Project Manager, Industry Specialty Services

Job Summary:

The Project Manager manages technology implementations, business process transformations, ERP workstreams, post-transaction integration activities, and other strategic projects for government contractor and commercial clients. This position coordinates project activities across client stakeholders, contractors, vendors, and internal teams while monitoring scope, schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and quality standards. The Project Manager applies project management practices and government contracting knowledge to support project governance, resolve delivery issues, maintain project documentation, and achieve client objectives. This position also supports proposal activities, client communications, project reporting, and consistent project management practices within Industry Specialty Services.

Job Duties:

Manages technology implementations, ERP workstreams, business process transformations, post-transaction integration activities, and strategic projects from planning through closeout

Develops project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, communication plans, and work breakdown structures

Coordinates project activities across client stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, technical teams, and business process owners

Incorporates government contracting requirements into project planning, reporting, documentation, compliance, and change management activities

Establishes project meeting schedules, reporting routines, escalation procedures, and decision-tracking processes

Defines project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and performance measures

Coordinates ERP implementation activities across requirements gathering, business process design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization

Maintains risk registers, issue logs, action plans, decision logs, change logs, and lessons-learned records

Monitors project budgets, labor utilization, subcontractor costs, invoices, forecasts, and financial performance

Tracks project schedules, deliverables, milestones, resource assignments, quality measures, and client commitments

Facilitates requirements workshops, design reviews, status meetings, testing sessions, and project retrospectives

Supports organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities

Reviews project deliverables for accuracy, completeness, quality, contractual compliance, and alignment with approved requirements

Documents scope changes and prepares impact assessments for schedule, budget, resources, risks, and deliverables

Prepares client status reports, project dashboards, executive briefings, presentations, and contract deliverable packages

Supports proposal development, solution design, pricing activities, oral presentations, and project mobilization activities

Maintains productive relationships with government clients, executive sponsors, project teams, delivery partners, and external vendors

Applies approved project management methodologies, templates, tools, controls, and quality practices

Identifies opportunities to improve project delivery, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and financial performance

Supports project closeout activities, including final reporting, transition planning, contract deliverables, benefits assessment, and lessons learned

Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Coaches project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members in project management practices and documentation standards

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or Public Administration, required

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or Public Administration, preferred

Experience

Five (5) or more years of project management experience, required

Three (3) or more years managing technology implementations, business process transformations, systems projects, or organizational change initiatives, required

Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, scope changes, vendors, or subcontractors, required

Experience coordinating projects with multiple workstreams, dependencies, stakeholders, and project deliverables, required

Two (2) or more years supporting ERP implementation activities, including requirements, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, or stabilization, preferred

Two (2) or more years supporting government contracts, government agencies, public-sector clients, contract deliverables, compliance requirements, or contractor oversight, preferred

Experience with proposal development, contract transition, task order execution, or project mobilization, preferred

Experience within a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or government contracting organization, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s)

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification, preferred

Certified ScrumMaster certification, preferred

ERP platform certification, preferred

Software

Proficiency with Microsoft Project, required

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams, required

Experience with SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday, or Infor ERP platforms, preferred

Experience with project portfolio management, collaboration, scheduling, reporting, or workflow platforms, preferred

Experience with Power BI or comparable project reporting and dashboard tools, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, issue management, change control, and quality management

Knowledge of government contracting principles, contract deliverables, task orders, compliance requirements, and client reporting expectations

Knowledge of ERP implementation lifecycles, business process redesign, systems integration, data migration, testing, training, and deployment

Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, workstreams, clients, and contractual commitments

Ability to translate business requirements into project plans, schedules, deliverables, and measurable outcomes

Ability to analyze project data, identify trends, evaluate impacts, and recommend corrective actions

Ability to facilitate meetings and support decisions among technical teams, business stakeholders, contractors, vendors, and client representatives

Ability to communicate project information through written reports, presentations, dashboards, and meetings

Ability to identify and resolve project risks, issues, conflicts, and delivery barriers

Ability to maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready project documentation

Ability to manage confidential client, contract, financial, personnel, and project information

Ability to coordinate geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary teams

Ability to travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings

Ability to work within established contract, security, ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements

Ability to mentor project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography. National Range: $125,000 - $165,000 Maryland Range: $125,000 - $165,000 NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $125,000 - $165,000

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