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Argonne National Laboratory is looking for a successful candidate that will provide vision and leadership for Argonne’s Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center (MMIC) and lead its Manufacturing Program. The director will work with leaders inside and outside the laboratory to cultivate and create new partnerships with industry, DOE, academia, and other stakeholders to build strategic collaborations and amplify the laboratory’s capabilities in domestic manufacturing of advanced materials and chemistries.

The director will dually report to the Associate Laboratory Director, Advanced Energy Technologies and the Associate Laboratory Director, Science & Technology, Partnerships and Outreach. The director will be a resource across the entire lab, with a core team assembled from all the directorates.

The director will lead Argonne’s $53M manufacturing programs with its principal DOE sponsors in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), and others. The director will maintain and grow a lab-wide manufacturing strategy building from lab capabilities in combination with DOE needs and strategic industrial partners. The director will interface with other initiatives such as energy storage manufacturing via ACCESS, critical materials and minerals manufacturing with METALLIC, microelectronics manufacturing via Argonne Microelectronics Institute and other materials manufacturing related activities as they develop.

The director will liaise with relevant DOE partners, in particular with the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology Office and Industrial Technology Office. The director will support engagements with FE and MESC as they pertain to the intersections with other activities.

The director will nurture and grow our collaborations in the Gulf Coast, bringing lab skills and technologies to the petrochemical industry and associated ecosystem in Texas and Louisiana and develop other partnerships to advance our strategy. Existing relationships with University of Houston (including Tech Bridge), and Louisiana State University built in collaboration with Institutional Partnerships and Government Relations.

The director will support lab objectives to grow the lab’s brand and presence regionally, in collaboration with the Office of Community Engagement.

The director’s success will be evaluated on the growth of the laboratory’s programs related to materials manufacturing, as measured both by external funding captured and scientific and technological impact delivered for key sponsors and partners. The director is expected to maintain a detailed understanding of sponsor and partner needs, identify opportunities, assemble internal and external teams with the requisite expertise and capabilities, coordinate the development of proposals and statements of work, and deliver funding awards and R&D contracts.

Position Requirements

Scientific research experience, proven track record of leadership ability, strong professional credibility, and comprehensive experience and skills in the conception and planning of R&D and the creation and administration of complex scientific programs, as well as a deep understanding of the methods for developing and maintaining relationships with sponsors inside and outside the government is required. Knowledge and understanding of, and experience working with, academic, government, and industrial partners whose missions and work relate to Laboratory missions and strengths in materials and chemical scale-up is essential.

+ Demonstrated success in identifying, cultivating, and forming relationships to broaden or deepen partner commitments and achieve outcome metrics.

+ Experience in developing public-private partnerships.

+ Ability to think strategically, listen carefully, build consensus, lead by influence, communicate and advocate effectively in a complex multifunctional environment, and assemble and work with matrixed teams.

+ Ability to work effectively with and inspire the confidence of scientists and engineers; line, program, and relationship managers; and supporting functions (partnerships, communications, etc.).

+ Ability to do same with partners outside of the Laboratory.

+ Ability to appropriately communicate business sensitive information and to judge how and with whom this information should be shared.

+ Requisite analysis and assessment skills for technical issues, programs, and policies.

+ Strong skills in written and oral communication of ideas, concepts, technical results, and aspirations.

+ Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.

+ Education: Bachelor’s and 12+ years, Master’s and 7+ years, or Doctorate and 6+ years.

Experience working with the Department of Energy and its national laboratories is desirable.

Job Family

Research Development (RD)

Job Profile

R&D Multi-Functional Leader 3

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

The expected hiring range for this position is $184,306.00 - $299,502.45.

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.

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