WCI Strategic Partnership Projects Leader - Active Clearance Required

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is essential to innovation and creativity for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$233,400 - $301,224 Annually

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

Job Description

We have an opening for the Weapons Complex Integration (WCI) Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP) Leader. Strategic partnership projects provide opportunities to strengthen and enhance our core WCI capabilities to serve our nuclear weapon mission, while simultaneously applying those unique capabilities to support the nation’s important broader national security objectives by delivering advanced research, modeling and simulation tools, and other capabilities to our national security partners. You will provide leadership to sustain and grow WCI-enabled SPP opportunities across the national security enterprise to address the daunting challenges the nation faces in a rapidly changing world. You will work closely with the leadership of the Department of Defense (DoD), other government agencies, and the United States industrial base partners to understand the national and strategic technology and capability gaps, needs, and challenges. Using this knowledge, you will help identify capabilities within WCI that could be applied to help improve the Nation’s security. You will provide oversight to the application of WCI resources to develop solutions and transfer technology, ideas, and intellectual property for non-nuclear mission applications. You will work closely with the other LLNL SPP leaders and programs outside of WCI to provide support for the broader national security mission of LLNL. This position is in the WCI Principal Associate Directorate (PAD).

Essential Duties:

• Lead coordination and provide oversight across WCI for the development, execution, and growth of SPP activities.
• Serve as a DoD advisor to the leadership of WCI.
• Lead, oversee, and help manage external relationships with non-NNSA customers with an emphasis on the SPP portfolio, including the DoD, Office of the Secretary of Defense, other government agencies, and industry partners.
• Develop and oversee the execution of the WCI SPP strategy.
• Align incoming SPP work with the WCI SPP strategy and with available resources.
• Coordinate with other SPP efforts at LLNL and support relevant technologies and capabilities across the Laboratory.
• Lead the WCI SPP council to manage coordination of all SPP activities.
• Advise WCI Principal Associate Directorate leadership on partnership activities and status of SPP efforts.
• Coordinate with and host visits from across the DoD, industry, and other government agencies.
• Provide support for the Joint Munitions Program Manager and other external relationship managers.
• Develop and maintain a career pipeline for SPP and relationship management.
• Develop and implement plans to promote inclusion, diversity, equity, and culture.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• PhD in science and/or engineering, or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Extensive experience forming and maintaining strong partnerships with internal and external organizations to establish and achieve strategic program and mission goals.
• Experience forming and leading multidisciplinary S&T programs in conventional weapons or national security technology areas.
• Exceptional interpersonal and collaboration skills in dynamic environment while guiding, leading, and mentoring team members.
• Expert verbal and written communication skills to effectively present on and explain a range of technical and non-technical topics.
• Extensive experience in building positive working relationships with a broad cross-section of management, technical and administrative personnel, including ability to influence policy and strategic change at senior executive management levels.
• Demonstrated experience implementing plans that promote and value diversity, equity and inclusion principles in the workplace.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Desired Qualifications:

• Extensive experience working with senior leaders of the DoD, federal agencies, industry leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of national security organizations.
• Broad knowledge of Laboratory programs, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of rules and processes governing patents and technology commercialization.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity
• Our core beliefs - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/our-values
• Employee engagement - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/employee-engagement

Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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