We have an opening for a Senior Biosafety and Biogovernance Manager to lead the Biosafety and Biogovernance Functional Area (BBFA) at LLNL. In this role, you will provide day to day management and technical leadership of the functions, disciplines, and personnel within the BBFA. Additionally, you will be counted on for strategic vision and technical oversight to meet the goals and objectives of BBFA customers and stakeholders. You will be a key member of the Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) Directorate management, with overall responsibility for managing the risk associated with biological research including biological select agents and toxins, laboratory animal research, and human subjects, and ensuring that the Biosafety, biosecurity, and Biogovernance Programs at the Laboratory are effective, efficient, and with regulatory and contractual requirements while supporting execution of important Laboratory mission. This position is in the ES&H Directorate.
This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period.
You will
- Serve as an integral member of the ES&H management team, develop high-level organizational strategies and priorities, manage the investment of resources, and develop programs to sustain core competencies, evolve and enhance biosafety compliance capabilities, and attract and retain a diverse staff of biosafety professionals.
- Provide technical leadership and direction to the BBFA and a staff of 6+ employees, and ensure successful execution of its mission, programmatic interfaces, and technical performance.
- Provide solutions to complex and/or sensitive issues, analyze and interpret highly complex information and regulatory requirements, determine applicability across a wide spectrum of biosafety standards and regulations to provide technical guidance and support to Laboratory programs regarding biosafety and biogovernance responsibilities and regulations.
- Engage internal and external customers, and stakeholders to ensure comprehensive integration and teaming to operate with shared fate and as a valued and trusted partner.
- Provide expert level understanding of biosafety and biogoverance-related regulatory and contractual requirements to effectively liaison with the DOE Livermore Field Office (LFO) on regulatory interpretation and to resolve highly unusual, complex and/or sensitive technical issues.
- Advise Directorate and Laboratory senior management on broad issues of biosafety, biosecurity, and biogorverance regulatory compliance, collaborate with other organizations to gain concurrence/acceptance on complex issues affecting all areas of the Laboratory.
- Develop and maintain meaningful, data driven performance measures for the BBFA that inform Laboratory decision makers and accurately reflect the health of the BBFA at the Laboratory.
- Provide oversight and strategic vision/planning for LLNL鈥檚 Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Biological Review Committee (BRC), Institutional Review Entity (IRE), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
- Oversee BBFA performance management, salary management, and manage hiring and recruiting activities, including career development of employees and organizational succession management. Maintain a commitment to attract high-quality staff, and to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
- Collaborate with and benchmark against other DOE sites to share practices and continuously improve.
- Perform other duties as assigned.