Posting Title

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Resarch Center

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

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Job Description

We are hiring in our Cybersecurity Research Center. Staff in NREL’s Cybersecurity Research Center work to secure the energy transformation by leading cutting-edge, impactful cybersecurity research that enables scalable and quantifiable risk reduction for future energy systems. The Cybersecurity Center Project Manager (PM) will primarily be responsible for the following:

• Manage projects requiring the development and management of a project timelines
• Direct project team members through matrixed management; and be accountable for the development and administration of project budgets
• Given the cross-cutting nature of the research projects, the role also focuses on working across multiple groups within the Center, and teams across NREL
• Perform complex financial and resource planning/forecasting duties in coordination with other Center project managers and leadership to ensure projects across the center are funded and resourced appropriately
• Codifying center-wide business processes and standardizing best practices for reporting and record keeping across all projects and teams within the center
• The PM will be assigned as an NREL point-of-contact for tasks or projects including Center financial and resource planning.
• Responsibilities will require some interactions with DOE and/or other project managers and external stakeholders
• Developing scope of work with partners/DOE, developing an execution plan and assisting senior staff with project execution
• May also be required to support quarterly/annual deliverables including project reports, presentations, workshop summaries, etc.
• Assist the Group Managers and senior research staff with organizing workshops, seminars/webinars, and stakeholder outreach activities.
• Serve to support the integration of cross-project elements including but not limited to Finance, Procurement, Funds-in, Risk Management, Project and Business Management, and Client/Sponsor teams.
• Researches, assembles, and evaluates project information or data and recommends process improvement and solutions to project issues.

The PM will need to understand complex research concepts and translate them into growth forecasting, making sure new work is strategically aligned with the growth direction, that staff are available to complete incoming work, and that NREL is making wise use of limited internal investments in the Center. Those responsibilities include:

• Supporting principal investigators (PIs) and senior staff with project execution including developing schedules, milestones, budgets, identifying and planning staff resources
• Supporting, managing, and coordinating projects around capabilities such as the ARIES Cyber Range
• Organizing DOE and stakeholder outreach activities including workshops, webinars, seminars, and industry advisory board meetings
• Engaging stakeholders including the DOE program managers and external partners including industry, academia, and other national lab partners
• Working independently to manage complex project(s) activities, deliverables, and problems
• Collaborating in the development and implementation of standard practices for analyzing and collectively managing projects across the Center
• Implementing and manages project control systems and metrics and integrates project data for decision makers
• Providing technical information and analysis on project(s) plans, progress, and other information to external requestors
• Participating in task and project negotiations
• Holding primary responsibility for monitoring and administering funding and expenditures
• Establishing project budget. May work with management and senior staff to secure external funding.
• Leading and mentoring the project coordination team within the Center
• Delegating new project awards to other Project Coordinators
• Providing training on new processes/best practices
• Tracking and analyzing progress toward annual business volume targets
• Setting, monitoring, and updating staff coverage forecasts and targets
• Planning for new hires and providing substantive justification for issuing requisitions
• Planning, tracking, and reporting on indirect and institutional investments
• Representing the Cybersecurity Center as its lead Project Manager in meetings at higher organizational levels

Note: This position will require regular in-person job duties in a hybrid work environment. This role is not eligible for 100% remote options.

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Basic Qualifications

Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience.

• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE O 472.2A for additional information.
• Understanding and application of project management principles, concepts, practices and standards.
• Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness.
• Outstanding interpersonal, conflict resolution, teaming and communication skills.
• Highly detail-orientated and thorough
• Desire to continually develop project management skills, including learning how to use and apply new project management tools or using existing tools to meet project management needs
• Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite and other computer software programs such as PowerBI needed to effectively track and manage a projects
• Skills in problem-solving related to project challenges

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated skills to administer project sites, such as SharePoint
• Strong interest in learning about technical and institutional aspects of NREL’s energy research projects
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with team members and project leaders.
• PMP or other project management certification
• Knowledge and experience with managing complex projects (>$3M total funding)
• Experience with engaging with commercial entities
• Ability to prepare professional communications that are appropriate for internal and external stakeholders

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Job Application Submission Window

The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)

Job Profile: Project Manager IV / Annual Salary Range: $95,500 - $171,900

NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits Summary

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement*. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.

• Based on eligibility rules

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Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NREL you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application.

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