Project Manager - Active Clearance Required

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Livermore (CA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA, seeks Project Managers to lead milestone-driven, high-impact technical projects within the National Security Engineering Division. You will organize teams, coordinate budgets and schedules, and facilitate cross-lab collaborations in a fast-paced environment.

Roles may include hybrid work arrangements with some in-person and remote days. Candidates should have PM expertise, strong communication, and the ability to travel as required to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field plus related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project-management concepts, practices, and tools.
• Experience coordinating project schedules, budgets, milestones, deliverables, and risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project-management activities for milestone-driven technical projects.
• Advise and support leadership in team organization, budgeting, scheduling, and risk mitigation.
• Gather and synthesize technical information for reports, proposals, and sponsor communications.
• Coordinate communications among teams, sponsors, and stakeholders to ensure timely execution.
• Identify improvements to project-management principles, tools, and processes.
• Coordinate documentation and funding information for contracts and collaborations.
• Develop and maintain project-management frameworks, tools, and performance monitoring.
• Organize meetings with agendas, decisions, and action items.
• Collaborate with other national labs and partner organizations on multi-lab projects.

Skills

PM concepts and methods

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk and milestone management

Independent judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, CS, PM, engineering, or related field

Job description

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have multiple openings for Project Managers to lead project-management activities and support the planning and successful execution of high-impact technical projects addressing critical national security challenges. You will serve as a key project-management resource for milestone-driven research and development efforts in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. Working closely with Associate Program Leaders, Principal Investigators, technical staff, and other project stakeholders, you will help organize project teams and coordinate schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, resources, agreements, reporting, and technical communications to enable successful project execution on aggressive timelines.

You will contribute to a growing portfolio of national security research and development initiatives in areas such as cyber-physical systems assurance, national security infrastructure, supply chain security, and disaster resilience. This position provides an opportunity to apply project-management, technical, and operational expertise to first-of-a-kind national security work while helping technical teams effectively organize, plan, coordinate, and execute complex activities. This position is in the National Security Engineering Division within the Engineering Directorate.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid work arrangement, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

These positions will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role, you will

• Lead day-to-day project-management activities for milestone-driven technical projects across cyber and infrastructure domains, including schedules, deliverables, dependencies, resources, budgets, risks, and project documentation.
• Advise and support Associate Program Leaders and Principal Investigators in project team organization, resource coordination, budget tracking, scheduling, milestone planning, risk mitigation, and progress toward technical and programmatic objectives.
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize scientific and technical information for project reports, proposals, milestone deliverables, sponsor communications, and decision briefings.
• Coordinate technical and operational communications among project teams, collaborators, management, sponsors, and other stakeholders to support timely and effective project execution.
• Identify and recommend improvements to established project-management and operational principles, methods, and tools to improve project execution, workflow, documentation, team coordination, and organizational processes.
• Coordinate documentation, schedules, deliverables, funding information, and other activities associated with contracts, subcontract-related efforts, collaboration agreements, and external project partnerships.
• Implement, maintain, and contribute to the improvement of project-management frameworks, tools, processes, and practices used to monitor budgets, schedules, resources, risks, milestones, and project performance.
• Organize and facilitate project and team meetings, including schedules, logistics, agendas, presentation materials, decisions, action items, and follow-up activities.
• Coordinate with staff and project-management personnel at other national laboratories and partner organizations to support communication, planning, team organization, resource coordination, milestones, and execution of multi-laboratory projects and consortia.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the TSS.3 level

• Conduct complex technical and operational project-coordination activities under minimal direction, developing approaches, priorities, and solutions necessary to support successful completion of project milestones and deliverables.
• Perform independent technical and operational analyses, synthesize project information, and develop recommendations to inform strategic project decisions involving schedules, budgets, resources, risks, priorities, and execution approaches.
• Analyze and resolve complex project execution issues requiring in-depth analysis, ingenuity, and creative application of established project-management, technical, and operational methods.
• Coordinate and prioritize multiple parallel activities involving competing requirements, changing priorities, or less well-defined assignments, and provide project leadership for defined activities by coordinating contributors and guiding execution toward project objectives.

Qualifications

• This position requiresan active DOE Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, project management, business, engineering, or a related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project-management concepts, practices, and tools, with broad experience applying project-management principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to technical or operational projects.
• Comprehensive experience independently coordinating established project schedules, budgets, milestones, deliverables, resources, risks, agreements, documentation, and other project execution activities.
• Experience supporting project team organization and resource coordination, including aligning schedules, assignments, dependencies, and project needs across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience organizing and prioritizing parallel project activities with well-defined priorities and applying independent judgment to develop approaches and recommend process improvements within established practices and procedures.
• Experience gathering and synthesizing technical or operational information and developing project reports, presentations, proposals, milestone documentation, or decision-support materials.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a multidisciplinary team environment and present and explain technical or operational information.
• Effective interpersonal and organizational skills necessary to coordinate activities across organizational boundaries and work with technical staff, project leadership, management, external collaborators, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to travel as required to support project activities and collaborations.

Additional qualifications, at theTSS.3 level

• Advanced knowledge of project-management and technical or operational practices, with significant related experience independently coordinating complex project activities, resolving project execution issues, and developing recommendations to inform project decisions.
• Significant experience working under minimal direction to prioritize parallel activities, develop approaches to less-defined assignments, exercise independent judgment, and provide project leadership or guidance to other personnel.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills necessary to provide advice to management and stakeholders, guide and mentor less-experienced staff, and effectively coordinate work across multidisciplinary and organizational boundaries.

Qualifications We Desire

• Master's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, project management, business, engineering, or a related technical field.
• Project Management Institute certification or equivalent project-management credential.
• Experience supporting DOE, Department of Defense, other national security programs, or multi-institution research and development efforts, including applicable reporting requirements and process-improvement initiatives.

Pay Range

$129,150 - $196,476 Annually

$129,150 - $163,764 Annually for the TSS.2 level

$154,950 - $196,476 Annually for the TSS.3 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.

Additional Information

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2026Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• FlexibleBenefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Our values - visithttps://www.llnl.gov/inclusion/our-values

Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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Ifyou useamedical device, whichpairs with a mobile device,you must still follow the rules concerningthe mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities requireseparate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.

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