Contract Project Manager

Accountabilities

• Provide comprehensive leadership and oversight across all contract activities, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with quality standards.
• Manage overall contract performance across all task areas, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Serve as the primary interface with government stakeholders, leading regular discussions on program performance, challenges, priorities, and upcoming initiatives.
• Develop and execute action plans to address issues, improve processes, and support program growth.
• Create and deliver quarterly program management reviews covering progress, timelines, budgets, risks, and stakeholder engagement.
• Define project roles, responsibilities, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies while identifying and escalating potential issues.
• Maintain key program documentation, including project management plans, milestone roadmaps, staffing plans, knowledge plans, activity reports, and resource allocation reports.
• Manage centralized repositories for program documentation, deliverables, and project artifacts.
• Support security-related coordination with government stakeholders regarding physical, personnel, and information security requirements.
• Support team onboarding, meeting coordination, scheduling, documentation, and collaboration processes.
• Promote continuous improvement by coordinating with teams and stakeholders to enhance products, processes, and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• Experienced project management professional with a strong background leading complex federal programs, stakeholder initiatives, and organizational improvement efforts.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience leading teams involved in project management, program management, stakeholder engagement, outreach, business development, process improvement, training, requirements gathering, or related areas.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required within six months of joining and maintained throughout the contract period.
• Experience supporting complex federal government programs and transformation initiatives.
• Experience with change management in large IT organizations or enterprise systems is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency using project management and collaboration tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Experience developing project plans, schedules, dashboards, risk management strategies, and performance reports.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security eligibility or public trust determination.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and implement feedback.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity with occasional travel required for client engagements.
• Opportunity to lead impactful federal programs and support mission-driven initiatives.
• High-visibility role serving as a key connection point between teams and government stakeholders.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to influence processes, improve operations, and drive meaningful outcomes.
• Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.
• Professional growth opportunities through leadership of complex projects and stakeholder initiatives.
• Exposure to large-scale government programs, technology environments, and transformation efforts.