Bay Area Innovation Professional (Experienced)

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Salary Range:

$113,500 - $190,100 *Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate¿s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a creative and hardworking Technical Business Development Specialist to join our team. Our department provides integrated business development and partnerships experts that are embedded directly with mission and technology teams to realize program development, strategy and partnering objectives.

Business Development is a career like no other. It demands the ability to think globally and at Sandia National Laboratories, a passion for national security. In this role, you will need to think critically and strategically, development and maintain relationships, and communicate effectively.

• Partner with other Bay Area laboratories on future planning and explore new opportunities with Livermore Valley Open Campus
• Cultivate collaboration through the Bay Area ecosystem including establishing the Bay Area Lab collaboration for tech transfer and partnerships
• Identify and foster partnership opportunities for local and regional Lab engagement programs at the Labs
• Analyze external trends and translate into useful strategies for the Labs
• Act as liaison to and build relationships with public agencies, non-profits, and businesses, including entrepreneurs and investors in the Bay Area

Qualifications We Require:

• Master’s degree in business, economics, planning, or other relevant field plus four or more years of relevant experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience with technology-based economic development program
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working with Federal Agencies on tech transfer and partnerships activities
• Experience creating and delivering technical presentations
• Experience facilitating community-based workshops and events
• Experience with customer relationship management

About Our Team:

Sandia's Business Development (BD) organization has responsibilities for federal and commercial business development, property management, and technology transfer. BD brings together technical and program development related lead engagements in strategy development, discovery of sponsor/customer requirements, and technology road maps communicating Sandia’s unique capabilities relative to Energy and Homland Security needs. Staff are developed through a structured onboarding and mentoring framework specifically designed for the business development field. The team has access to a rich set of proven business development and partnership resources and experienced management and staff. Due to the embedded model and its breadth of support, team members have an immediate built-in professional network across Sandia’s technical programs and support organizations (IP, Legal, Competitive Intelligence, Agreements, etc.)

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Position Information:

This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to a maximum of seven years.

Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 686950