Project Manager, Industry Specialty Services

BDO USA • Mclean, VA

4d • $125,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Project Manager manages technology implementations, business process transformations, ERP workstreams, post-transaction integration activities, and other strategic projects for government contractor and commercial clients. The role coordinates project activities across client stakeholders, contractors, vendors, and internal teams while monitoring scope, schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and quality standards. It applies project management practices and government contracting knowledge to support governance, resolve delivery issues, maintain documentation, and achieve client objectives. The position also supports proposal activities, client communications, project reporting, and consistent project management practices within Industry Specialty Services.

The Project Manager oversees projects from planning through closeout, including ERP implementation phases such as requirements gathering, business process design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization. The role develops and maintains project plans and controls; coordinates stakeholders and workstreams; monitors financial and delivery performance; facilitates meetings and workshops; reviews deliverables for quality and compliance; supports change management and adoption; and prepares client and executive reporting. It also contributes to proposal development, project mobilization, contract transitions, and project closeout. The role coaches project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members in project management practices and documentation standards. Travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or Public Administration.
• Five or more years of project management experience.
• Three or more years managing technology implementations, business process transformations, systems projects, or organizational change initiatives.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, scope changes, vendors, or subcontractors.
• Experience coordinating projects with multiple workstreams, dependencies, stakeholders, and deliverables.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.
• Knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk and issue management, change control, and quality management.
• Knowledge of government contracting principles, contract deliverables, task orders, compliance requirements, and client reporting expectations.
• Knowledge of ERP implementation lifecycles, business process redesign, systems integration, data migration, testing, training, and deployment.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, workstreams, clients, and contractual commitments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into project plans, schedules, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to analyze project data, identify trends, evaluate impacts, and recommend corrective actions.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and support decisions among technical teams, business stakeholders, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.
• Ability to communicate project information through written reports, presentations, dashboards, and meetings.
• Ability to identify and resolve project risks, issues, conflicts, and delivery barriers.
• Ability to maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready project documentation.
• Ability to manage confidential client, contract, financial, personnel, and project information.
• Ability to coordinate geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings.
• Ability to work within established contract, security, ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to mentor project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or Public Administration.
• Two or more years supporting ERP implementation activities, including requirements, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, or stabilization.
• Two or more years supporting government contracts, government agencies, public-sector clients, contract deliverables, compliance requirements, or contractor oversight.
• Experience with proposal development, contract transition, task order execution, or project mobilization.
• Experience in a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or government contracting organization.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster certification.
• ERP platform certification.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday, or Infor ERP platforms.
• Experience with project portfolio management, collaboration, scheduling, reporting, or workflow platforms.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable project reporting and dashboard tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage technology implementations, ERP workstreams, business process transformations, post-transaction integrations, and strategic projects from planning through closeout.
• Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, communication plans, and work breakdown structures.
• Coordinate project activities across client stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, technical teams, and business process owners.
• Incorporate government contracting requirements into project planning, reporting, documentation, compliance, and change management.
• Establish meeting schedules, reporting routines, escalation procedures, and decision-tracking processes.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and performance measures.
• Coordinate ERP implementation activities spanning requirements, design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization.
• Maintain risk registers, issue logs, action plans, decision logs, change logs, and lessons-learned records.
• Monitor project budgets, labor utilization, subcontractor costs, invoices, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Track schedules, deliverables, milestones, resource assignments, quality measures, and client commitments.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, design reviews, status meetings, testing sessions, and retrospectives.
• Support organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption.
• Review project deliverables for accuracy, completeness, quality, contractual compliance, and alignment with approved requirements.
• Document scope changes and prepare impact assessments covering schedule, budget, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Prepare client status reports, project dashboards, executive briefings, presentations, and contract deliverable packages.
• Support proposal development, solution design, pricing activities, oral presentations, and project mobilization.
• Maintain productive relationships with government clients, executive sponsors, project teams, delivery partners, and external vendors.
• Apply approved project management methodologies, templates, tools, controls, and quality practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and financial performance.
• Support project closeout, including final reporting, transition planning, contract deliverables, benefits assessment, and lessons learned.
• Coach project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members in project management practices and documentation standards.

Benefits

• Employee ownership participation through the company’s ESOP, providing a stake in the firm’s success and an opportunity to enhance financial well-being.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings; benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level