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Project Director - High Performance Data Facility

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab)
Newport, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/19/2026

At Jefferson Lab,you'llchampioncutting-edgescience and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark - where excellence meets purpose, andgreat mindstrulymatter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $169,000 - $266,800 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What your job will be like:

Lead the HPDF team of professionals to ensure that the project is successfully delivered from its initial concept through to completion. Foster effective coordination not only within Jefferson lab team but also with Jefferson Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, facilitating collaboration and communication throughout the entire process.

In this job you will:
  • Ensure timely and accurate communications with DOE, Integrated Project Team, Jefferson Lab Leadership team, and other key stakeholders. Facilitate project communications up, down, and across engaged organizations.
  • Lead project plans that inform the time, funding, and resources for successful project completion and clearly communicate these requirements to governance entities.
  • Execute the HPDF project within the DOE approved baselines and to DOE standards for project management, such as DOE Order 413.3b; apply tailoring strategy as appropriate for Office of Science projects.
  • Execute successful outcome of DOE independent reviews and assessments of the HPDF project.
  • Lead collaboration with a variety of technical teams, computer vendors, and construction managers to coordinate the creation of the HPDF facility that includes computational system, data storage, and software and conventional facilities elements.
  • Work with the JLDC team in the development and communication of HPDF integration into JLDC.
  • Support the Laboratory in the implementation and execution of JLab and DOE mission and goals.
Lead - Supervisory - Management
  • Hire and manage a top talent team to assure project success and to achieve operational objectives.
Experience
  • Required: 15 or more years Experience leading teams to accomplish highly complex technical objectives
  • Required: 5 or more years Experience managing technical projects with a cost of $10M or larger
  • Required: 5 or more years Experience managing research computing or related projects within the DOE laboratory system
  • Required: 5 or more years Expertise managing federally-funded research projects and their related financial requirements
  • Preferred: 4 or more years Direct experience in directing or managing a DOE O413.3b Project
  • Preferred: 5 or more years Experience within the DOE ASCR Program Office
Education
  • Required: Master's Degree in relevant field
Experience and Education Exchange

Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.

Licenses and Certifications
  • Preferred: Project Management Training and Certification Upon Hire
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • High: Natural problem-solver, solutions oriented, able to progress solutions from high ambiguity to concrete plans.
  • Medium: Ability to negotiate high-value contracts with technology vendors.
  • High: Ability to work with U.S. Government program managers.
  • High: Possesses exemplary communication skills and the ability to work with a broad spectrum of contributors and stakeholders to establish and achieve complex goals in a fast-paced environment.
  • High: High emotional intelligence (i.e. self-awareness, self-management, motivation, empathy, and social skills).
  • High: Able to understand and communicated complex project and funding related financial information.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campusis located insoutheasternVirginiaamidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of "big science" and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

* Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans * Flexible Spending Accounts

* Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)

* 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested * Flexible Work Arrangements

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)

* Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs

* Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches,

mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am - 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.



Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA/Jefferson Lab is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.As part of the Lab's equal employment opportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.






 

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