ICF Incorporated, LLC: Senior Manager, Environmental Health Sciences – Reston, VA

ICF•Reston, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

ICF Incorporated, LLC is seeking a Senior Manager, Environmental Health Sciences in Reston, VA. This role involves leading product and project management for scientific and data-driven technology tools used in public and environmental health research. The position requires translating scientific and user needs into product requirements, managing the development lifecycle of technology products, and serving as a liaison between clients, stakeholders, and technical teams. A key aspect of the role is overseeing and contributing to the configuration and use of systematic review platforms like HAWC, DistillerSR, and Litstream, as well as supporting data ingestion, ETL, and data cleaning activities. The role also involves contributing to UI/UX design, evaluating emerging technologies like cloud platforms and generative AI, and conducting systematic reviews of environmental health data. The Senior Manager will also oversee and mentor staff performing these tasks.

Requirements

Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics or related quantitative public health field and 4 years of experience in Health Informatics or Health related data analysis.
At least 4 years of experience with systematic review of epidemiological environmental health data, including screening, risk of bias evaluation, data extraction, and analysis of findings for human health risk assessments and regulatory purposes.
At least 4 years of experience with the systematic review tools HAWC, DistillerSR and Litstream, including configuration, workflow design, or use in support of literature screening, data extraction, synthesis, and reporting.
At least 4 years of experience with the reference management software EndNote to support ingestion, organization, deduplication, and lifecycle management of scientific literature.
At least 4 years of experience with ETL and data cleaning tasks, supporting preparation, quality control, and transformation of data used in research, analytics, or reporting systems.
At least 4 years of experience with literature flow diagrams and/or PRISMA diagrams, including defining requirements for, producing, or reviewing standardized outputs supporting transparent and reproducible evidence synthesis.
At least 2 years of experience with project management, including planning, coordination, and monitoring of technical or scientific projects to ensure delivery within defined scope, schedule, and budget.
At least 2 years of experience managing the development of a technology product, including translating user, scientific, or business requirements into functional or technical solutions and overseeing implementation in collaboration with technical teams.
At least 2 years of experience with issue tracking software (e.g., Jira), to manage software development tasks, enhancements, defects, prioritization, and coordination across teams.
At least 2 years of experience with Generative artificial intelligence LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT), applied to research workflows, analytical support, content synthesis, or exploratory product capabilities.
At least 2 years of experience with UI/UX design, including contributing to usability, workflow design, or user centered enhancements through collaboration with technical teams and incorporation of user feedback.
At least 2 years of experience with AWS and cloud software basics, include concepts related to deployment, scalability, maintenance, or operation of cloud-based applications.

Responsibilities

Lead product and project management activities for the development, enhancement, and maintenance of scientific and data driven technology tools used in public health and environmental health research.
Translate scientific, regulatory, and user needs into product and functional requirements, working closely with researchers, engineers, and federal stakeholders to ensure tools support reproducible, auditable, and policy relevant research outcomes.
Manage the development lifecycle of technology products, including planning, prioritization, requirements definition, coordination of implementation activities, and ownership of final deliverables to ensure quality, usability, and client satisfaction.
Serve as the primary liaison between clients, stakeholders, and technical teams, facilitating communication, resolving trade-offs, and aligning product functionality with evolving public-sector and research program requirements.
Oversee and contribute to the configuration and use of systematic review platforms HAWC, DistillerSR, and Litstream, including workflow design, data models, and feature utilization to support systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
Define requirements for and support production of literature flow and PRISMA diagrams, ensuring transparency, methodological rigor, and compliance with established systematic review standards.
Support data ingestion, ETL, and data cleaning activities to ensure high quality, analysis ready datasets for analytics, reporting, and downstream decision making within research tools.
Utilize issue tracking and project management tools (e.g., Jira) to manage technology product enhancement requests, defects, prioritization, and coordination of work across product and engineering teams.
Contribute to UI/UX design efforts by defining minimum requirements in a wireframe, incorporating user feedback, scientific workflows, and usability considerations into the design and refinement of research software products.
Evaluate and apply emerging technologies, including cloud platforms and generative artificial intelligence tools, to enhance research workflows, analytical capabilities, and future product features.
Conduct systematic review of epidemiological environmental health data, including screening, risk of bias evaluation, data extraction, and analysis of findings for human health risk assessments and regulatory purposes.
Oversee staff who perform the above tasks, including providing feedback, guidance, training, and mentoring in the areas outlined above.