Senior Program Manager, NASP - 518879

Tennessee Valley Authority; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tennessee Valley Authority's Senior Program Manager, NASP, in Chattanooga, leads cross‑enterprise efforts to assess and improve TVA project performance, ensuring safety, scope, cost, schedule and quality goals are met. The role provides governance for program areas and drives improvement initiatives with TVA staff and augmentation contractors.

It supports planning, estimation, contract and material management, and helps develop asset plans to sustain the nuclear plant for 80–100 years of

Qualifications

• Education: B.S. degree in engineering, nuclear operations, engineering technology, math, physics, chemistry, information technologies, data science, or related science.
• Experience: 7+ years in power utilities with at least 3 years leading program or project teams.
• Certification/License: PMP or PE desirable; must obtain nuclear plant unescorted access.
• Knowledge/Skills: strong communication, leadership, and cross‑organizational collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain procedures and QA documents up‑to‑date with industry and regulatory requirements.
• Act as SME and provide decisions or recommendations for decisions.
• Lead meetings and develop new processes to support project performance.
• Drive standardization and process improvements across TVA PM organizations.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

BS in engineering / related field

Job description

Location: Chattanooga, TN

Relocation benefits are not offered for this position

Posting Open: 09/14/2026

Grade / Salary: Competitive

Position Purpose

Position is Responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to assess and improve TVA project performance, ensuring that TVA projects are planned and executed in a manner that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations; satisfying all safety, environmental, scope, cost, schedule, and quality goals. Position is responsible for assigned programmatic functional area performance and provides governance and oversight for assigned programmatic functional area(s). Responsibility includes project assurance through oversight of assigned programs to ensure that early warning signs of issues on projects are recognized and corrective actions are properly identified and taken.

External - Posting Description

Senior Program Manager, NASP - 518879

Organization: Nuclear Power Group

Department: NASP APPS

Location: Chattanooga, TN

Relocation benefits are not offered for this position

Posting Open: 09/14/2026

Posting Close: 09/20/2026 at 11:59 PM EST

Grade / Salary: Competitive

Position Purpose

Position is Responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to assess and improve TVA project performance, ensuring that TVA projects are planned and executed in a manner that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations; satisfying all safety, environmental, scope, cost, schedule, and quality goals. Position is responsible for assigned programmatic functional area performance and provides governance and oversight for assigned programmatic functional area(s). Responsibility includes project assurance through oversight of assigned programs to ensure that early warning signs of issues on projects are recognized and corrective actions are properly identified and taken.

Analyzes project and programmatic performance, identifies opportunities for improvement, and guides TVA project management and support teams in implementing best practices and project performance improvement initiatives and to ensure proper direction of multifunctional/cross-disciplinary teams of TVA employee and staff augmentation contractors. This position supports planning, estimation, contract & material management, and implementation of plant project modification activities ensuring that managed activities are conducted in accordance with applicable TVA, Federal, and state regulations. This Position supports the development, execution, and upkeep of a Projects Asset Management Plan to identify capital projects needed to sustain the Nuclear plant for 80-100 years of operation.

Job Dimensions

Supervisory Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be required to temporarily and indirectly supervise others when leading an assessment team.

Budget Responsibility — None directly or full time, but will be expected to identify budget/spend plan gaps in projects, determine the extent of condition, recommend corrective actions, and propose measures to prevent recurrence.

Principal Accountabilities

• Maintain Procedures, Process and Guidance documents up-to-date with relevant industry, Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan, and regulatory requirements.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide decision making and or recommendations for decision making, depending on subject’s level of approval authority.
• Develop and Manage Peer team or Working Group meetings.
• Participate in developing the new processes and procedures to support project performance requirements.
• Propels standardization and process improvements across all TVA project management organizations.
• Develop and execute oversight, benchmarking, and self-assessment plans.
• Lead the compliance efforts to ensure project executing organizations are adhering to TVA Project Management SPPs.
• Utilize the Corrective Action Program (CAP) and Issue Resolution Program to correct deficiencies and improve program performance.
• Collaborate across the enterprise to maintain a high level of technical expertise and business acumen; including industry experience to ensure processes are successful, effective, and documented in a robust standardized procedure system and hierarchy.
• Drives accountability throughout TVA project executing organizations for closing gaps to excellence in project performance
• Develop and create project and or program KPIs, performance metrics, and define project and or program performance reporting requirements.
• Develop and create the accountability and performance measurement systems to analyze, monitor, and trend key project performance indicators.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across project executing organizations to lead performance improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate with Joint Project Teams, Plant Operations, Senior Management and other TVA organizations to conduct post-project reviews of significant projects to determine lessons learned and for dissemination and implementation of the best practices into future projects.
• Participate in evaluating and implementing the project and or program management tools
• Communicate and Escalate issues to leadership that pose nuclear safety, regulatory, personal safety, and financial risk.
• Identify training for Self and others (TVA and Contractors).
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Education — B.S. degree in engineering, nuclear operations, engineering technology, math, physics, chemistry, information technologies, data science, or related science, or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Experience — 7 or more years of power utility and related business/professional work experience with at least 3 years of increased responsibilities leading program or project related teams and or project management experience. Requires specialized in-depth knowledge of project management and or programmatic management techniques and experience to resolve in-depth problems. Ability to look beyond existing methodologies and own disciple to define and resolve complex problems.
• Certification/License, etc — P.E., PMP, or other professional certification or license desirable. Must obtain and maintain requirements for nuclear plant unescorted access. Must be able and willing to assume “on-call” rotational assignments which may include 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week availability, and serve as a Project Control Center Manager when assigned.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities — Working knowledge of management techniques and human relations skills to enable him/her to guide TVA Projects and Program management toward goals. Ability to communicate effectively. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with other TVA organizations and to communicate clearly orally and in writing. Strong commitment to and skills in employee communication, to be able to build teamwork and convey mission, objective, expectations and philosophy. Demonstrated ability to interpret broad policy matters and provide guides to Project Management personnel. Demonstrated ability to successfully contribute to the cohesiveness, effectiveness and success of Projects. Demonstrated openness to questions, suggestions and concerns, and ability to pursue answers and resolutions. Demonstrated high productivity level, sense of urgency, and respect for meeting deadlines. Individuals at this level must demonstrate a high degree of foresight, strategical consideration, and mature judgment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. Any applicant or employee who believes s/he has a discrimination claim (including harassment or retaliation) must contact TVA’s Equal Opportunity Compliance office within 45 calendar days of the event or action s/he believes to constitute discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

Drug-Free Workplace

All TVA Non-Nuclear employees are covered by TVA's Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program Plan, in accordance with Executive Order 12564, Public Law 100-71 and the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing. Information regarding the Drug Free Workplace Program can be found at www.samhsa.gov/workplace . TVA Non-Nuclear employees in Testing Designated Positions, including those performing safety-sensitive duties are also subject to random drug testing. TVA Nuclear employees are subject to random alcohol and drug tests in accordance with 10 CFR Part 26 as mandated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).