Associate Program Leader for Assessment and Defeat

Company Description

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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

$206,490 - $265,188 Annually for the SEL.4 level

$247,800 - $318, 216 Annually for the SEL.5 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  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.

Job Description

We have an opening for an Associate Program Leader (APL) for Assessment and Defeat (A&D) in the Nuclear Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (NCTCP) Program.  In this role, you will support NCTCP’s mission to provide timely, credible assessments, capabilities, and products to inform operations and policy that enable all aspects of U.S. Government nuclear counterterrorism and counterproliferation missions.  The Assessment and Defeat program area consists of a diverse, multi-disciplinary team that utilizes expertise in nuclear weapon design and materials, modeling and simulation, experimental measurements, code development, intelligence, and policy to deliver assessments and capabilities to NNSA, DoD, and other partners and stakeholders.  As the APL for A&D, you will be responsible for staffing and mentoring, ensuring consistency and quality, and enabling delivery of technical products for assessment and defeat work across the NCTCP portfolio.  You will work closely with technical leads across NCTCP and play a key role in setting program strategy and direction, prioritizing resources to deliver new and deployable capabilities, and reporting progress and milestones.  The APL for A&D will serve as NCTCP’s primary point-of-contact to Strategic Deterrence’s Design Physics Division and will enable integration with the broader Strategic Deterrence and Global Security communities.  As part of the NCTCP leadership team, you will work with the Program Leader, Senior Scientist, and other APLs to enable and sustain a culture of integration, inclusion, and innovation throughout the program.

This position is within the Global Security Principal Directorate’s Nuclear Threat Reduction (N) Program and will programmatically report to the Program Leader for NCTCP.  This is a jointly funded position through Global Security and direct programmatic work.

This position will be filled at either the SEL.4 or SEL.5 level depending on your qualifications.  Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if you are selected at the higher level.  

In this role you will

• Provide expert technical leadership, managerial and budgetary oversight, and quality assurance for core assessment and nuclear weapon defeat activities within the NCTCP portfolio.  Serve as an interface and coordinate with stakeholders both internal and external to LLNL.
• Lead and coordinate a multi-disciplinary team of scientific and support staff to apply nuclear weapon design expertise and to deliver technical products for NCTCP applications.  Facilitate integration across NCTCP as part of the leadership team, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
• Materially contribute as a technical expert within the A&D and broader NCTCP portfolio.  Identify, guide, and develop new programmatic and research opportunities within the NCTCP mission area. 
• Maintain and ensure appropriate quality standards including reviewing, coordinating, and approving deliverables, publications, and presentations.  Promote and maintain a positive image of the Laboratory and strong internal/external customer relationships by ensuring project and program objectives and commitments are met successfully.
• Provide career development support to new and existing staff, including mentoring, on a variety of topics ranging from specific technical areas to project/program management and leadership.
• Support the Program Leader, Senior Scientist, and technical leads in the development of strategic and program plans, annual budgeting, and execution, while balancing programmatic priorities, resou