Federal Communications Director
About The Position
The Federal Communications Director oversees the delivery of federal marketing and communications contracts, ensuring work aligns with client goals, contract requirements, and organizational objectives. The role combines federal program management, marketing and communications expertise, and client relationship leadership. The Director provides day-to-day oversight of assigned contracts, including staff management, workflow execution, budgeting, performance reporting, and risk management. The position is accountable for high-quality contract delivery and CPARS readiness, while leading communications strategy and coordinating with federal clients, internal teams, subcontractors, and partners.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience managing federal government contracts, preferably in communications, marketing, public affairs, or digital/media environments.
- Strong understanding of federal contracting processes, deliverables, and reporting, including SOW/PWS, CPARS, FAR, QA/QC, and performance management.
- Experience in marketing analytics, digital strategy, content oversight, or creative production.
- Experience supporting or managing marketing, communications, public affairs, or digital media projects for federal agencies.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Exceptional communication, writing, and client-facing skills.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret performance metrics, KPIs, and data-driven insights.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, SharePoint, Teams, and MS Office.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations for federal marketing and communications contracts and ensure compliance with deliverables, CLINs, SOW/PWS tasks, and reporting requirements.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for CORs, COs, and federal program staff.
- Oversee CPARS planning, tracking, self-assessment inputs, and responses to draft evaluations.
- Monitor contract performance and milestones to ensure timely delivery of assets, campaigns, reports, and communications products.
- Prepare and manage monthly performance reports, quality-control documentation, contract self-assessments, and CPARS readiness materials.
- Maintain contract documentation in Asana, SharePoint, Teams, and SOPs; ensure accurate contractor timekeeping, labor-hour tracking, and cost allocation.
- Translate federal program goals into strategic marketing and communications plans.
- Support development and execution of digital, social, creative, research, and outreach campaigns.
- Review and approve marketing deliverables, graphics, social media content, briefs, and editorial products for quality and compliance.
- Analyze performance metrics and KPIs to inform optimization and future strategy.
- Build and maintain federal client relationships and promote client satisfaction and transparency.
- Lead recurring client meetings, kickoff sessions, and quarterly or annual performance reviews.
- Identify opportunities to improve service delivery, innovate processes, and propose solutions or contract growth opportunities.
- Facilitate collaboration among internal teams, subcontractors, and partners.
- Manage contract budgets, labor categories, burn rates, and ODCs.
- Review invoices, labor-hour reports, and subcontractor performance documentation.
- Support pricing, forecasting, and estimates for expansions or option-year negotiations.
- Assist with proposal development, including resume alignment, technical writing, and past-performance inputs.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement and professional trainings for eligible employees.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period.
- Discretionary profit-sharing plan for eligible employees after one year of employment.
- Flexible work hours, paid time off, and 11 federal holidays.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
