Business Manager, Design Authority

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:             Business Manager, Design Authority  
 
LOCATION:    Bellevue, WA      
 

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Business Manager, Design Authority

The Business Manager for Design Authority reports directly to the Design Authority Director and is responsible for helping to develop and maintaining the department's vision, organizing the day-to-day operations, identifying and filling gaps, and increasing the operational efficiency. The successful candidate will drive alignment across the department, develop and track department goals and objectives, and be the first level to solve critical problems across the department. 

The Business Manager will interface frequently with the Senior Managers and Project Account Engineers for alignment on schedule planning, cost planning and management, staffing planning and risk management. They will be responsible for coordinating and directing communications, developing, and making executive level presentations, coordinating team presentations, open-forums and roundtables. The Business Manager will coordinate directly with peer Business Managers, aligning processes and procedures along with lessons learned from each department. 

Responsibilities

• Support Design Authority leadership in communicating key goals, priorities, definitions, goals and vision. 
  • Assists in the establishment of department goals and tracks them through completion using key performance indicators
  • Continually refines department vision with Design Authority leadership
  • Creates and maintains the departmental roadmap, and disseminates this information to the program leadership
  • Formalizes and establishes ownership across departmental groups by supporting Design Authority managers’ in planning for success in their areas
  • Working with Department Director, develops and executes strategy on how best to execute internal and external strategies to position the department as a central driver of project success.
  • Manages the department objectives, key results, and indicators.
  • Helps drives accountability for the team and organization in executing core business activities. Determines feasibility and prioritizes team activities when needed
• Coordinate and direct communications, including development and delivery of executive level and team presentations 
  • Creates clarity in ambiguous situations to facilitate and drive prioritization and decision making for leaders across the organization. 
  • Supports Design Authority leaders in communicating key goals, priorities, and definitions and in change management activities   
• Interface with department managers and peer Business Managers and Project Account Engineers to align schedule planning, cost planning and management, staffing planning and management, and risk m