Senior Project Leader: Complex Programs & Stakeholders

Los Alamos National Security LLC; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with matching

Tuition assistance

Paid leave & holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Los Alamos National Security LLC seeks a Project Leader to join the SIGMA-OPS Programmatic Project Management Team in Los Alamos, NM. You will manage complex projects across their lifecycles, negotiate deliverables, budgets, and schedules, and coordinate with scientists, program, and line management.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to document changes, manage procurement, and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications

• Experience managing moderately to highly complex projects across the full project lifecycle.
• Knowledge of project management principles, including WBS, schedules, work packages, and baseline/change control management.
• Ability to manage scope, schedule, cost, and performance, and prepare project documentation and reports.
• Experience managing projects with technical and operational components.
• Experience working with external vendors, setting up and monitoring multi-million, multi-year contracts.
• Ability to serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and issues, delivering briefings to leadership and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to analyze, research, and resolve complex problems independently and collaboratively.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, and relationship development.
• Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary interface between project scientists, program, and line management for moderately to highly complex project(s) to establish technical requirements and to negotiate and define deliverables, budgets, and schedules in accordance with the project charter and line expertise.
• Work with diverse teams, manage moderately to highly complex projects, ensuring project deliverables are completed within the scope, schedules, and budgets defined in project work packages. Properly communicate and document all changes during project lifecycle.
• Interface with program and line managers to assist with deconfliction, ensuring that resources are available to accomplish the work.
• Identify and manage project procurement needs.
• Interface with the program office and line management to develop and negotiate work packages and establish out year budgets and schedules.
• Mentor junior team members with the possibility of providing input to performance evaluations.

Skills

Project management

WBS

Schedules

Budgets

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Q clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Los Alamos National Security LLC seeks a Project Leader to join the SIGMA-OPS Programmatic Project Management Team in Los Alamos, NM. You will manage complex projects across their lifecycles, negotiate deliverables, budgets, and schedules, and coordinate with scientists, program, and line management.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to document changes, manage procurement, and mentor junior staff.