Senior DoD Nuclear Program Management

4 weeks ago

Arlington, United States ARA Full time

The Analytical Solutions Division (ASD) of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior DoD Nuclear Program Manager working onsite at a location in the Arlington or Falls Church, VA. The Senior DoD Nuclear Program Manager will provide expertise to gather and rapidly analyze information to provide data-driven integrated proposals, mitigate risks, and exploit opportunities across major DoD nuclear sustainment and modernization programs. This position will support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters and the Principal Director to identify, capture, and track integrated risks, as well as aggregate technical, geopolitical, operational, and programmatic risks associated with the nuclear enterprise.

What a Sr. DoD Nuclear Program Manager will do (may not be all inclusive):

  • Provide principal-level subject-matter expertise, guidance, and advisory services to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters for nuclear enterprise risk and opportunity management
  • Assist the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters in researching, analyzing, and developing decisions regarding nuclear enterprise risk and opportunity management
  • Develop guidance, recommendations, and suggested actions to act upon identified risks and opportunities and participate in communications with other concerned entities to develop viable mitigations or exploitation plans
  • Provide improved insight about how to prioritize and manage enterprise risks and opportunities
  • Lead small working groups sessions on case studies and business cases
  • Frequent interfaces with senior DOE/DoD leaders on key topics across the enterprise
  • Participates in driving initiatives for achieving established objectives
  • May also be responsible for acquiring follow-on business associated with assigned project(s) and for supporting new business development by leading relatively small proposals or assisting with major proposals with assistance from leadership
  • Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables
  • Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team
Experience & SkillsMust Haves:
  • Bachelor's degree and 10 years of related (technical, business, engineering environment, project management) experience is required
  • Demonstrated professional experience in the Department of Defense, especially with acquisition and sustainment programs (i.e., Program or Project Management experience)
  • Ability to provide support, guidance, and insight to the enterprise-wide approach to addressing the full spectrum of the nuclear security enterprise
  • Applicant must hold an active Top-Secret security clearance or DOE Q Clearance and be eligible to access Sensitive Compartmentalized Information
  • Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen
PreferredNice to Have:
  • A Master's degree with at least 7 years' experience is a suitable substitute
  • Experience with DoE/DoD Nuclear acquisition programs and projects


ARA COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,110 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Senior DoD Nuclear Program Management position.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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