Senior Project Manager

Alphahire; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov, a division of Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Delivery Lead / Senior Project Manager to oversee consulting engagements from award through final acceptance. You will own project execution: scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, and client communication while coordinating with the technical lead, analysts, reviewers, and external experts.

This hands-on leadership role emphasizes building delivery processes and guiding internal staff so AlphaGov can perform more qualified delivery work in-house and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading consulting, research, or advisory engagements with multiple contributors.
• Experience managing public-sector clients or engagements with formal contractual deliverables and acceptance requirements.
• Ability to manage project finances, schedules, scope changes, and competing priorities.
• Experience coordinating technical specialists, analysts, and subcontractors.
• Strong client communication, business writing, and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to turn complex requirements into clear assignments and accountable work plans.
• Willingness to work directly on delivery details while building a growing practice.

Responsibilities

• Translate proposals and contracts into clear work plans, deliverables, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage project budgets, resource allocations, dependencies, risks, and changes in scope.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and lead progress meetings.
• Assign work to internal staff and engage external experts for defined technical needs.
• Coordinate technical and quality reviews before deliverables reach clients.
• Monitor actual hours, forecast remaining effort, and identify potential budget or schedule problems early.
• Document decisions, client approvals, scope changes, and delivery obligations.
• Coordinate invoicing milestones and supporting documentation with finance.
• Help develop realistic delivery plans and cost estimates for proposals.
• Build reusable project templates, workflows, and lessons learned.
• Develop internal staff so AlphaGov can perform more qualified delivery work in-house.

Skills

Leadership

Client communication

Budget management

Proposal development

Education

Project management certification (PMP) or equivalent

Job description

About AlphaGov

AlphaGov, a division of Casa Moon LLC, helps government agencies and public-sector organizations make informed workforce decisions. Our work includes workforce intelligence, labor market analysis, workforce planning, economic development, program evaluation, compensation studies, and infrastructure workforce advisory.

We combine an internal delivery team with a network of more than 2,000 subject matter experts. We are building a consulting practice that delivers practical, measurable recommendations and supports clients through implementation.

The opportunity

We are seeking a Delivery Lead / Senior Project Manager to manage consulting engagements from award and kickoff through final acceptance.

You will own project execution: scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, client communication, and delivery coordination. You will work closely with our technical lead, internal analysts, independent reviewers, and external specialists.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can build effective delivery processes while managing active client work.

Responsibilities

• Translate proposals and contracts into clear work plans, deliverables, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage project budgets, resource allocations, dependencies, risks, and changes in scope.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and lead progress meetings.
• Assign work to internal staff and engage external experts for defined technical needs.
• Coordinate technical and quality reviews before deliverables reach clients.
• Monitor actual hours, forecast remaining effort, and identify potential budget or schedule problems early.
• Document decisions, client approvals, scope changes, and delivery obligations.
• Coordinate invoicing milestones and supporting documentation with finance.
• Help develop realistic delivery plans and cost estimates for proposals.
• Build reusable project templates, workflows, and lessons learned.
• Develop internal staff so AlphaGov can perform more qualified delivery work in-house.

• Demonstrated experience leading consulting, research, or advisory engagements with multiple contributors.
• Experience managing public-sector clients or engagements with formal contractual deliverables and acceptance requirements.
• Ability to manage project finances, schedules, scope changes, and competing priorities.
• Experience coordinating technical specialists, analysts, and subcontractors.
• Strong client communication, business writing, and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to turn complex requirements into clear assignments and accountable work plans.
• Willingness to work directly on delivery details while building a growing practice.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning, compensation studies, economic development, program evaluation, or infrastructure advisory.
• Experience managing government contracts and supporting proposal development.
• PMP or a comparable project management credential.
• Experience building delivery processes for a consulting organization.

What success looks like

• Projects have clear ownership, realistic budgets, and documented acceptance criteria.
• Clients receive timely communication and reliable deliverables.
• Scope changes and delivery risks are addressed early.
• Internal staff and external experts work as one accountable team.
• Each engagement strengths AlphaGov's delivery capability and government past performance.