About Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:
- Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
- Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
- These benefits vary by job classification.
What Your Job Will Be Like
If you see U.S. national security as a complex web of adversaries, allies, technologies, and risks; If you can envision multiple ways to solve a problem; If you are eager to learn new things every day; If you want to leave a legacy for future generations, then this may be the perfect job for you!
The selected candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following activities: (1) applying their professional knowledge and experience to global and national security missions executed within four departments with more than 65 employees. (2) Establishing and maintaining trust-based relationships with current and future sponsors and partners from DOE/NNSA, other laboratories, international organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and other Sandia organizations. (3) Actively managing and developing managers and staff who often travel internationally, including travel to undeveloped and high-risk countries.
You will be expected to demonstrate and promote Center for Global Security and Cooperation¿s and Sandia¿s mission space by leading the GNSN group and engaging with peers in the center, division, and across Sandia to support and advocate for collaborative work with domestic and foreign partners.
On any given day, the selected Senior Manager may be called upon to:
- Represent GNSN programs and mission space to internal and external partners
- Oversee management of program resources, SNL capabilities, and personnel to effectively and efficiently meet customer needs with integrity, quality, and expertise
- Ensure a safe and healthy workplace and the safety and security of employees traveling domestically and internationally
- Provide expert opinion, evaluation, and advice to other SNL mission and program areas
- Provide cost, schedule, scope, and performance data and metrics for projects
- Partner with your colleagues to initiate, develop and execute group, center, division, and lab-wide plans and strategies
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally
Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite.
Salary Range
$184,400 - $313,700
- Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
Qualifications We Require
- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and ten (10) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph test.
Qualifications We Desire
The ideal Senior Manager candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Five or more years of demonstrated leadership experience.
- A graduate degree in science or engineering (MS or Ph.D.).
- Demonstrated positive impact of leadership ability, including direct and influence management skills.
- Experience in establishing and carrying out program and organizational strategy including experience in technical business development.
Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:
- Experience working with foreign governments, businesses, and other institutions
- Experience leading programs for NNSA/DoD and other government agencies
- Outstanding communication (written, verbal, public speaking) and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to develop and mentor others and to establish and maintain strong and effective relations
- Basic understanding of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction
About Our Team
Sandia's Center for Global Security and Cooperation leads and implements Sandia's cooperative programs for arms control, nonproliferation, nuclear security and threat reduction in support of a variety of customers including the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Department of State, to name a few. These programs focus on reducing global nuclear, chemical, biological and radiological dangers by preventing the misuse of nuclear, chemical, biological and radiological materials, preventing the diversion of weapons-usable materials from civilian nuclear energy programs through safeguards, and reducing the threat posed by nuclear weapons themselves through arms control treaties and agreements, and cooperative threat reduction programs. These objectives are achieved through international cooperative partnerships, engagement with the policy community, and engineered solutions. The technical expertise used in the Center¿s work arises from fundamental research and development, systems research and analysis, and a variety of competencies, skills and knowledge required to engineer solutions. The technology developed is wide ranging and includes: physical protection and security systems for protecting materials, transportation systems and facilities; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards for nuclear material in other countries; systems for detecting, deterring and interdicting materials at border crossings and seaports; developing and implementing exportable monitoring technologies for transparency and verification of agreements; biosafety and security systems to build capacity in other countries; and technical cooperation to promote regional stability in regions critical to U.S. national security, through the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC).
Posting Duration
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Security Clearance
Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.
NNSA Requirements For MedPEDs
If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.
Job ID: 696113
Job Family: RD
Regular/Temporary Position: R
Full/Part-Time Status: F
