget owner for KAS staffing actions within Research & Knowledge Services and Digitization Services.
• Track NA-114/NA-115 Archiving and Support budget and provide strategic input and monthly reporting to the LLNL Archiving and Support Portfolio Manager.
• Define business and operational requirements for knowledge-structuring and repository capabilities while maintaining the boundary that semantic-model development is outside KAS scope.
• Develop and execute long-range strategies, roadmaps, business plans, and investment priorities for SD…