Part-Time - Project - AI Program Manager

Position Overview

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Part‑Time – Project Hire – AI Program Manager to work on our Program Integration team. Our team works a 9x80 schedule remote with every other Friday off.

Candidate has been identified

You will spearhead high‑impact, strategic programs at the forefront of AI and digital twin innovation, shaping solutions that strengthen national energy security, scientific advancement, and critical infrastructure. As a leader at INL, you'll drive transformative projects that push boundaries in nuclear and microelectronics technology, fusing cutting‑edge research with real‑world applications to keep the U.S. at the leading edge. Your vision and leadership will ensure seamless coordination across diverse teams and stakeholders, turning complex challenges into groundbreaking achievements.

Join a team where your work directly fuels America's technological leadership in energy, defense, and space exploration.

• Build a rapidly expanding program.
• Track program progress using appropriate tools. Ensure proper planning and scheduling for operational‑related activities to support timely and successful completion of program/project work. Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve successful project outputs.
• Proactively manage and execute programs on schedule and within assigned budgets. Act as appropriate to correct deviations from schedule and budget. Provide recommendations to project management to allow timely resolution of problems and issues. Use appropriate conflict resolution skills to manage competing stakeholder interests.
• Aid in developing research, software engineering, and operations teams to help partners meet their goals.
• Interface with partners (DOE, DOD, Department of Commerce, and others) and coordinate among INL operations, research, and business organizations to support programs in the area of specialty.
• Prepare or direct the preparation of progress and special reports to customer and management.
• Ensure that laboratory requirements and standards for the management of programs are met and are consistently applied in the acceptance and integration of work. Integrate managed scope with ongoing and evolving mission needs.
• Ensure that all customer contact, including major correspondence and work relationships between management and the customer, is maintained throughout the duration of the program. Conduct periodic project and customer meetings to review progress and discuss issues. Ensure problems involving coordination, schedule, and the setting of priorities are resolved by the project teams. Obtain the customer's acceptance of the work and document all turnover activities.
  
  Responsible for the preparation and submission of the final project reports and prompt close‑out of the projects supporting the program.
• Identify new opportunities and support growth in a dynamic and necessarily agile security R&D business environment. Match INL unique capabilities with capability gaps and needs of clients. Advise on emerging capabilities.
• Analyze data to understand organizational disparities and implement solutions to address the identified disparity. Combine data analysis with experience/knowledge to deliver reliable and executable solutions.
• Develop teams as appropriate to successfully complete work.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Level 4:
  Bachelor's degree in business management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited institution and 9 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in business management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited institution and 6 years of relevant experience; or a PhD degree in business management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited institution and 4 years of relevant experience.
• Level 5:
  Bachelor's degree in business management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited institution and 14 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in business management, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited institution and 8 years of relevant experience; or a PhD degree in business management, Project…