Project Manager - Public Health

Cherokee Federal•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day onsite management of a Defense Centers for Public Health IDIQ task order contract at Aberdeen Proving Ground. This role involves overseeing projects from initiation through completion, including purchasing, staffing availability, customer notifications, timely deliverables, work/project/contract status updates, issue resolution, and participation in planning. The Project Manager is expected to maintain a daily cadence with the COR, TO Technical Directors, and Team technical leads, lead the contract team, and stay aware of team and customer activities. The contractor team reports to the Project Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of 8 years of project, program, task-order, or contract-management experience in a federal, military, public-health, scientific, technical, or related environment.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver under tight deadlines.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to maintain accurate status, risk, and issue tracking.
Ability to work fully onsite at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Must pass pre-employment requirements of Cherokee Federal.
Must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in public health, Public Health Management, Health Administration, Business Administration, Program Management, or a related field preferred.
PMP or similar project/program management certification preferred.
At least 3 years of experience in defense public health, military medical, public health surveillance, occupational/environmental health, scientific, or similar mission environment strongly preferred.
Experience managing subcontractor or partner personnel preferred.
Experience successfully transitioning task orders preferred.

Responsibilities

Support Firm-Fixed-Price task-order execution by managing scope, priorities, performance expectations, and cost-conscious delivery.
Serve as the onsite contractor lead for the Aberdeen Proving Ground DCPH task order.
Manage Cherokee/CNIH personnel and subcontractor/partner personnel to ensure integrated performance across the task order.
Monitor staffing levels, vacancies, onboarding, backfill actions, availability, and workforce risks.
Ensure timely completion, review, and submission of contract deliverables, reports, and customer-directed products.
Lead recurring meetings, status reviews, action-item tracking, customer updates, and internal coordination routines.
Identify and resolve performance, staffing, customer, contract, administrative, and compliance issues.
Ensure contract activities comply with applicable company policies, government requirements, security expectations, and quality standards.