[Contingent] Senior Project Manager: Federal Cyber Grant Program

Phia LLC•Fairfax, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At phia we hire talented and passionate people who are focused on collaborative, meaningful work, providing technical and operational subject matter expertise and support services to our partners and clients. phia is seeking a mission-driven Project Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team supporting a federal civilian agency’s cybersecurity grant and operations programs. In this role you are not managing a schedule from the sidelines—you are the single point of contact to the Government and the person accountable for how the whole program performs. You will lead a firm-fixed-price task order spanning federal cybersecurity grant programs that serve state, local, tribal, and territorial communities; the customer’s service delivery model and security assessment offerings; and executive-level front office mission support. This is Key Personnel work on a high-visibility homeland security mission—your name goes in the proposal, and your leadership shapes how national cyber grant dollars reach the communities that need them.

Requirements

Seven or more years of supervisory experience leading multidisciplinary professional services teams.
Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Seven or more years supporting Operations and Planning requirements of the same size and scope.
Strong interpersonal, critical-thinking, communication, and writing skills, with the presence to brief senior government leadership and protect a principal in a fast-moving front office.
A track record of advising on contract performance and management, not just reporting status.
A U.S. citizen able to obtain a favorable federal Entry on Duty (EOD) and Public Trust fitness determination.
Willing to be named in phia’s proposal to the Government and to sign a one-page Letter of Commitment.
Master’s degree in business administration, public policy, communications, or a similar comparable field.
Minimum of seven (7) years of supervisory experience and seven (7) years of demonstrated experience supporting Operations and Planning requirements of the same size and scope.
Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification — required, no exceptions.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Nice To Haves

A current or recent federal Public Trust suitability determination (accelerates start).
Direct experience supporting federal cybersecurity grant programs or other federally administered grant programs, including coordination with regional field offices.
Experience with SharePoint, MS Forms/Power Automate, Power BI, ServiceNow, and Section 508 documentation standards.
Experience managing firm-fixed-price professional services contracts of approximately $2–4M per year and 10 or more FTE.
Experience standing up a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and managing to quantitative performance metrics.

Responsibilities

Serve as the single point of contact to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer’s Representative; be available during core business hours on weekdays and respond to technical issues within 24 hours.
Provide oversight and facilitate execution across all task areas, leading task leads and a multidisciplinary team of analysts, technical writers, and administrative specialists.
Own the cadence: daily leadership agendas, talking points, and meeting rollups; monthly status reports and program management reviews; and a contractor-proposed Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.
Drive cybersecurity grant program support, including return-on-investment frameworks, program monitoring checklists, regional grant training, and grant close-out functions.
Lead quarterly program milestones such as stakeholder notification and information-request SOPs, workflow platform support packages, stakeholder survey automation, site visit support, a special events concept of operations, and field operating guidance governance.
Manage contract administration end to end: staffing continuity, government-furnished equipment accountability, risk and cost-variance reporting, deliverable acceptance cycles, and transition-in execution.
Coordinate across customer divisions, mission enabling offices, regional field offices, partner agencies, and interagency stakeholders.
Identify, track, and mitigate program risks; escalate early with a proposed course of action rather than a problem statement.
Ensure every team member understands and complies with customer site rules, security requirements, and conduct standards.