Project Manager III

LUKOS LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Life insurance

Short and long-term disability

Paid time off and federal holidays

Job summary

Lukos in Bethesda, MD seeks a Project Manager III to lead complex federal programs for the NCCIH, driving planning, governance, and delivery of multi-year portfolios in a fast paced environment.

The role requires coordinating executives and stakeholders, shaping requirements, and tracking scope, schedule, cost, and risk to ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with NCCIH strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Science in a relevant discipline; Master's preferred.
• Minimum seven years in project/program management.
• Federal health or HHS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Meet with NCCIH leadership to understand and define portfolio, program, or project needs and success criteria.
• Plan and execute stakeholder communications and engagement activities.
• Coordinate with leadership and stakeholders to align activities with strategic goals.
• Provide updates and gather feedback on activities and work products.
• Communicate activities with stakeholders and maintain transparency.
• Develop and facilitate information gathering sessions, memos, presentations, templates, and resources as appropriate.
• Research and gather technical and background information for documents.
• Participate in and/or lead workgroups and stakeholder meetings.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Position

Project Manager III

Location

Bethesda, MD

Job Id

2215-HHS - 26P-GM-220

# of Openings

1

Minimum Qualifications Summary

Certification & Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited institution, Master's preferred.

Experience Required

• Minimum seven (7) years managing projects or programs, including responsibility for scope, schedule, risk, resources, and deliverables. Federal health or HHS experience is preferred

Job Objective

The Office of Administrative Operations (OAO) of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) requires a contractor to provide Business Analysis and Policy Development Support to NCCIH executive leadership and staff. The Acting Executive Officer will work closely with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to manage all contract services to ensure successful delivery of high-quality work products and support to meet stakeholder business needs, managing risks proactively and effectively.

The contractor shall empower and support NCCIH leadership and staff in assessing, planning, executing, and managing portfolio, program, and/or project activities to achieve Strategic Plan goals. The contractor is responsible for facilitating all business needs analysis and stakeholder management, schedule management, cost management, quality management, scope management, risk management, resource management, integration management, and change management functions

Responsibilities

• Meet with NCCIH office and division leadership to understand, define, and prioritize portfolio/program/project needs, goals, and success criteria/key performance indicators.
• Help plan and execute stakeholder communications and management activities including but not limited to identifying stakeholders, assessing their needs and expectations, and planning and implementing various ways to engage with them.
• Work closely with NCCIH office and division leadership and other stakeholders as needed to plan, execute, and monitor activities and work products in alignment to strategic goals.
• Meet with NCCIH office and division leadership and other stakeholders to provide updates on and elicit feedback for activities and work products.
• Communicate activities with stakeholders and maintain a transparent process.
• Foster outreach and engagement with leadership and stakeholders, including but not limited to developing and facilitating information gathering sessions, emails, decision memos, presentations, training, templates, and resources as appropriate.
• Work closely with all stakeholders to research and gather both technical and background information for inclusion in documents.
• Actively participate and/or lead relevant workgroups and team/stakeholder meetings/discussions.
• Identify and communicate internal and external dependencies and/or opportunities for collaboration across programs/projects as appropriate.

Work Location

Bethesda, MD

About Lukos

Lukos has been delivering professional services to the Federal Government for 15 years. We help a variety of federal agencies in areas such as national security, homeland security, international development, training, analytics, healthcare, and other professional services. Since our founding, we have grown to support all military services and multiple federal civilian agencies.

About Our Name: Lukos is ancient Greek for "wolf". The characteristics of the wolf match our approach to national security. The wolf is known for cunning, aggression, patience, and teamwork. An individual wolf is smart, strong, and resilient, but the true strength of wolves is their ability to work together as a wolfpack. Kipling said it best in The Law of the Jungle.

"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack."

• medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off and Federal holidays.

Lukos is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or national origin.