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Key Responsibilities:

The Institutional Contract Assurance Manager provides leadership and program oversight in the following areas:

• Contract Assurance Program: Supports UC/DOE Prime Contract administration, negotiation, modification, and integration with existing Berkeley Lab operations and business processes.

• Institutional Risk Registry: In close coordination with Lab leadership, oversees risk registry development, facilitates discussions, maintains accurate and complete risk  data, and analyzes risks and issues for Laboratory's risk management framework. 

• Requirements Management Program: Administers contract requirements tracking, integration into existing processes.

• Institutional Assessments: Establishes the Laboratory’s assessment framework, coordinates annual Integrated Assessments Schedule shared by the tri-parties (UC/LBNL/DOE) to track the schedule and outcomes of internal and external assessments.

• Issues Management Program: Using a risk-based approach, manages issues from discovery to resolution, including causal analysis, extent of condition assessments, effectiveness reviews, and development of Corrective Action Plans.

• Quality Assurance Program: Ensures reliability, repeatability and sustainability across Lab functions and management systems. 

• Continuous Improvement: Identifies and shares lessons learned and best practices across the Laboratory and DOE complex.

• Performance Monitoring: Monitors and reports operational performance, including the DOE’s Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan, and develops consistent performance metrics across all management systems for the Laboratory. Collaborates with senior management on understanding of contract performance requirements and metrics.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's in a relevant field such as Research Administration/Policy, Business, Public Administration and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in leadership and/or management positions overseeing fast-paced contracts, projects, and/or programs (such as risk management, contract management, public administration, quality assurance); or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Proven ability to build, manage, and lead effective teams within complex organizational environments. 

• Extensive experience in creating and managing compliance policies for large organizations, with a proficiency in analyzing and interpreting complex government regulations.

• Demonstrated success in conducting and handling complex and effective institutional investigations and/or audits under strict confidentiality.

• Exceptional communication skills, adept at engaging diverse stakeholders while being sensitive to their needs and perspectives.

• Proven experience as a strategic senior leader, proficient at collaborating with internal and external leadership to set, oversee, and communicate strategic priorities.

• Ability to assess and adapt an organization to the changing needs of the institution.

• Proven ability to cultivate and nurture relationships founded on trust and mutual respect.

• Established capacity in efficiently overseeing an annual budget.

• Ensure the Laboratory's stewardship of research, people, and resources to maintain its value as a national asset.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration or similar advanced education in related field.

• Demonstrated leadership of research administration/policy, assurance, risk, compliance functions at an institutional level.

• Experience with the DOE contracting process or equivalent.

• Experience with performance assurance and causal analysis.

• Experience in government, academic, highly regulated corporate, or research organizations.

• Experience recapitalizing and/or implementing new institutional business systems.

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