Senior Manager, Project Deployment

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing startup in the nuclear and energy space creating a never before seen fleet-scale approach to building nuclear reactors. Through its design-once, build-many approach and coalition building across communities, regulators, and financial stakeholders, The Nuclear Company is committed to delivering safe and reliable electricity at the lowest cost, while catalyzing the nuclear industry toward rapid development in America and globally.

About the role

The Senior Manager Product Deployment is a senior security leadership role responsible for the deployment, implementation, and delivery of enterprise security initiatives across TNC's fleet-scale nuclear construction and operational programs. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, regulators, and government stakeholders assuring that TNC's people, assets, critical infrastructure, and organizational reputation are protected at every stage of development.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in nuclear security, critical national infrastructure (CNI) protection, and operational resilience, with a proven track record of enabling complex, high-value programs to progress safely within highly regulated environments. This role requires a leader who can lead deployment of TNC security operating models, lead multidisciplinary teams, and drive regulatory assurance.

Responsibilities

Security Leadership

• Advise, execute and deploy specialized security strategies aligned with TNC's fleet-scale nuclear construction mission and long-term business objectives
• Provide technical authority and executive assurance across multi-project portfolios, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational resilience
• Help design and implement security operating models and service frameworks that may scale across multiple sites and programs
• Act as a trusted advisor to company stakeholders, regulators, and government bodies on all matters of security strategy and risk

Program Governance & Delivery

• Lead the implementation and delivery of nuclear and CNI security services across complex environments and regulated programs
• Develop and maintain security cases for regulatory review and approval
• Ability to oversee physical security architecture and engineering across TNC's construction and operational sites
• Ability to implement strategies and make principled, data-based decisions that account for critical factors including cost, schedule, risk, and regulatory requirements

Risk, Threat & Crisis Management

• Manage enterprise-level risk, threat, and vulnerability management programs
• Ability to lead crisis management and business resilience planning, ensuring TNC is prepared for a full spectrum of security scenarios
• Conduct and oversee risk assessments to inform security posture and investment decisions
• Support effective working relationships between international and United States entities involving TNC security interests

Team Leadership & Development

• Ability to lead and mentor teams of security consultants, subject matter experts, and operational security personnel
• Ability to build a high-performing, multidisciplinary security organization that achieves superior results
• Hold self and others accountable for living the TNC TRUST principles
• Respect the dignity of every individual and different viewpoints; foster a culture of inclusion and collaboration

Financial & Business Performance

• Manage financial performance of assigned security programs to contain costs and support the long-term success of the company
• Develop and grow security service lines, contributing to business growth and stakeholder confidence
• Shape employee and stakeholder opinions, and work through conflicts to create win/win outcomes

Experience

Education

• High school education or equivalent required
• BS/BA degree in criminal justice, law enforcement, business, psychology, or comparable work experience preferred

Background & Experience

• Minimum 7 years of security, military, and/or civilian law enforcement leadership experience required
• Prior nuclear security management/supervisory experience p