Deputy Project Manager

Prescient Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Deputy Project Manager to support federal clients. This role involves leading project teams, managing technical support tasks, and ensuring project success through effective stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, technical support, and leadership, with a commitment to excellence in a dynamic work environment. The company offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development, making it an exciting opportunity for motivated professionals looking to make a significant impact in the defense sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance bonus opportunities

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Retirement plan with no vesting schedule

Career development opportunities

Positive work environment

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in technical support or 8 years with a master's degree.
• 5 years in a leadership role overseeing technical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee execution of Technical Direction Letters (TDLs) in various environments.
• Build project teams, lead projects, and manage client relationships.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Support

Leadership

Risk Mitigation

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Deputy Project Manager to support a federal government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Desired experience:

Oversee the execution of Technical Direction Letters (TDLs) and performance in various CONUS and OCONUS environments. The Deputy Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.
• The ability to pass a Pre-Deployment medical screening required by the CONUS Replacement Center (CRC) for OCONUS deployment to many foreign nations.

AFSOC

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Testing and Evaluation of Air Platforms.
• Mission support to ISR Collection operations.
• Integration, testing, and evaluation of Mission systems onto air platforms.
• Course material development and training on ISR operations and implementation of mission systems.

AFWERX

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Testing and Evaluation of Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) platforms.
• Support of field-testing exercises for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf technologies.
• Integration, development, testing, and evaluation of aerial autonomy systems.
• Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation for innovative mission systems intended for use on air platforms or related functions, such as ground stations.

ANG AATC

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Testing and Evaluation of air platforms.
• Integration, testing, and evaluation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
• Integration, testing, and evaluation of air mission systems and technologies.

DIU NSIN

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Evaluation of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Solutions to fill DoD requirements.
• Systems Integration of new capabilities on existing platforms.
• Testing and Evaluation of prototype systems and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Platforms.
• Engagement with end users, educational institutions, and commercial technology manufacturers for defense purposes.

Joint Hypersonic Transition Office

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Research, development, and engineering on hypersonic systems and platforms.
• Modeling and simulation of Hypersonic systems for evaluation and research purposes.
• Technology transition services for Hypersonic systems.

OSD

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas for include:
• Test and Evaluation of new and emerging technology capabilities.
• Lead Systems Integrator functions for integrating new technologies onto existing platforms.
• IR Sensor Integrations for ISR mission platforms.
• Management of large scale Research and Development testing exercises and prototyping events.

SCO

• Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:
• Research and Production of capability assessments for US and Adversary Nation technologies.
• SETA assessments of technology and innovation programs in support of strategic capabilities.
• Transition of innovative or emerging technology capabilities to end users within the DoD.
• Developmental engineering, test and evaluation as part of technology transition processes.

Desired education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• 10 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above, or a master’s degree and 8 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above.
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership position overseeing a team of at least 5 subordinates in the execution of technical, engineering, or intelligence tasks.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• NCR area