Division Director, Experimental Physics

Title: Division Director, Experimental Physics Location: Newport News, Virginia, US, 23606 Category: Executive Leadership Work Arrangement Type: On-Site - No remote work Classification: Principal Staff Scientist Description: At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter. The good-faith pay range for this role is $169,000 - $266,800 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location. Company-provided relocation assistance will be offered for this position. What your job will be like: The Division Director, CEBAF Experimental Physics, leads the Experimental Physics Division in the safe, compliant, and world‑class execution of the CEBAF experimental nuclear physics program. Reporting to the Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for CEBAF, the Division Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the division's departments, staff, programs and resources, and shapes the division's scientific program and long-term direction in alignment with laboratory goals. The Division Director manages the division budget, multi-year program priorities, and cross-department initiatives. The roles foster a strong culture of safety and operational discipline. It ensures staff have the training, tools, and information to work safely and effectively, and it maintains compliance with institutional policies, the Contractor Assurance System, and applicable regulations. This work includes oversight of experimental readiness and compliance activities such as Experimental Readiness Reviews (ERRs), run certificates, and required safety documentation, as well as the technical implementation of experimental equipment. The Division Director contributes to laboratory-wide strategic planning and policy development. Working closely with the international user community, the Division Director represents the division and the laboratory to senior scientific stakeholders, partner organization and the DOE Site Office. This includes ensuring timely response to technical requests and escalating critical issues in coordination with the ALD and Director's office. In this job you will: Lead and manage the CEBAF Experimental Physics Division, providing strategic direction for its people, programs and scientific and operational priorities. Lead the Experimental Physics Division’s inputs to laboratory strategic planning and budget formulation, setting Experimental Physics Division priorities and aligning them with the CEBAF Directorate and laboratory goals. Direct and manage the division’s financial, human, and material resources, including budgets, personnel, and procurement. Operate within allocated targets, support FWP planning and DOE reporting, and remain accountable to the CEBAF ALD. Establish and sustain a strong culture of safety and operational discipline. Ensure compliance with institutional policies, the Contractor Assurance System, and DOE requirements, including the authority to stop unsafe or noncompliant work. Direct division support for the user community throughout equipment development and experiment execution. This includes oversight of user-built subsystems under MOUs or CRADAs, and support for experiment design, data-taking, and analysis. Direct the execution and publication of experimental physics research, maintaining productive engagement with the broader national and international research community. Partner with the CEBAF Accelerator Division to define beam requirements and develop experiment schedules that support timely, efficient program execution. Collaborate with Jefferson Lab’s EIC Project team to align resources and technical activities with project goals. Represent the CEBAF program and laboratory to the national an…

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