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Posting Duration:This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.Salary Range:$86,300 - $166,800Salary 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.What Your Job Will Be Like:We are seeking a collaborative Project Manager who is interested in more broadly impacting projects across Sandia. This individual will utilize the business acumen and subject matter expertise they have gained in supporting science and engineering projects applying business management principles to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of project management and product delivery across the laboratories.You will be part of the Project and Product Delivery System Group (10410), which provides support for and advocacy of the best engineering and business practices and solutions across the Sandia enterprise. As the Center (10400) whose mission it is to empower Sandia with an integrated, intuitive, and standards-based capability for exceptional project execution and product delivery it is paramount that we maintain strong subject matter expertise in business practices. This is core to Sandia’s Project and Product Delivery System (PPDS) in establishing sound practices to deliver our products effectively and efficiently.Within this position you will engage across the lab providing subject expertise in business practices throughout the entire product life cycle from Concept Exploration to Retirement/Disposal. You will work directly with our business partners in 10400, 10600, and 08100, as well as technical staff at the Systems and Component level of our Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Partnership Programs.On any given day, you may be called on to:Improve upon and deliver solutions based on a proven project and product delivery system that enables Sandia’s projects/programs to achieve success.
Provide project leadership and project management support to the 10415 manager and for the 10415 deliverables, as well as providing that knowledge and expertise enterprise-wide, to include defining work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones; developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and/or managing change control and risk.
Partner with our business leads, project leads, and management to identify, recommend, and implement improvements to business management processes/tools.
Participate on Technical Basis of Estimate (TBOE) Independent Review teams, providing business management expertise in development of cost estimates.
Qualifications We Require:Bachelor’s degree in field of business plus ten or more years of direcly related experience, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Ten or more years, within the last fifteen years, of direct business management work for research and development, scientific and/or engineering project types
Current PMP certification or equivalent certification (such as Government Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification), or the ability to obtain PMP certification within 12 months
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance
Qualifications We Desire:Working knowledge of business industry standards/guides and other related field’s standards/guides, such as quality management and systems engineering (e.g., PMBOK, ISO9001/AS9110, ISO 152288 (Systems Engineering) and INCOSE (Systems Engineering)
Experience working with Project Management tools, e.g., P6, Cobra, Empower, ARM, ARC, Oracle, CET, PMT, etc.
Experience collecting, translating, and implementing customer requirements into new or enhanced processes, tools, or capabilities
Experience engaging with stakeholders at multiple levels of management, as well as internal and external to Sandia
Advanced degree in field of business and/or project management
Experience building strong relationships and establishing credibility with technical project teams
Experience with or a working understanding of product life cycle management (PLM)
Experience in improving/creating processes, and developing and instantiating tools to optimize business management of science and engineering projects
Experience leading and influencing significant culture change across an organization
Demonstrated organizational skills, including the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure and/or ambiguous environment
Demonstrated teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with leadership at multiple levels, customers, other organizations, and technical leads
Demonstrated ability to craft roadmaps and execute against them
Demonstrated writing and presentation skills, including an ability to succinctly explain complex concepts
Demonstrated ability to think of innovative and creative solutions to challenging problems that challenge the status quo
Demonstrated ability to manage diverse security and classification requirements
A current and active DOE Q, DoD Top Secret, or equivalent security clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain US DOE SCI access, which may require a polygraph test
About Our Team:The Science and Engineering Product Lifecycle Management Execution and Project Management organization (10415) develops approaches grounded in solid principles of project management, and systems science and systems engineering to deploy the Project and Product Delivery System (PPDS). This department has a cadre of Systems Engineering, Science and Engineering Project Management, and Quality Engineering/Assurance subject matter experts that are skilled to matrix and collaborate with Sandia’s scientific and engineering programs/projects. We actively collaborate/partner on mission enabling and mission delivery engineering teams and help establish roadmaps that support the program/project requirements and deliverables.About Sandia: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 vacations, 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.govThese benefits vary by job classification.Security Clearance:Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.EEO:All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.Job ID: 685790
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