Senior Project Manager

KAIROS Inc

Lexington Park (MD)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 185,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

401K Plan

Annual Discretionary Bonuses

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

KAIROS, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex data onboarding and governance efforts in support of Advana-related initiatives. The role requires coordinating government and industry teams to meet milestones, ensure data integrity, and deliver on program objectives.

The position emphasizes end-to-end planning, stakeholder communication, and governance documentation, with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. U.S.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, AI, operations research, software engineering, or related fields.
10 years of experience leading end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition and onboarding efforts.
Active Secret Security Clearance eligibility and U.S. citizenship are required.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data onboarding projects across multiple data sources and stakeholders.
Coordinate with data owners, data stewards, governance teams, and mission stakeholders to align onboarding requirements.
Manage status, blockers, risk, and schedule across acquisition lifecycles and governance reviews.
Develop and maintain governance artifacts, data inventories, access requirements, and supporting documentation.
Provide program-level metrics, executive status updates, and visibility into onboarding progress.

Skills

Data onboarding

Governance

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

DoD data governance

Project management

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant technical/engineering/analytical field

10 years of experience leading end-to-end data onboarding programs

Tools

Advana

Jupiter

Job description

KAIROS, Inc is searching for an energetic, experienced, and highly motivated Senior Project Manager, to join our team.

Established in July 2013, KAIROS, Inc. is a growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in Life Cycle Program Management, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Logistics and Sustainment, Enterprise Platforms and AI, and Additive Manufacturing services focused on optimizing customers’ program performance and mission through proven methodologies and ethical practices. Our headquarters is in California, MD near Naval Air Station Patuxent River. We offer competitive salaries and benefits with outstanding growth potential.

This position will perform the planning, execution, and successful delivery of Advana-related projects and development initiatives. This position requires a proven leader with direct experience managing complex data integration, analytics, and digital transformation efforts within multi-stakeholder environments.

This Senior Project Manager leads cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic projects, ensuring alignment with program objectives, stakeholder expectations, and organizational priorities. The role requires the ability to collaborate effectively across government, industry, and technical teams to achieve desired outcomes while meeting project schedules, performance objectives, and key milestones.

Primary Duties:

Planning & Execution: Lead end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition and onboarding efforts, coordinating priorities, schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple data sources and stakeholder organizations.
Coordination: Serve as a primary liaison with data owners, data stewards, governance teams, platform teams, and mission stakeholders to define onboarding requirements, resolve issues, and maintain alignment throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
Data Onboarding Management: Manage and communicate the status of data onboarding activities, maintaining visibility into source identification, access approvals, ingestion, validation, governance reviews, and production readiness while proactively addressing blockers and schedule impacts.
Governance Documentation: Develop, coordinate, and maintain required data governance and onboarding documentation, including data agreements, access requirements, data inventories, governance artifacts, approvals, and supporting technical documentation.
Status Tracking & Reporting: Establish and maintain program-level metrics, reporting, and executive status updates that provide leadership with clear visibility into onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and overall data acquisition performance.

Skills and Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience supporting products and data onboarding efforts within the Advana, War Data Platform, and/or Jupiter with an understanding of the platform’s data acquisition and governance processes
Experience managing large-scale data onboarding efforts
Strong understanding of DoD data governance
Ability to coordinate cross-functionally across government stakeholders, platform teams, data engineers, developers, and mission customers
Ability to understand technical data dependencies and translate detailed onboarding activities into actionable plans, reporting, assessments, and executive-level communication.
Strong customer relations, analytics, and documentation skills
Self-starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality
Microsoft office suite proficiency, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to work within a challenging, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Ability to work independently
Ability to multi-task and meet competing, deliverable deadlines
Detail oriented
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and/or communicate issues
Ability to adapt to evolving technology

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, operations research, software engineering, and/or other technical/engineering/mathematical degree fields
10 years of experience leading end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition and onboarding efforts

Clearance:

This position is subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. In order to complete the requirements for government security clearance investigation you must be a U.S. Citizen and be able to complete the full background investigation. This position requires an Active Secret Security Clearance.

Compensation:

While skills, education, and experience are key factors, they are not the sole determinants of salary. Other determining factors include but are not limited to location, contract budgets and requirements, and government labor category guidelines. The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 to $185,000. KAIROS also provides a comprehensive benefits package as additional employee compensation.

KAIROS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

KAIROS offers our employees a comprehensive benefits package consisting of: