Senior Federal Communications and Events Project Manager

ICF Olson; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Senior Communications/Events Project Manager to coordinate multiple client campaigns and events with government stakeholders. This on-site role requires the ability to report weekly to Vienna, VA and Washington DC, and to travel domestically with one international event per year.

The successful candidate will manage requirements, schedules, and governance, while delivering high-quality events and communications programs for federal clients.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of management experience.
• 5+ years of experience with communication campaigns and event coordination projects.
• 5+ years of experience supporting federal clients on projects.
• 3+ years of experience in leading multiple teams.
• Bachelor's degree in technology related field or business.
• Experience with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, SharePoint).
• US Citizenship is required (required by the federal government for this position).
• Must be able to obtain Secret clearance.
• Ability to report to Federal office in regular weekly frequency in Vienna, Virginia and Washington DC per client request.
• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply.

Responsibilities

• Lead project manager for activities supporting event delivery for communication and event projects, coordinating concurrent activities across planning, requirements, event scheduling, communication campaigns, event coordination and facilitation support.
• Direct project planning and execution activities, maintaining alignment on scope, priorities, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, deliverables, action items, and stakeholder expectations.
• Serve as a key point of contact between government stakeholders and project and subcontract team, ensuring that stakeholder needs, project priorities, delivery considerations, and outcomes are clearly communicated and addressed.
• Lead stakeholder meetings, including requirements discussions, planning sessions, feedback reviews, issue resolution, regular contract reporting and operational touchpoints.
• Independently elicit, clarify, analyze, document, and validate business and end-user requirements, translating identified needs into actionable functional requirements, technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and solution recommendations.
• Facilitate collaboration and decision-making among business stakeholders, end users, developers, testers, architects, and other project participants to establish priorities, evaluate solution approaches, resolve questions, and drive work forward.
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot functional and technical issues, coordinating across the appropriate resources to determine root causes, evaluate impacts, implement resolutions, and validate outcomes.
• Design, build, and maintain program dashboards, reports, metrics, and analytics that provide operational visibility, respond to stakeholder information needs, and inform project and business discussions.
• Coordinate project activities, deliverables, decisions, and follow-up across cross-functional teams, proactively identifying dependencies, downstream impacts, delivery concerns, and unresolved actions requiring attention.
• Provide senior-level project leadership while remaining directly engaged in communication material development, event planning, quality assurance, reporting, and end-user solution delivery.

Skills

Management experience

Campaigns & events

Federal projects

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Job description

ICF is seeking a Senior Communications/Events Project Manager to coordinate multiple client campaigns and events with government stakeholders. This on-site role requires the ability to report weekly to Vienna, VA and Washington DC, and to travel domestically with one international event per year.

The successful candidate will manage requirements, schedules, and governance, while delivering high-quality events and communications programs for federal clients.