This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Contract Project Manager based in the United States.
The Contract Project Manager will lead the execution, oversight, and quality assurance of a large-scale federal stakeholder engagement program.
This role serves as the central point of coordination between internal teams and government stakeholders, ensuring successful delivery across multiple workstreams.
The position will manage schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and performance metrics while supporting strategic program objectives.
The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience in complex federal environments and excels at driving collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Working across diverse teams, this role requires a proactive problem solver who can manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.
This is an opportunity to oversee mission-critical initiatives while applying strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and operational expertise.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Contract Project Manager based in the United States.
The Contract Project Manager will lead the execution, oversight, and quality assurance of a large-scale federal stakeholder engagement program.
This role serves as the central point of coordination between internal teams and government stakeholders, ensuring successful delivery across multiple workstreams.
The position will manage schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and performance metrics while supporting strategic program objectives.
The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience in complex federal environments and excels at driving collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Working across diverse teams, this role requires a proactive problem solver who can manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.
This is an opportunity to oversee mission-critical initiatives while applying strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and operational expertise.
Accountabilities:
- 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.
- Prepare and deliver quarterly program management reviews covering progress, timelines, budgets, risks, and stakeholder engagement.
- Create and maintain integrated project schedules, dashboards, metrics, trackers, and reporting materials using required project management tools.
- 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.
- Perform quality assurance reviews to ensure compliance with government standards, methodologies, and contractual 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.
- 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.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- 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.
- 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.
The Contract Project Manager will provide comprehensive leadership and oversight across all contract activities, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with quality standards. This role requires strong program management capabilities, stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to drive successful outcomes in a complex federal environment.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is an experienced project management professional with a strong background leading complex federal programs, stakeholder initiatives, and organizational improvement efforts. They are highly organized, analytical, and capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining strong client relationships.