RFP & Implementation PMO Lead (Remote)

Conduent; United States; Remote; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare Benefits

Retirement Savings

Employee Discounts

Career Growth Opportunities

Paid Training

Paid time off

Great Work Environment

Job summary

Conduent is seeking a Project Manager – RFP & Implementation Readiness to bridge Proposal Management, Business Development, and PMO leadership through the RFP process and into delivery. You will validate plans, timelines, staffing, and commitments to ensure post-award delivery is realistic.

In this role, you will collaborate with proposal teams, solution architects, and delivery leaders to craft practical implementation approaches, identify risks, and support transition from proposal to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of project management, program management, PMO, or implementation leadership experience.
• Experience developing and managing complex project plans for large-scale government implementations.
• Strong knowledge of project scheduling, resource planning, dependencies, critical path analysis, and project lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting RFP, proposal, bid, or pre-sales activities.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions across teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary PMO point of contact for implementation-related RFP and proposal activities.
• Partner with Proposal Management, Business Development, Solution Architects, and delivery leaders to develop realistic implementation approaches.
• Develop and validate project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, staffing needs, and implementation timelines using delivery experience and historical project data to ensure proposed commitments are achievable.
• Identify and address risks, assumptions, resource constraints, and unrealistic delivery commitments before proposals are submitted.
• Provide PMO leadership with visibility into upcoming opportunities, staffing needs, and implementation readiness.
• Ensure appropriate project leadership and resources are identified for anticipated contract awards.
• Coordinate the transition from proposal to implementation, ensuring project teams understand key commitments, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Develop and improve implementation planning standards, templates, and processes using lessons learned and actual project performance to improve future estimates and delivery commitments.

Skills

7+ years project management

PMO leadership

stakeholder management

scheduling & critical path

proposal support experience

communication & facilitation

influence cross-team decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Conduent is seeking a Project Manager – RFP & Implementation Readiness to bridge Proposal Management, Business Development, and PMO leadership through the RFP process and into delivery. You will validate plans, timelines, staffing, and commitments to ensure post-award delivery is realistic.

In this role, you will collaborate with proposal teams, solution architects, and delivery leaders to craft practical implementation approaches, identify risks, and support transition from proposal to