Human Resources Manager 2 | Los Alamos, NM | Los Alamos National Laboratory

Human Resources Manager 2

What You Will Doy158000What You Will Do

  • Lead Workforce Lifecycle Operations: Oversee backgrounds, new-hire transactions, work locations and guests, and student and postdoctoral employment programs, balancing priorities and ensuring timely execution.
  • Develop and Engage Employees: Coach and develop staff across specialized teams, establish clear expectations, manage performance, and foster accountability and collaboration.
  • Use Data to Drive Performance: Develop and interpret dashboards, scorecards, and operational trends to monitor cycle time, aging, backlog, quality, throughput, and capacity.
  • Plan Capacity and Manage Risk: Forecast workload, align staffing with demand, identify compliance and data-quality risks, and take timely corrective action.
  • Drive Continuous Improvement: Use process mapping, root-cause analysis, and quality assurance to reduce delays, rework, and errors across workforce processes.
  • Coordinate Across Partners: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Security, HRIS, Compensation, Payroll, hiring organizations, and other institutional stakeholders.
  • Lead Projects and Change: Coordinate interdependent initiatives, communicate data-driven recommendations to leadership, and guide teams through operational and system changes.


What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
  • Operational Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading employees and managing multiple programs, high-volume processes, or a data-intensive service operation with competing priorities.
  • People Leadership: Demonstrated experience coaching and developing employees, setting performance expectations, managing accountability, and collaborating across diverse teams.
  • Data-Driven Performance Management: Demonstrated experience using metrics and operational trends to assess performance, manage workload or capacity, identify risks, and implement improvements.

Education / Experience

Position requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution and 3 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Workforce Lifecycle Programs: Experience overseeing hiring, onboarding, background screening, work locations, student or postdoctoral programs, or other specialized workforce operations.
  • Dashboards and Operational Analytics: Experience developing or managing dashboards, scorecards, recurring reports, and performance measures to forecast demand, allocate resources, and improve results.
  • Process Improvement and Risk Management: Experience applying root-cause analysis, process mapping, quality assurance, and compliance monitoring across multiple interdependent programs.
  • Systems and Data Tools: Experience using SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, or comparable HR systems, reporting, and data visualization tools.

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Position commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 2 years.

Note to Applicants: Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work

Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:

  • PPO or High-Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Free basic life and disability insurance
  • Paid childbirth and parental leave
  • Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
  • Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
  • Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
  • Onsite gyms and wellness programs
  • Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50-mile radius)
Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

No Clearance: Position does not require a security clearance. Selected candidates will be subject to drug testing and other pre-employment background checks.

426.2A: This position is subject to DOE Order 426.2A, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities, which establishes entry-level requirements to ensure candidates selected for specific positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Incentive Compensation Program: Position is eligible to participate in the Triad Incentive Compensation Program. You must be in an eligible position for a minimum of 3 months, before July 1st and remain in an eligible position as of the end of the fiscal year, September 30th. The annual distribution is prorated based on the number of months in the eligible position.

Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505)-664-6947.