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Battelle delivers when others can't. We conduct research and development, manage national laboratories, design and manufacture products and deliver critical services for our clients-whether they are a multi-national corporation, a small start-up or a government agency.
We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Deputy Program Manager to help plan, align, and deliver complex technology programs for government and mission-focused customers. This role partners closely with a Senior Program Manager and works across multidisciplinary teams to drive integrated planning, stakeholder alignment, and successful delivery outcomes.
The ideal candidate brings strong program management experience in technology-driven environments and is comfortable working across requirements development, integrated planning, systems integration, testing, technology assessment, governance, and customer engagement. This position is well suited for someone who can balance disciplined execution with adaptability as mission needs evolve.
This role requires domestic and international travel, including occasional multi-day or weeklong trips, to support customer meetings, site visits, technical reviews, capability assessments, and key program activities. Travel may be more frequent during startup phases or critical delivery periods.
What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced technology environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, workstreams, and details while maintaining disciplined execution.
• Confidence communicating with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Sound judgment in identifying risks, resolving issues, and supporting informed decision-making.
• A collaborative, proactive approach to customer relationships, stakeholder alignment, and team support.

Responsibilities
Program Planning and Execution

• Partner with the Senior Program Manager to manage day-to-day delivery of complex technology programs across multiple workstreams.
• Establish, maintain, and improve program management processes that align scope, schedule, resources, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Develop and maintain key program artifacts, including integrated schedules, milestone plans, action trackers, risk and issue logs, and status reports.
• Facilitate kickoff meetings, program reviews, technical exchange meetings, working groups, and leadership briefings.
• Identify, track, and escalate risks, issues, schedule variances, and dependencies that may affect delivery.

Technical Coordination and Integration

• Collect, analyze, and track operational and technical requirements to inform planning and delivery.
• Develop and maintain planning artifacts such as requirements trackers, assumption logs, architecture inputs, and decision-support materials.
• Work with technical leads on system architecture, interface planning, interoperability, and integration of hardware, software, communications, sensors, and data systems.
• Plan integration activities across complex operating environments, ensuring technical work aligns with cybersecurity, safety, operational suitability, and mission objectives.

Capability Assessment, Testing, and Transition

• Conduct and support capability assessments, infrastructure reviews, gap analyses, site visits, requirements collection, technical reviews, and capability planning activities for customer and partner sites.
• Evaluate emerging and existing technologies for mission relevance, maturity, interoperability, scalability, and risk.
• Organize prototype, pilot, experimentation, test, and evaluation activities that inform solution readiness and program decisions.
• Document lessons learned, results, recommendations, and performance information to support iterative improvement.
• Assist with transition, fielding, scaling, and handoff planning for validated solutions.

Governance and Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain governance processes that provide visibility, accountability, cross-functional alignment, and effective risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• Engage customers, mission partners, industry, academia, domestic and international stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Prepare status updates, briefings, meeting materials, and decision-support packages for technical, non-technical, and leadership audiences.
• Ensure collaboration aligns with applicable security, compliance, and export requirements.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, computer science, physical science, business, program management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience with complex technical programs, projects, or portfolios.
• 5+ years of project and/or program management experience in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technology program delivery across scope, schedule, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and cross-functional teams.
• Background in requirements development, technical planning, systems integration, testing, mission support, or related execution activities.
• Ability to develop and maintain program management artifacts, including integrated schedules, trackers, status reports, briefing materials, and decision-support documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage technical teams, non-technical audiences, customer stakeholders, senior leaders, and external partners.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required for meetings, site assessments, technical reviews, and key program activities.
• Active security clearance, or ability to obtain and maintain one, as required by the program.
• Ability to satisfy contract-specific security, access, compliance, and export-related requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering, computer science, analytics, business, or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a similar credential.
• Background supporting defense, national security, test and evaluation, experimentation, operational integration, or mission-focused technology programs.
• Experience with integrated master schedules, requirements traceability, configuration management, structured governance, and transition planning.
• Familiarity with systems engineering, interface control, network architecture, data architecture, interoperability, cross-domain solutions, and cybersecurity.
• Exposure to rapid prototyping, pilot programs, technology assessment, fielding activities, live/virtual/constructive environments, mission integration, test infrastructure, instrumentation, or data visualization and analysis environments.
• Experience engaging with government customers, mission partners, industry, academia, non-traditional vendors, or international collaborators.

Compensation Data
Battelle is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $128,800 - $238,300, in addition to eligibility for an annual short term incentive compensation target and comprehensive benefits package. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to education, relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. Salary ranges may vary based on geographic location and market conditions.
Benefits: Live an Extraordinary Life
We care about your well-being, not just on the job. Battelle offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to help you live your best life.

• Balance life through a compressed work schedule: Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off-giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
• Enjoy enhanced work flexibility, including a hybrid arrangement: You have options for where and when you work. Our Together with Flexibility model allows you to work 60% in-office and 40% remote, with Monday and Tuesday as common in-office days, dependent on team and position needs .
• Take time to recharge: You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
• Prioritize wellness: Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
• Better together: Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
• Build your financial future: Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that.
• Advance your education: Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.

A Work Environment Where You Succeed
For brilliant minds in science, technology, engineering and business operations, Battelle is the place to do the greatest good by solving humanity's most pressing challenges and creating a safer, healthier and more secure world.
You will have the opportunity to thrive in a culture that inspires you to:

• Apply your talent to challenging and meaningful projects
• Receive select funding to pursue ideas in scientific and technological discovery
• Partner with world-class experts in a collaborative environment
• Nurture and develop the next generation of scientific leaders
• Give back to and improve our communities

Vaccinations & Safety Protocols
Battelle may require employees, based on job duties, work location, and/or its clients' requirements to follow certain safety protocols and to be vaccinated against a variety of viruses, bacteria, and diseases as a condition of employment and continued employment and to provide documentation that they are fully vaccinated. If applicable, Battelle will provide reasonable accommodations based on a qualified disability or medical condition through the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Rehabilitation Act or for a sincerely held religious belief under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and related state laws).
Battelle is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment and opportunities for advancement, compensation, training, and growth according to individual merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, genetic information, disability, veteran-status veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable Federal, state, or local law. Our goal is for each staff member to have the opportunity to grow to the limits of their abilities and to achieve personal and organizational objectives. We will support positive programs for equal treatment of all staff and full utilization of all qualified employees at all levels within Battelle.
The above statements are intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, activities and skills required of staff members. No statement herein is intended to imply any authorities to commit Battelle unless special written permission is granted by Battelle's Legal Department.
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