Project Manager

The Ascendancy Group; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ascendancy Group seeks a Project Manager in Virginia Beach, VA, to oversee project execution, ensuring alignment with deliverables and budgets. This role requires coordination with various teams and strong customer relationship management.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a Business-related field and 2 years of relevant experience, preferably in support of DoD contracts. The position also requires a SECRET Security Clearance and proficient communication skills.

Qualifications

• 2 years of project management or relevant operational support experience.
• Experience in project planning and execution.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align on deliverables.
• Track project progress, performance, and budget.
• Serve as the primary interface with customers.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business-related field

Job description

Project Manager

Overview

As a TAG Project Manager, you will serve as a liaison between project teams and the Contracting Officer (KO) or Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Technical Point of Contact (TPOC). In this role, you will coordinate with TAG’s company Operations team to ensure project success from kick off to close out. This role involves managing cross-functional teams, ensuring timely delivery of milestones, maintaining high standards of quality, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. The Project Manager will work closely with supporting departments such as Recruiting, Finance and Facility Security, executives, and external partners to ensure programs are completed on time and within budget. The Project Manager will be involved in capture, proposal development efforts, and follow through to lead the execution processes for contracts that have been awarded.

Security Requirement

• Ability to obtain a SECRET Security Clearance is a requirement for this position.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment on deliverables and timelines.
• Track project progress, performance, and budget, providing regular updates to senior management.
• Facilitate meetings and provide leadership and guidance to the Operations team to ensure collaboration and alignment with project objectives.
• Provide the necessary level of additional management and administrative oversight to achieve the quantitative, and qualitative requirements under each contract/task order.
• Identify risks and problems, propose solutions, and provide timely and accurate contract deliverables.
• Execute projects from proposal through contract closeout phase, preparing plans and developing or assisting with project cost estimates and proposal deliverables.
• Prepare project execution plans and identify technical and business resource needs.
• Review work statements / scope, proactively and collaboratively, to ensure they are adequately defined, staffed and executable.
• Coordinate project activities, deliverables, and action items.
• Execute processes and develop management plans with operations, anticipating and resolving schedule and budget deviations to meet management and project requirements.
• Understand and adhere to applicable standards and laws, coordinating with various departments for successful project execution.
• Serve as the primary interface with the customer, maintain and promote good customer relationships.
• Manage conflict collaboratively and support meetings and tasks assigned by Executive leadership.

Position Requirements

• 2 years of project management, project coordination, or relevant operational support experience, preferably supporting DoD contracts or SOF-related organizations (military, government civilian, or contractor).
• Bachelors’ degree in any Business‑related field.
• Experience in project planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling processes.
• Demonstrated experience in project coordination or management support, ideally in a DoD or government contracting environment.
• Ability to manage and report project schedules and budgets.
• Ability to prioritize and multi‑task.
• Ability to adapt to high volume workloads.
• Ability to represent the team and deliver status reports to internal and external leadership.
• Excellent organizational and follow‑through skills.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Detail oriented with problem‑solving skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Knowledge of the FAR and DFARS is not required, but beneficial.
• 4 yrs min serving in DoW/SOF organization.