PMO Analyst Manager — Federal Programs & Policy

Lukos; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Lukos is seeking a PMO Analyst Manager to support NCCIH executive leadership and staff in Bethesda, MD. The Acting Executive Officer will coordinate with the COR to ensure timely, high-quality contract services and manage risks proactively.

The role requires planning needs assessments, updating policies, guiding staff engagement, and tracking milestones, reports, and performance across programs. Strong collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years supporting a program management office, project team, or comparable business operation.
• Experience with federal programs is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Help plan and facilitate needs assessment(s) to evaluate processes, controls, and risks and develop/update process documents as needed.
• Assess existing policy and identify updates needed as appropriate.
• Identify and assist in addressing policy needs, development, and/or implementation.
• Prepare and provide plans to successfully engage staff for outreach and analyses purposes and communicate analyses results to staff when appropriate.
• Plan and conduct analysis, as needed.
• Advise on and help gather and implement industry and innovative best practices for implementing scalable portfolio/program/project management.
• Support NCCIH to identify and recommend training courses that would boost knowledge and expertise on contractor assigned Tasks and Projects.
• Provide support for meetings as needed, including but not limited to coordinating and setting agendas, coordinating, and developing presentation materials, facilitating discussion, documenting key meeting decisions and takeaways, developing, and facilitating publishing of the post-meeting summary, sending out post-meeting follow-ups, documenting, tracking, and following up on action items discussed during the meetings.
• Maintain project schedules, action logs, risk registers, staffing records, and deliverable inventories.
• Track project status, milestones, dependencies, and outstanding decisions.
• Compile performance information for weekly, monthly, annual, and final reporting.
• Support qualitative and quantitative analysis of program performance and business needs.
• Organize records and resources in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet, and other approved platforms.
• Monitor assigned actions and coordinate with responsible personnel through completion.
• Alert project leadership to schedule, staffing, quality, or performance concerns.

Skills

Needs assessment planning

Policy development

Risk management

Meeting facilitation

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Lukos is seeking a PMO Analyst Manager to support NCCIH executive leadership and staff in Bethesda, MD. The Acting Executive Officer will coordinate with the COR to ensure timely, high-quality contract services and manage risks proactively.

The role requires planning needs assessments, updating policies, guiding staff engagement, and tracking milestones, reports, and performance across programs. Strong collaboration is essential.