Deputy Project Manager and Production Operations Lead
About The Position
Harkcon is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to manage daily operations for an anticipated federal emergency management program. This position will run the technical-document production workflow, coordinate assignments and reviews, and maintain visibility of schedule, quality, staffing, and customer actions. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain the federal suitability determination, facility access, and system access required for the position. Work will be performed primarily at FEMA’s National Integration Center offices in Washington, DC, with on-site attendance in accordance with current FEMA policy. Telework may be permitted when approved in advance by the COR. This position is contingent upon award of a contract to Harkcon.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- At least three years of recent experience, since 2017, managing a contract of similar size and scope.
- Demonstrated ability to support multiple complex, time-critical activities, including technical or data-processing work.
- Experience managing schedules, document workflows, action items, risks, and customer reporting.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and careful attention to version control and deadlines.
- U.S. citizenship and age 18 or older are required.
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain the federal suitability determination, facility access, and system access required for the position.
- Candidates must have resided in the United States for at least three of the past five years, subject to applicable federal exceptions.
Nice To Haves
- Project Management Professional certification or an advanced degree.
- Federal emergency management, preparedness, public safety, or incident management experience.
- Experience managing technical publications, doctrine, standards, or policy-production workflow.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Teams, and structured task-management tools.
- Current or recent favorable federal suitability determination.
Responsibilities
- Manage daily execution of technical guidance, analytical products, briefing materials, meeting support, and related deliverables.
- Manage the daily production workflow supporting NIMS implementation products, resource typing documents, National Qualification System resource-typing documents, and Position Task Books.
- Convert customer priorities into assignments, milestones, review cycles, and staffing requirements.
- Maintain the Project Task Tracker, including task and document status, travel, meetings, issues, recommendations, and monthly updates for the NIC Program Manager and COR.
- Coordinate analysts, writers, quality reviewers, and subject matter experts across concurrent products.
- Track Government-furnished information, reviewer comments, dependencies, risks, and overdue actions.
- Prepare weekly meeting materials and monthly performance, staffing, schedule, and cost inputs.
- Coordinate preparation of deliverable acceptance forms, weekly COR meeting materials, and monthly status-report inputs.
- Monitor deliverable readiness and prevent late, incomplete, or improperly formatted submissions.
- Serve as acting Program Manager when designated and maintain continuity during absences or surge periods.
- Support in-person and virtual workshops, including planning, facilitation, materials, action tracking, and follow-up.
Benefits
- Telework may be permitted when approved in advance by the COR.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
