Leidos has a need for a full time mid to senior level Risk Manager to support the Modernization Program for our National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) customer. This individual will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic risk (threat and opportunity) management support and subject matter expertise in the identification and management of program risks for the NNSA. This individual will serve as the primary interface between the program’s Federal Program Office (FPO) and the NNSA National Labs and nuclear weapon production facilities, for managing the risk program. This includes responsibility for performing qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques and providing recommendations on risk handling strategies. The work performed is extensive in scope and preference is for an experienced individual with demonstrated NNSA risk management expertise or an individual with a technical or programmatic risk management background with a willingness and aptitude to learn.

The individual must be self-starting, possess an ability to work in a highly dynamic environment, and have an ability to interface with a broad range of federal and military senior staff and leadership. This requires coordinating with Federal Program Managers and Engineers, Program Managers and Risk Engineers at the NNSA National Labs and nuclear weapon production facilities, and other DoD partners to draft discrete and cogent risks to inform stakeholder technical and programmatic decisions. The individual must understand and explain the technical and programmatic drivers for program risk.

This is a full-time contractor-support position located on-site at the NNSA offices in Albuquerque, NM.

Roles/responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the FPO is implementing sound risk and issue management practices in compliance with Federal Requirements.
• Providing subject matter expertise and support on the required approach to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and manage risks and issues with the NNSA National Labs and nuclear weapon production facilities, to develop effective risk handling strategies and issue management plans.
• Continuously monitoring the program to identify potential risks, including threats and opportunities that may impact the program.
• Assessing the likelihood and impact of identified risks by using qualitative and quantitative risk analyses for schedule, cost, and uncertainty using Deltek Acumen Fuse or other industry standard software to identify potential program impacts.
• Teaming with sites to select handling plan strategies and develop responses for identified risks. This includes identifying potential off ramps based on the effectiveness of risk responses.
• Monitoring risk mitigation efforts by regularly reviewing and updating handling plans to ensure they remain effective and relevant throughout the risk exposure window.
• Effectively communicate risk-related information to all stakeholders, including the Federal Program Director to ensure awareness of risks and their handling plan strategies.
• Producing recurring risk reports that summarize current risk environment, mitigation efforts, and changes in status. Ensuring reports are clear, concise, and actionable, as needed.
• Fostering a culture of risk awareness within the FPO, the NNSA National Labs, nuclear weapon production facilities and DoD partner sites. Includes encouraging proactive risk identification and open communication about potential risks.
• Ensuring the program complies with best practices related to risk management.
• Validating risk information (handling plan activities, risk assessments) is well documented, up-to-date, and accessible in the Active Risk Manager© (ARM) repository.
• Evaluating and validating risk mitigation costs for inclusion in management reserve and contingency allocation decisions.
• Leading recurring (weekly, monthly, quarterly) programmatic risk management meetings with the FPO, NNSA National Labs, nuclear weapon production facilities as well as DoD partners.
• Executing strategies to ensure risks and issues are appropriately documented, tracked, evaluated, and managed in accordance with the program’s risk management plan.

Required Education, Experience & Other:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Currently possess an Active DoD Top Secret or Active DOE Q security clearance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience in writing and editing briefings for senior and executive managers
• Demonstrated experience implementing modeling and simulation tools for cost and schedule risk impact analysis
• Knowledge of program and project management/scheduling tools and techniques
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite with particular emphasis on word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Project Management Professional© (PMP) Certification
• U.S. Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• NNSA/DOD interagency experience
• Nuclear weapons experience
• Experience using ARM software for project risk management
• Experience performing risk uncertainty/probability analysis using tools such as Deltek Acumen Fuse
• Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) Certification
• Experience with risk management for NNSA weapons programs

Salary Range for this position: $120K to $130K

Original Posting Date:

2024-06-07

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.