NIF&PS Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science & Technology - Security Clearance Requ

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 dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

$406,380 - $517,944 Annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s 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.

We have an opening for Deputy Principal Associate Director (DPAD) for Science and Technology (S&T) who will serve as a senior advisor to the Principal Associate Director (PAD), Principal Deputy PAD, and Program Directors on the major science and technology issues and initiatives related to the NIF&PS Directorate. You will be responsible for working with the NIF&PS senior managers, other Laboratory programs, the discipline directorates, and the institution to formulate a long-term vision and strategy for S&T development within NIF&PS.

The DPAD for S&T will also have a programmatic role within the NIF&PS Directorate. This position is in the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) Principal Associate Directorate.

You will

• Represent the PAD as the advocate and point-of-contact on task efforts pertaining to major science and technology to both internal and external agencies.
• Lead development of Directorate strategic goals to achieve LLNL objectives in S&T.
• Lead the technical leaders/managers toward implementing, building, and monitoring the Directorate's strategic S&T initiatives for the Laboratory's mission and long-range strategies.
• Set long-range technical strategies and mechanisms to ensure high-level visibility of science and scientists within the external (universities, national laboratories and industry) scientific community.
• Lead the process for proposing, building, and down-selecting the LDRD portfolio in collaboration with the Laboratory Research and Development office.
• Set strategic direction and course of action, pertaining to activities and programs to ensure consistency and attainment of Laboratory mission deliverables.
• Formulate, develop, and implement new ideas to coordinate and improve investments across all funding mechanisms in order to help establish new strategic ideas for NIF&PS and the Laboratory.
• Plan, organize, and run budgets, schedules, and performance standards to meet Laboratory and DOE requirements.
• Develop and coordinate strategies for recruitment and retention of world-class scientists and engineers in conjunction with leadership and the management of the Physical and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Computing Directorates.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position requires an active DOE Q clearance with active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• Ph.D. in science, engineering or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Extensive experience developing and managing budgets, and managing and directing a large, multidisciplinary team of people at all levels in a research and development environment.
• Extensive experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams to achieve programmatic and institutional S&T goals. Proven ability to influence change.
• Significant experience performing management responsibilities in a dynamic technical environment and strategic and technical analysis.
• Substantial line management and technical leadership experience with demonstrated supervisory and team building skill sets with experience leading or supervising a moderate sized organization.
• Expert verbal and…