Project Manager/Regulatory Lead (Federal Agency)

Aalis Management Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalis Management Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Regulatory Lead to drive federal regulatory and public-comment initiatives for a federal client. The role serves as the primary liaison for project execution, coordinating regulatory activities, schedules, risks, and deliverables in a remote environment.

The ideal candidate has direct experience with notice-and-comment rulemaking, regulatory writing, and policy analysis, with strong PM capabilities and the ability to manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• 7+ years of federal regulatory, policy, program management, or analytical experience.
• Experience managing complex federal projects with multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting federal regulatory or public-comment activities.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience developing and reviewing professional, government-facing deliverables.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution of federal regulatory and public-comment projects.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, deliverables, priorities, and multiple concurrent deadlines.
• Coordinate with Government stakeholders, subject matter experts, analysts, and project team members.
• Support Federal regulatory and notice-and-comment rulemaking activities from planning through final deliverables.
• Develop, review, and edit regulatory, policy, analytical, and project documentation.
• Coordinate collection, organization, review, and analysis of public comments.
• Establish project workflows, review processes, and quality-control procedures.
• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts and develop mitigation strategies.
• Lead project meetings, track action items, and communicate project status to Government stakeholders and leadership.
• Review team products and ensure work aligns with Government requirements and established methodologies.
• Coordinate across regulatory, policy, legal, analytical, and technical workstreams.
• Prepare status reports, briefings, dashboards, and other customer-ready materials.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency, consistency, and quality.
• Provide leadership and direction to supporting Comment Analysts and Data Support personnel.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, government, regulatory affairs, business, communications, legal studies, or related field

Tools

Regulations.gov

FDMS

Job description

Aalis Management Consulting is an 8(a) certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) driven by the same principles that guide our armed forces. Founded by a US Army veteran, we take pride in our core values: excellence in reputation, commitment, candor, teamwork, and dependability. Our team delivers stakeholder-focused support in the areas of Acquisition & Procurement Support, IT, Financial Management, Program Management, and Logistics & Supply Chain Support. Visit us at www.aalismc.com

Title:Project Manager/Regulatory Lead
Client: Federal Agency
Location: Remote
Clearance: Public Trust
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance; the applicant must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.
Number of Position(s): 1
Work Schedule: 8 am – 5 pm

Position Summary

Aalis Management Consulting is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Regulatory Lead to lead federal regulatory and public-comment projects supporting a federal customer. This position will serve as a key point of contact for project execution and will be responsible for coordinating regulatory activities, managing schedules and deliverables, monitoring risks, and ensuring high-quality work products.

The ideal candidate has direct experience supporting Federal notice-and-comment rulemaking, public-comment analysis, regulatory writing, and policy analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution of federal regulatory and public-comment projects.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, deliverables, priorities, and multiple concurrent deadlines.
• Coordinate with Government stakeholders, subject matter experts, analysts, and project team members.
• Support Federal regulatory and notice-and-comment rulemaking activities from planning through final deliverables.
• Develop, review, and edit regulatory, policy, analytical, and project documentation.
• Coordinate the collection, organization, review, and analysis of public comments.
• Establish project workflows, review processes, and quality-control procedures.
• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts and develop mitigation strategies.Ensure deliverables are accurate, complete, consistent, and submitted on schedule.
• Lead project meetings, track action items, and communicate project status to Government stakeholders and leadership.
• Review team products and ensure work aligns with Government requirements and established methodologies.
• Coordinate across regulatory, policy, legal, analytical, and technical workstreams.
• Prepare status reports, briefings, dashboards, and other customer-ready materials.
• Identify process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and quality of regulatory and public-comment activities.
• Provide leadership and direction to supporting Comment Analysts and Data Support personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, government, regulatory affairs, business, communications, legal studies, or related field.
• 7+ years of relevant Federal regulatory, policy, program management, or analytical experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex Federal projects with multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting Federal regulatory or public-comment activities.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience developing and reviewing professional, Government-facing written deliverables.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently in a remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct notice-and-comment rulemaking experience.
• Federal regulatory writing or policy analysis experience.
• USDA or other Federal agency experience.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• PMP or comparable project management certification.
• Experience with Regulations.gov, FDMS, or Federal rulemaking systems.

Aalis Management Consulting is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.