Deputy Project Manager, Federal Programs & Delivery

Diné Development Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Diné Development Corporation seeks a Deputy Project Manager to support leadership and day-to-day execution of a prospective DOE SPRPMO Management and Technical Support Services task order. The DPM will act as the PM's principal deputy, coordinate across functional areas, and ensure staffing, deliverables, and disciplined quality control.

Responsibilities include coordinating across financial, business, technical management, and admin support; tracking workload and milestones; supporting

Qualifications

• Demonstrated program/project-management or senior functional-lead experience on complex Federal or comparably regulated mission-support programs.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, workload, deliverables, staffing coverage, action closure, and day-to-day operational execution.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a credible deputy to a senior PM and exercise sound judgment within delegated authority.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Project Manager's principal deputy and assume delegated PM responsibilities or act for the PM during absences.
• Coordinate execution across financial management, business management, technical management, administrative support, and special projects.
• Track workload, staffing, vacancies, action items, milestones, deliverables, risks, and corrective actions; elevate issues with recommended solutions.
• Maintain cross-training, backup coverage, and surge capacity so workload spikes or vacancies do not affect mission performance.
• Coordinate preparation, review, and timely submission of recurring and ad hoc deliverables and help minimize rework through disciplined quality control.
• Support transition, onboarding, clearance/access readiness, knowledge transfer, and continuity of operations.
• Assist with subcontractor integration, resource allocation, functional-lead coordination, and resolution of competing priorities.
• Support QASP/QAP performance measurement, continuous improvement, cost/waste reduction, and process-efficiency initiatives.
• Maintain effective coordination with DOE counterparts and other site stakeholders while preserving non-personal-services boundaries.
• Serve in a dual DPM/functional-lead role if the final staffing model and candidate qualifications support an efficient configuration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Diné Development Corporation seeks a Deputy Project Manager to support leadership and day-to-day execution of a prospective DOE SPRPMO Management and Technical Support Services task order. The DPM will act as the PM's principal deputy, coordinate across functional areas, and ensure staffing, deliverables, and disciplined quality control.

Responsibilities include coordinating across financial, business, technical management, and admin support; tracking workload and milestones; supporting