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$56,100 - $92,500

• 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.

We are seeking an experienced business professional to serve as Business Operations Analyst for the 7220 Navy programs, primarily W88, W88ALT370, W88ALT940, D5LE2,and W76-0 stockpile systems. This role includes capability support and tailored project management for these major stockpile programs. This position will be responsible for coordination between the project-specific business team and coordination amongst the larger stockpile business teams. This position includes many opportunities for external interfacing and partnering closely with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the US Navy, as well as external partners such as Los Alamos National Lab (LANL), Pantex, and the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC). This position also includes interfacing and partnering with multiple internal to SNL stakeholders to include, but not limited to, component organizations, surveillance, modeling and simulation organizations, testing organizations, and military liaison.

Typical tasks could include:

• Tailored project management, including schedule, scope, cost, risk, reporting, and stakeholder interfaces.
• Use of tailored risk, quality, and project management methodology and tools.
• Partnering across SNL and the Nuclear Security Enterprise and representing the program and/or system with internal customers and partners, external sponsors, and technical vendors.
• Provide decision support to leadership in various business areas including financial planning, resource management, trends and projections, and business processes.
• Work with the project technical leads to execute project management activities including project planning, baseline cost planning and updating, cost estimation, and performance reporting and analysis
• Team with technical staff, project leads and managers to analyze operations, processes, and resources and make recommendations to influence key decision makers
• Partner with technical leads to capture and report on program assurance activities; complete and submit monthly status reports to our sponsors; and identify schedule risk and lead teams to develop variance recovery plans.
• Partnership and support for peer staff, including financial analysts and the Project Management lead.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • A higher-level degree (MS, PhD) in relevant discipline may also be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

• Knowledge of the Nuclear Deterrence Mission and Stockpile/Modernization Programs.
• Knowledge of P6 or other tools and concepts such as project scheduling and management.
• Knowledge of ARC/financial tools and/or understanding of how to generate reports and pivot tables.
• Experience partnering with internal and external customers.
• Ability/willingness to gain an understanding of the technical scope.
• Ability to think strategically and understand the “big picture.”
• Ability to think critically and identify innovative solutions.
• Ability to work and excel in an ambiguous, dynamic and fast paced environments.
• Ability to lead and partner with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively to multiple stakeholders.

The Center 7200 Business Operations Department (10622) teams with the Weapons Stockpile Management Center (7200) to provide professional skills in tailored project management, financial analysis, procurement support and general business and project services. Department staff work in a highly matrixed organization, integrating tightly with the technical line customers in Center 7200. This Center is a diverse organization, encompassing Weapon Surveillance, Military Liaison, Weapon Engineering Professional Development, and Tonopah Test Range operations. The department offers a wide set of enriching opportunities for the business team member, as well as multiple levels of teaming and partnering with business, project management, and technical peers in support of Sandia's core mission.

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 vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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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