Senior Project Director: Backup Leader for Federal Programs

TeleSolv Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

TeleSolv Consulting, LLC seeks an experienced Alternate Project Director to provide continuity of leadership for a Government Researcher Engagement Consulting Services IDIQ. This role serves as Key Personnel and will support day-to-day program execution, stepping in for the Project Director during absences while maintaining uninterrupted contract performance.

You will lead planning, staffing oversight, and deliverable quality, coordinating with Government business owners and the Contracting

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Government library, archival or cultural institution clients.
• Advanced degree in survey research, library or information science, public policy, social science or related field.
• Experience serving in a deputy, alternate or backup leadership role on a Government services contract.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills supporting an orderly transfer of leadership responsibilities.
• Working knowledge of federal travel regulations used to schedule and budget on-site research activities.
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Survey development and leadership.
• Evaluation design and execution.
• Research data collection.
• Statistical analysis and reporting.
• Project planning, scheduling and status reporting.
• Requirements and business-process analysis.
• Risk management.
• Contract performance and staffing oversight.
• Deliverable quality control.
• Team leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to maintain continuity across multiple active task orders.
• Ability to work independently and assume senior leadership responsibilities with minimal disruption.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated backup to the Project Director and assume full responsibility for contract performance, staffing and deliverable quality when required.
• Support the design and execution of qualitative and quantitative research assessing researcher behavior, engagement and satisfaction.
• Assist with process development, requirements analysis, risk management and program and business-process analyses.
• Support project planning, scheduling and reporting for researcher-focused studies.
• Lead planning, scheduling and reporting functions when the Project Director is unavailable.
• Participate in regular meetings with Government business owners and the Contracting Officer’s Representative.
• Maintain familiarity with open issues, decisions and the status of active work streams.
• Conduct quality-control reviews to ensure deliverables comply with contractual quality standards.

Skills

Program leadership

Communication skills

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Risk management

Team leadership

Project planning

Contract performance

Education

Advanced degree in survey research, library/information science, public policy, social science

Job description

TeleSolv Consulting, LLC seeks an experienced Alternate Project Director to provide continuity of leadership for a Government Researcher Engagement Consulting Services IDIQ. This role serves as Key Personnel and will support day-to-day program execution, stepping in for the Project Director during absences while maintaining uninterrupted contract performance.

You will lead planning, staffing oversight, and deliverable quality, coordinating with Government business owners and the Contracting