Deputy Director for Development

**_ALMA Vacancy Notice_**

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Deputy_**
**_ Director_**
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**_Development_**

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a millimeter/submillimeter interferometer consisting of 66 antennas located at 5000 m altitude on the Llano de Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is equipped with receivers covering the atmospheric windows between 35 and 950 GHz. ALMA is an international partnership of the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO representing its member states), National Science Foundation (NSF USA) and National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS Japan), together with National Research Council (NRC Canada) and National Science Council (NSC) and Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA Taiwan), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) is operated by ESO, Associated Universities Inc/National Radio Astronomy Observatory (AUI/NRAO) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and is responsible for the operations of ALMA in Chile.

The three ALMA Executives are responsible for development projects in each of their respective regions and bring forward projects to be integrated into the ALMA Observatory. The primary role of the Deputy Director for Development will be the leadership and management of the JAO Development Team (JDT) and to ensure compliance of all ALMA development projects with the overall WSU system requirements, and the successful integration and verification testing of the each of the projects into the ALMA observatory. This will require collaboration and coordination of the JDT activities with those at the three ALMA Executives via the ALMA Management Team (AMT) and within the departments of engineering, computing and science operations at the JAO.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Lead the JAO Development Team (JDT), that includes currently a Project Manager, System Engineer and Software architects and is expected to grow, to successfully achieve the goals and objectives of ALMA2030, particularly the WSU project, using Project Management and System Engineering approaches.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the ALMA Management Team (AMT), consisting of the ALMA Program Directors at each of the ALMA Executives, in order to ensure compliance of all ALMA development subprojects being developed and delivered by the Executives with the overall WSU system requirements.
- Ensure that all project planning is consistent with system engineering plans and concepts (including ensuring that requirements are verified, interfaces appropriately updated, gateway reviews executed, commissioning plans and acceptance guidelines followed).
- Ensure that the communications at all levels of the project are correctly planned and followed.
- In collaboration with the Health, Safety. Security & Environment Team and the ALMA Director, ensure work environments are appropriate and safe for staff and contractors.
- Through liaison with the operations-facing departments at the JAO and in the ALMA Executives, enable appropriate and timely integration, Assembly & Integration Verification (AIV) and Commissioning & Science Verification (CSV) activities related to deliverables of the ALMA Development Program;
- Provide the ALMA Director with appropriate analyses and advice on development issues, policies and the long-term ALMA development program as may be required for discussion with the ALMA Board and other Committees.
- Supports actions of the Department Heads as may be required by the ALMA Director and the Director’s Office;
- Act as the ALMA Director’s representative, as may be required.

**Duty Station / Location of Position**

The duty station is the Santiago Office. Travel to the ALMA operations site near San Pedro de Atacama: the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m and the Array Operations Site (AOS) located on the Llano de Chajnantor at 5000 m altitude and international travel will be required.

**Professional Requirements/Qualifications**

Applicants for this position shall fulfill the following requirements:

- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in astronomy, physics, computer science, engineering or a related field (master's degree or PhD would be considered an asset)
- Minimum 15 years of demonstrated experience in project leadership and/or system engineering in high-technology science-related projects.
- Established record of management, including budget and staff management
- 10 years or more experience of leading large, diverse and multi-national, multi-cultural teams
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a demonstrable ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels
- A Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or System Engineering certification is an asset

Due to requirements of work at high altitudes, a successful high-altitude medical examination is a necessary condition of employme