Associate Deputy Director for Program Enablement – Security Clearance Required

• Full-time
• Organization:
  Strategic Deterrence
• Category:
  Executive
• Employee Referral Bonus:
  Not applicable
• Job Code 1: TSM.
  3 Technical Manager 3
• Pre-Employment Drug Test:
  Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
• Pre-Placement Medical Exam: A job-related pre-placement medical examination may be required
• Security Clearance:
  Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top Secret clearance)

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 an Associate Deputy Director for Program Enablement in the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Directorate. SD is a complex, multi-discipline program directorate with a $2.7B annual funding portfolio supporting ~2,600 employees. You will be a member of the SD senior management team leading capabilities and organizations, including the development of the hiring strategies, staff development, and strategic planning for long-term research and development needs and investments which will be instrumental in ensuring the successful long-term delivery of SD’s programs and projects.

The portfolio includes Facilities and Operations Support Division, Design Physics Division, workforce outreach and culture, the Office of Classification and Trade Compliance (OCTC), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD), and related internal strategic investments. You will interact with SD managers and program personnel, LLNL S&T leaders and personnel, partner laboratories, external sponsors, NNSA/DOE and LLNL senior managers. This position is in 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.

You will

• Oversee SD workforce hiring, training, development, retention, succession planning, and culture that meets both the workforce’s needs and the current and emerging requirements from the SD and other laboratory programs.
• Oversee the operation of the Design Physics Division, Facilities & Operations Support Division, and OCTC.
• Provide oversight of planning, staffing, budgeting, and methods to achieve major Laboratory program and/or functions.
• Lead and manage the Strategic Deterrence LDRD portfolio and influence the LLNL LDRD portfolio to optimize long term research and development investments for the laboratory.
• Shape and develop the Institutional Scientific Capability Portfolio, including planning and reviews. Serve as the SD point of contact to the office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology for lab-wide science and technology matters, including investment strategies, risk matrices, capability assessments, and related requests.
• Represent SD and LLNL to senior Lab management, DOE/NNSA, and other federal agencies.
• Lead employee engagement initiatives within SD, identifying growth, training, and recognition opportunities for staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position requires an active Department of…