Hybrid Project Management Group Lead — Defense Tech

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Livermore (CA); Hybrid; USD 201,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Relocation Assistance

Education Reimbursement Program

Flexible benefits package

401(k)

Job summary

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, is seeking a Project Management Group Leader to supervise a matrixed team of project managers across Strategic Deterrence programs. This senior role oversees personnel management, hiring, onboarding, workload coordination, and the overall health of the group.

You will lead performance reviews, salary planning, mentoring, and career development while coordinating with technical leaders to align staffing with priorities.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, requiring U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Business, Management, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience supervising or leading professional staff in a structured organization.
• Experience in administrative leadership, including performance management, coaching, hiring, workforce planning, and employee development.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Strong organizational skills and experience coordinating people, priorities, and workloads.
• Sound judgment and professionalism in handling sensitive personnel matters.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and organizational leaders.
• Ability to promote and maintain productive relationships across directorates, laboratories, and external organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative supervision, direction, mentoring, coaching, and support to Project Management group personnel.
• Manage personnel matters, including performance reviews, time approval, salary planning, hiring, onboarding, employee relations, recognition, and career development.
• Contribute to division performance and salary management processes.
• Monitor and support staff development, including required training and professional growth.
• Participate in hiring activities to support organizational workforce needs.
• Partner with technical and organizational leaders to align staffing and workforce capability with priorities.
• Coordinate staff assignments and balance workloads across the Project Management group.
• Identify workforce capability gaps and address them through hiring, development, or reassignment.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment.
• Build connection and community among Project Management personnel, project controls staff, and technical teams.
• Establish and maintain constructive, collaborative working relationships with other administrative leads and stakeholders.
• Communicate staffing constraints, organizational risks, and personnel matters that may affect group effectiveness.
• Promote safe work practices and productive workplace relationships.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Lead broader workforce planning and talent development efforts for the Project Management organization.
• Mentor supervisors, team leads, and senior staff in personnel management and leadership practices.
• Influence organizational decisions related to workforce capability, organizational structure, and staff development.
• Lead resolution of complex personnel and organizational issues with broad impact.
• Establish and improve administrative processes for organizing and supporting the Project Management group.

Skills

Supervising experience

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Organizational skills

Staff development

Performance management

Hiring experience

Workforce planning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (Science/Engineering/Business)

Job description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, is seeking a Project Management Group Leader to supervise a matrixed team of project managers across Strategic Deterrence programs. This senior role oversees personnel management, hiring, onboarding, workload coordination, and the overall health of the group.

You will lead performance reviews, salary planning, mentoring, and career development while coordinating with technical leaders to align staffing with priorities.