We have an opening for the Deputy Program Director for Fundamental Weapon's Physics to work with the Weapon Physics and Design (WPD) Program Director (PD) in all aspects of Program leadership and management in the WPD Program. You will work closely with the WPD Program Director and the WPD senior management team to accomplish WPD and WCI programmatic deliverables and will be responsible for the Focused Materials Science, High Energy Density Science, and Inertial Confinement Fusion Science program elements. You will interact with all levels of management both within LLNL and external to the Laboratory including DOE/NNSA, DoD, academic institutions, management at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), the Nevada Nuclear Security Site (NNSS) and the NNSA Production Agencies (PAs). This position is in the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) Directorate.

In this role you will

Manage and execute a roughly $150M portfolio related to Fundamental Weapon's Physics.
Provide leadership, vision, strategic and tactical direction and planning, management, and programmatic oversight of the LLNL efforts in Focused Material Science, High Energy Density Physics, and Inertial Confinement Fusion to meet WPD's 2026 Goals and support the WCI 2030 Strategic Framework.
Ensure that WPD is identifying and working to mitigate experimental capability and facility gaps so that we can maintain confidence in the evolving deterrent and so that NNSA remains at the leading edge of experimental research and development
Serve as the lead interface to the NNSA's Office of Experimental Science (NA-113) including the integration with appropriate elements of the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate.
Develop, manage, and communicate program objectives, accomplishments, and plans to the WPD workforce.
Represent the WPD Program to WCI management at internal and external meetings, working groups, and on special assignments, including preparing and giving presentations. Represent the PD in his absence across a broad range of issues in a variety of environments.
Promote and maintain strong relationships and communication with NNSA and other NNSA laboratories and sites.
Develop and promote partnerships and collaborations across LLNL with disciplines and other programs to ensure programmatic deliverables are met.
Develop and implement plans to promote culture, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Perform other duties as assigned.

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
PhD in physics, engineering or a related field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Significant experience and expertise in the physics of nuclear weapons and knowledge of WCI and the LLNL weapons program.
Extensive leadership skills in a high-technology research and development environment and experience providing leadership in and supporting large-scale projects and programs, and the ability to safely and securely deliver results.
Expertise in strategic planning and organizational dynamics and extensive experience in decision-making based on aggregate information and the recommendations of others that significantly affect the ability of the organization and Laboratory to achieve its overall objectives and long-range goals.
Extensive experience sustaining productive relationships with other divisions, directorates, laboratories, UC, NNSA management, other institutions across the DOE and DoD enterprise, and external advisors and reviewers.
Comprehensive knowledge of national-security policy issues and with Laboratory and external contacts working these issues.
Expert communication skills, both written and verbal, necessary to effectively explain, present, negotiate, advise, and influence all levels of management and government officials.
Expert problem solving, analytical, technical, organizational, and management skills necessary to independently advise, recommend, and approve appropriate actions and implement solutions.
Demonstrated experience implementing plans that promote and value diversity, equity and inclusion principles in the workplace.

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For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.Livermore’s defining responsibility is ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Yet LLNL’s mission is broader than stockpile stewardship, as dangers ranging from nuclear proliferation and terrorism to energy shortages and climate change threaten national security and global stability. The Laboratory’s science and engineering are being applied to achieve breakthroughs for counterterrorism and nonproliferation, defense and intelligence, energy and environmental security.

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