Project Manager Active Clearance Required

We have multiple openings for Project Managers to lead project-management activities and support the planning and successful execution of high-impact technical projects addressing critical national security challenges. You will serve as a key project-management resource for milestone-driven research and development efforts in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment. Working closely with Associate Program Leaders Principal Investigators technical staff and other project stakeholders you will help organize project teams and coordinate schedules budgets milestones risks resources agreements reporting and technical communications to enable successful project execution on aggressive timelines.

You will contribute to a growing portfolio of national security research and development initiatives in areas such as cyber-physical systems assurance national security infrastructure supply chain security and disaster resilience. This position provides an opportunity to apply project-management technical and operational expertise to first-of-a-kind national security work while helping technical teams effectively organize plan coordinate and execute complex activities.  This position is in the National Security Engineering Division within the Engineering Directorate.

Depending on your assignment this position may offer a hybrid work arrangement blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

These positions 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.

In this role you will

• Lead day-to-day project-management activities for milestone-driven technical projects across cyber and infrastructure domains including schedules deliverables dependencies resources budgets risks and project documentation.
• Advise and support Associate Program Leaders and Principal Investigators in project team organization resource coordination budget tracking scheduling milestone planning risk mitigation and progress toward technical and programmatic objectives.
• Gather analyze and synthesize scientific and technical information for project reports proposals milestone deliverables sponsor communications and decision briefings.
• Coordinate technical and operational communications among project teams collaborators management sponsors and other stakeholders to support timely and effective project execution.
•  Identify and recommend improvements to established project-management and operational principles methods and tools to improve project execution workflow documentation team coordination and organizational processes.
• Coordinate documentation schedules deliverables funding information and other activities associated with contracts subcontract-related efforts collaboration agreements and external project partnerships.
• Implement maintain and contribute to the improvement of project-management frameworks tools processes and practices used to monitor budgets schedules resources risks milestones and project performance.
• Organize and facilitate project and team meetings including schedules logistics agendas presentation materials decisions action items and follow-up activities.
• Coordinate with staff and project-management personnel at other national laboratories and partner organizations to support communication planning team organization resource coordination milestones and execution of multi-laboratory projects and consortia.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities at the TSS.3 level

• Conduct complex technical and operational project-coordination activities under minimal direction developing approaches priorities and solutions necessary to support successful completion of project milestones and deliverables.
• Perform independent technical and operational analyses synthesize project information and develop recommendations to inform strategic project decisions involving schedules budgets resources risks priorities and execution approaches.
• Analyze and resolve complex project execution issues requiring in-depth analysis ingenuity and creative application of established project-management technical and operational methods.
• Coordinate and prioritize multiple parallel activities involving competing requirements changing priorities or less well-defined assignments and provide project leadership for defined activities by coordinating contributors and guiding execution toward project objectives.

Qualifications :

• This position requires an active DOE Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• Bachelors degree in cybersecurity computer science project management business engineering or a related technical field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project-management concepts practices and tools with broad experience applying project-management principles theories concepts and techniques to technical or operational projects.
• Comprehensive experience independently coordinating established project schedules budgets milestones deliverables resources risks agreements documentation and other project execution activities.
• Experience supporting project team organization and resource coordination including aligning schedules assignments dependencies and project needs across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience organizing and prioritizing parallel project activities with well-defined priorities and applying independent judgment to develop approaches and recommend process improvements within established practices and procedures.
• Experience gathering and synthesizing technical or operational information and developing project reports presentations proposals milestone documentation or decision-support materials.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a multidisciplinary team environment and present and explain technical or operational information.
• Effective interpersonal and organizational skills necessary to coordinate activities across organizational boundaries and work with technical staff project leadership management external collaborators and other stakeholders.
• Ability to travel as required to support project activities and collaborations.

Additional qualifications at theTSS.3 level

• Advanced knowledge of project-management and technical or operational practices with significant related experience independently coordinating complex project activities resolving project execution issues and developing recommendations to inform project decisions.
• Significant experience working under minimal direction to prioritize parallel activities develop approaches to less-defined assignments exercise independent judgment and provide project leadership or guidance to other personnel.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills necessary to provide advice to management and stakeholders guide and mentor less-experienced staff and effectively coordinate work across multidisciplinary and organizational boundaries.

Qualifications We Desire

• Masters degree in cybersecurity computer science project management business engineering or a related technical field.
• Project Management Institute certification or equivalent project-management credential.
• Experience supporting DOE Department of Defense other national security programs or multi-institution research and development efforts including applicable reporting requirements and process-improvement initiatives.

Pay Range

$129150 - $196476 Annually

$129150 - $163764 Annually for the TSS.2 level

$154950 - $196476 Annually for the TSS.3 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to specific competencies relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance and business or organizational needs. 

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