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The W78 Systems Engineering (W-3) Group is seeking a Project-Program Director 5 to serve as both Group Leader and Warhead Manager for the W78 Nuclear Weapon System at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership and line management of the group, as well as overall program planning, development, and execution in support of the nation's stockpile stewardship mission. What You Will Do

The W78 Systems Engineering (W-3) Group is seeking a Project-Program Director 5 to serve as both Group Leader and Warhead Manager for the W78 Nuclear Weapon System at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership and line management of the group, as well as overall program planning, development, and execution in support of the nation's stockpile stewardship mission.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership of W-3 group staff, including technical direction and career development. Long-range program and budget planning, justification, and integration with other program elements. Oversight of War Reserve (WR) production, surveillance, Joint Test Assembly (JTA) production, Significant Finding Investigation (SFI) closures, and WR warhead sustainability. Leadership of W78 Annual Assessment activities. Ensuring execution of program reviews, earned value reporting, and risk-informed project management. Fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment that supports teaming, learning, and delivery of mission outcomes.

This role serves as LANL's official representative to the Air Force Project Officers' Group (POG) and interfaces regularly with counterparts across the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). The candidate will provide strategic technical leadership across the full scope of W78 activities, including physics, engineering, production, surveillance, and technology development. Frequent travel may be required to support programmatic needs.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Leadership:

Expert-level knowledge and demonstrated capability and experience in technical leadership and program management, including success in program development, program advocacy, strategic planning, resource allocation, earned value reporting, technical program execution, and negotiation.

Demonstrated management experience leading people and projects to include extensive budget management and HR performance management experience.

Demonstrated commitment to Laboratory goals in assuring the health and safety of workers and the public, environmental protection, workforce diversity, and employee development.

Demonstrated commitment to Laboratory goals of operational leadership, assuring the security of classified information, assuring the health and safety of workers the public and environment, work force diversity and employee development.

Teamwork:

Excellent interpersonal communication skills both oral and written, including the ability to promote teamwork and resolve conflicts.

Demonstrated successful teamwork and consensus building consistent with appropriate delegation and recognition of others.

Demonstrated ability to team, collaborate, or integrate across program lines to accomplish larger program goals.

Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with representatives from multiple organizations and at all organizational levels.

Nuclear Weapon Systems:

Record of professionally recognized accomplishments and demonstrated expertise in a major technical element, component or subsystem of nuclear weapons,

Demonstrated successful leadership of technical projects and personnel.

A solid understanding of nuclear physics principles.

Education/Experience : Position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 12 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

An MS in mechanical, aerospace, or related engineering field, is preferred. Familiar with issues and challenges related to the W78 warhead. Demonstrated experience interacting with one or more NSE Production Agency's. Experience interacting with and presenting to upper level LANL management, NNSA and US Air Force (or comparable) customers. Experience working directly with NNSA and communicating budget requirements, scope requirements, milestone reporting, and program review processes and deliverables. Knowledge of Air Force Project Officer's Group structure, subcommittees and functions. Knowledge of NNSA structure. Experience in successful personnel and resource management. Derivative Classifier (DC) experience. Active Q clearance, or ability to obtain an Active Q clearance.

Note to Applicants:

Please submit a detailed cover letter with your resume addressing all required and desired skills. (Please save cover letter with job number and name). A frequent amount of travel may be required due to programmatic complexity and frequent interactions with various National Security Enterprise (NSE) Production Agencies (PA's) and NNSA and Air Force customers.

Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Where You Will Work

Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:

PPO or High-Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network Dental and vision insurance Free basic life and disability insurance Paid maternity and parental leave Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually) Learning opportunities and tuition assistance Flexible schedules and time off (paid sick, vacation, and holidays) Onsite gyms and wellness programs Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50-mile radius)

Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Incentive Compensation Program: Position is eligible to participate in the Triad Incentive Compensation Program. You must be in an eligible position for a minimum of 3 months, before July 1st and remain in an eligible position as of the end of the fiscal year, September 30th. The annual distribution is prorated based on the number of months in the eligible position.

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