Program Manager

Job Details:
Position: Science-Engineer Program Manager 4
Location: North Central Region, New Mexico
Duration: 12 Months contract with possible extension

Duties
The program manager provides leadership and overall management of an assigned technical or operational portfolio, which may be large or small in total budget and may encompass one or more discrete programs. The program manager brokers with customers and individual researchers or research groups/programs to determine what work will be done to meet the customers needs, general timeframes, and funding requirements. The program manager is expected to develop working relationships that span existing internal and/or external institutional missions and extend into new opportunities as policies, missions, and opportunities evolve. Programs are a complex set of related activities needed to produce products or services over time to meet customer requirements within a given mission area. Programs are often ongoing over multiple years and evolve in response to the customers changing needs. The customer may be an external body, such as a federal agency, or may be an internal organization within the Laboratory. Programs often are funded by a specific source, but may comprise similar activities funded by multiple sources.

What You Will Do
Serve as a Science-Engineer Program Manager 4 (SCPM 4) of the Plutonium Mission Consolidated Support (PMCS) office which is managed by ALDWP Production Enterprise Services. PMCS is responsible for the management of crosscutting support services that enable consistent, efficient, and standardized operations across all plutonium mission areas. The selected individual will provide vision, strategic and tactical planning support for a portfolio that will oversee approximately $400M of scope in FY26 executed by multiple DOE ALDs.

What You Need

• Expert-level knowledge of program and project management methodologies, including the development of project plans, work breakdown structures (WBS), and work packages; management of scope, schedule, budget, and performance baselines; and documentation of baseline reports and change control activities.

• Proven experience supporting cross-organizational coordination by working with internal Work Package Managers and line management teams to maintain clear communication and ensure portfolio alignment.

• Demonstrated expertise in risk management, including identifying portfolio risks, developing and implementing mitigation strategies, recommending risk acceptance or avoidance, and monitoring/reporting on the progress of mitigation plans in coordination with executing organizations.

• Strong ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships with internal and/or external stakeholders, fostering trust and transparency to support program success.

• Experience facilitating monthly program status reviews, engaging Work Package Managers and line organization leadership to report on progress, surface issues, and drive accountability.

• Experience mentoring junior staff, providing guidance on program planning, performance tracking, and successful execution of program deliverables.

• Ability to apply strategic, cross-disciplinary insight to contribute to the development of a comprehensive, integrated annual plan (e.g., Five-Year National Strategic Plan – FYNSP), ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.

Desired Qualifications:

• Working understanding of DOE plutonium missions.
• Previous experience in supporting work in a production agency.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Advanced technical degree.
• Willingness to take initiative on new tasks or projects.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully plan, organize, lead, and monitor a variety of team efforts to completion.
• Possesses advanced expertise in developing and executing process improvement initiatives.
• Experience utilizing EVMS principles.
• Active DOE Q clearance.
• Experience working with classified information/rednet account.

Education/Experience:
Position requires a bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering related field, from an accredited institution and 12 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and technical experience directly related to the occupation.
An advanced engineering or science degree with experience related to nuclear materials production and process development is highly desired.

Position typically requires at a minimum a bachelors degree and at least twelve years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. At this level, an advanced degree may be expected.

Position Commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $115.82 - $125.09 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Application Question(s):

• Position requires a bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering related field, from an accredited institution and 12 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and technical experience directly related to the occupation.

An advanced engineering or science degree with experience related to nuclear materials production and process development is highly desired.

• * Expert-level knowledge of program and project management methodologies, including the development of project plans, work breakdown structures (WBS), and work packages; management of scope, schedule, budget, and performance baselines; and documentation of baseline reports and change control activities.
• * Proven experience supporting cross-organizational coordination by working with internal Work Package Managers and line management teams to maintain clear communication and ensure portfolio alignment.
• * Demonstrated expertise in risk management, including identifying portfolio risks, developing and implementing mitigation strategies, recommending risk acceptance or avoidance, and monitoring/reporting on the progress of mitigation plans in coordination with executing organizations.
• * Strong ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships with internal and/or external stakeholders, fostering trust and transparency to support program success.
• * Experience facilitating monthly program status reviews, engaging Work Package Managers and line organization leadership to report on progress, surface issues, and drive accountability.
• * Experience mentoring junior staff, providing guidance on program planning, performance tracking, and successful execution of program deliverables.
• * Ability to apply strategic, cross-disciplinary insight to contribute to the development of a comprehensive, integrated annual plan (e.g., Five-Year National Strategic Plan – FYNSP), ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
• * Working understanding of DOE plutonium missions.
• * Previous experience in supporting work in a production agency.
• * Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• * Experience utilizing EVMS principles.
• * Experience working with classified information/rednet account.

Work Location: In person

Salary : $116 - $125