Principal Associate Director (PAD) for Computing

We have an opening for the Principal Associate Director (PAD) for Computing. In this key leadership position, you report to the Laboratory Director and are a member of the Laboratory’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT). You are responsible for managing the lab’s computing workforce (currently around 1400 employees) and for enhancing the intellectual vibrancy of computing as well as related disciplines and capabilities at the lab. Together with other lab leaders and stakeholders, you will help shape the Laboratory’s strategic vision and develop and articulate a strategy for the Principal Directorate in support of the institution. You will manage discretionary R&D resources and sustain relationships with government agencies that fund computing R&D.

LLNL is one of the nation’s premier institutions in advanced computing and currently home to the world’s fastest computer, El Capitan. Work conducted by Computing personnel supports a broad spectrum of programs across missions, scientific research, and operations and includes information technology, data science, computational mathematics, artificial intelligence, software engineering, high performance computing and much more.

LLNL is one of the nation's premier national laboratories applying leading edge science and technology (S&T) to a broad range of national security missions. LLNL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration.

The Laboratory's mission is to perform leading edge scientific research and develop technological innovations to ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile; support chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threat reduction; improve national and international security; strengthen energy and environmental security; assure U.S. leadership in strategic areas of S&T; and enhance the economic competitiveness of the nation. This mission is enabled by the Laboratory's outstanding scientific and engineering capabilities. Today LLNL has a multidisciplinary workforce of approximately 9000 and an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

You will

• Partner with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to create and advance strategies to achieve institutional goals.
• Develop and implement strategies for the sustainment and advancement of the computing discipline and capabilities.
• Maintain close partnerships with key stakeholders in government, academia and industry including DOE/NNSA.
• Work with lab leadership to address technical and workforce challenges and opportunities in computing with a particular emphasis on AI, data science, and emerging or next-generation capabilities.
• Collaborate with the SLT on long-term, multidisciplinary initiatives in support of the lab’s future programmatic needs.
• Oversee the Computing directorate budget consistent with Laboratory and DOE fiscal policies and practices.
• Manage Directorate personnel, ensuring an effective system for recruiting, hiring, managing and developing a high-quality scientific staff.
• Provide oversight and personal commitment to safety, security, environmental stewardship, good business practices, compliance, and equal opportunity.