Deputy Project Manager

K.L. Scott & Associates, LLC.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

K.L. Scott & Associates, LLC. seeks a Deputy Project Manager to provide full-time operational leadership across the 2B1 portfolio. This role translates Project Manager direction into coordinated daily execution, oversees task leads, maintains the integrated schedule, and acts for the Project Manager when delegated.

The Deputy ensures concurrent analysis, pilot, TTA, logistics, data, product, and reporting activities move as one program, focusing on governance and timely decisions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in the social sciences and 7+ years of relevant field experience in project management, organizational development, strategic planning, or related areas.
• In lieu of a graduate degree, a bachelor's degree and 10 additional years of practical field experience beyond the seven-year minimum.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily PMO operations and maintain schedules and logs.
• Coordinate task leads and monitor dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Protect milestone deadlines with detailed workback schedules and escalation.
• Prepare meeting materials and monthly/quarterly status reports.
• Supervise support staff and ensure quality controls and templates are followed.
• Coordinate staffing, travel, and site support in response to changing priorities.
• Act as acting Project Manager when delegated and ensure continuity.

Skills

Multi-workstream coordination

Schedule management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in social sciences

Bachelor's degree + 10 years experience

Tools

PMP Certification

Agile

Job description

Position Summary

The Deputy Project Manager provides full-time operational leadership and continuity across the 2B1 portfolio. This individual translates Project Manager direction into coordinated daily execution, supervises task leads, maintains the integrated schedule and management controls, and acts for the Project Manager when delegated. The Deputy ensures that concurrent analysis, pilot, TTA, logistics, data, product, and reporting activities move as one program.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage daily PMO operations and maintain the integrated master schedule, milestone dashboard, action log, decision log, risk and issue register, deliverable calendar, and staffing forecast.
• Coordinate task leads and monitor dependencies among contract administration, marriage-penalty analysis, pilot strategy and implementation, TTA, product development, communications, and performance measurement.
• Protect the 45-calendar-day analysis and pilot-strategy deadlines through detailed workback schedules, progress reviews, decision escalation, and surge recommendations.
• Lead preparation of meeting materials, monthly status reports, annual reporting inputs, quarterly performance reports, QASP updates, and management briefings.
• Supervise Project Support, Logistics, and monitoring workflows and ensure work products follow approved templates, version control, quality gates, and COR review processes.
• Coordinate staffing, consultant assignments, travel, events, pilot-site support, and product-production capacity in response to changing priorities.
• Facilitate internal delivery reviews, document corrective actions, and verify closure of assigned issues and prior Government comments.
• Serve as acting Project Manager when formally delegated and maintain seamless continuity during absences, peak workload, or urgent client needs.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree, preferably in the social sciences, and at least seven years of relevant field experience in project management, organizational development, strategic planning, means-tested programs, TANF or cash assistance, research and evaluation, TTA and training, or related fields.
• In lieu of a graduate degree, a bachelor's degree and ten additional years of practical and relevant field experience beyond the seven-year field-experience minimum.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple workstreams, supervising task leads, maintaining complex schedules, and producing accurate federal reports and deliverables.
• Excellent written and oral communication, problem solving, quality control, delegation, flexibility, monitoring, and task-completion discipline.
• Ability to operate as a trusted second-in-command while preserving clear accountability to the Project Manager and COR.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OFA, TANF, Tribal TANF, HMRF, or another federally funded human-services TTA program.
• PMP, Agile, or comparable project-management credential.
• Experience with rapid-cycle learning, pilot operations, product development, or federal meeting and reporting requirements.

Education And Experience

The education and experience requirements above are mandatory PWS minimums for this key staff position. The proposed candidate will be validated against the final solicitation and submitted for OFA approval.