Sr. Program Manager (Codes/Standards)

This position is located in Division of Engineering. The supervisor is Raj Iyengar This position IS subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position IS subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

**Qualifications:**
In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: the experience that demonstrates the knowledge of NRC regulations, consensus codes and standards, guidance development, in order to efficiently manage and administer the agency's Codes and Standards program involving reactor and nuclear safety. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Demonstrated knowledge of NRC's regulations, codes and standards, guidance development, policy development, and enhanced safety in NRC programs and processes. (Example) Describe your experience that demonstrates your knowledge of NRC's regulations codes and standards, guidance development, policy development, and enhanced safety in NRC programs and processes. Examples may include impactful experience in licensing, inspection, regulatory research, technical review, etc. Include multiple examples of where you led or had a key role in applying your NRC knowledge in significant, complex situations. 2. Demonstrated ability to lead risk-informed decision-making and/or innovation and transformation related to codes and standards, regulatory framework, guides and criteria, and regulatory oversight programs or policy issues related to commercial light-water nuclear power reactors, advanced reactors, non-power reactors, or other similar regulated entities. (Example) Describe your experience and accomplishments to leading change related to risk-informed decision-making and/or innovation and transformation. Discuss examples of where you led or had a lead role in significant, complex projects. For each example, discuss the challenge, context, the actions you took, and the results, including the outcome and the impact on the organization. 3. Demonstrated ability to prioritize, plan, manage, and administer complex licensing and research programs involving reactor and nuclear safety, including licensing, codes and standards, guidance development, policy development for enhanced safety in NRC programs and processes for regulated entities. (Example) Describe your experience managing significant, unique, controversial, or complex projects related to licensing, codes and standards, guidance development, policy development for enhanced safety in NRC programs and processes for regulated entities. Discuss examples of where you led significant, complex licensing, codes and standards, regulatory oversight, rulemaking or guidance development projects. For each example, discuss the challenge of the project, context, your specific role and the actions you took, and the results, including the outcome and the impact on the design, licensing, operation, and/or regulation of these types of facilities. 4. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a broad range of audiences on technical and policy issues, challenges, and resolutions. (Example) Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to effectively communicate technical and policy issues, challenges and resolutions. Describe examples of significant oral communications and impactful written products. Describe your ability to prepare written documents such as licensing actions, inspection reports, technical information proposals, research reports, significant briefings, and public communications. Provide at least three specific examples for both written and oral communication with particular focus on coordinating integrated team reviews, risk-informed decision making, leading change, and conducting meetings with diverse stakeholders and management. Be sure to describe the audience, the nature and complexity of the communication, and the outcome of such communication. Be sure to specify with whom you communicated. 5. Demonstrated ability in interpersonal relations and persuasion for the purpose of obtaining acceptance on technically desirable solutions and/or procedures through resolution of differing technical views to reach consensus and to establish effective working relationships with various audiences. (Example) Describe specific experience that demonstrates your ability in interpersonal relations and persuasion for the purpose of obtaining acceptance on technically desirable solutions and/or procedures through resolution of differing technical views to reach consensus and to establish effective working relationships with various audiences. Discuss examples of where you led or had a lead role in resolving differences to reach consensus in significant, complex situations. Describe your experience in establishing effective working relationships with executives as various levels, supervisors, subordinates, peers, vendors, professional associations, the public, and government and industry officials. Describe challenges you encountered in working relationships and how you utilized your interpersonal skills to resolved them. For each example, discuss the challenge, context, the actions you took, and the results, including the outcome and the impact on the organization. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria. PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.