Project Manager

Elder Research • Arlington, VA

15d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager will drive technology and analytics delivery by: (1) managing and leading technical team members, (2) managing all facets of project execution and high-quality delivery in scope, on time, within budget, (3) managing client expectations and client satisfaction in product delivery, and (4) overseeing contractual, financial, and resourcing data and information for the client and the ERI organization. The ideal Project Manager will also have an understanding and appreciation for data, analytics, and technology, and will have involved in the design, build, test, deploy phases of data analytics and data science products and solutions. Internally, they regularly interface with technical data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, and software engineers to aid in business analysis, requirements gathering, technology design and delivery, and quality assurance. Externally, they regularly interface with clients at numerous levels of an organizationprogram managers, stakeholders, end-users, data owners, analysts, IT groups, and managementto facilitate and lead the tactical delivery of analytics projects.

Requirements

• Must have a IRS Public Trust w/a Full Background Investigation
• Bachelors degree in or a technical field and/or business related area
• PMP Certification (or the willingness and ability to receive a PMP certification within one year of hire)
• Multi-year experience with leading projects within industry standard project management frameworks (i.e., PMP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
• Multi-year experience in the consulting industry (technology, management, strategy) and managing client engagements with either internal or external clients
• Experience with government contracting or experience working with federal government agencies

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in data science, data analytics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or business administration.
• Involved in team efforts to design and deploy data and analytics solutions that involve querying databases, analyzing data, building data pipelines, and applying data science concepts such as supervised and unsupervised, text mining, and graph analytics
• Agile Certified
• Multi-year experience growing and expanding federal government portfolios

Responsibilities

• managing and leading technical team members
• managing all facets of project execution and high-quality delivery in scope, on time, within budget
• managing client expectations and client satisfaction in product delivery
• overseeing contractual, financial, and resourcing data and information for the client and the ERI organization
• aid in business analysis, requirements gathering, technology design and delivery, and quality assurance
• facilitate and lead the tactical delivery of analytics projects

Benefits

• Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies.
• By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees