Senior Project Manager, Industry Specialty Services

BDO USA • McLean, VA

4d • $155,000 - $185,000

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager manages complex projects for government contractor and commercial clients, including ERP implementations, business process transformations, technology deployments, M&A integrations, and other strategic initiatives. The role coordinates delivery across cross-functional teams, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, budgets, schedules, quality standards, and organizational priorities. It applies project management, government contracting, and ERP implementation expertise to manage risks, resolve issues, support governance, and deliver measurable outcomes.

The position also contributes to business development, proposal activities, client relationships, and project management standards within Industry Specialty Services. It coaches project team members in project management practices and may perform other duties as required. 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, Public Administration, or another specified discipline.
• At least eight years of project management experience.
• At least five years managing complex, cross-functional projects involving technology, business process transformation, systems implementation, or organizational change.
• At least three years managing ERP implementation projects involving requirements, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, or stabilization.
• At least three years supporting government contracts, government agencies, public-sector clients, contract deliverables, compliance requirements, or contractor oversight.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, issues, scope changes, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Experience managing projects with multiple workstreams, complex dependencies, executive stakeholders, and formal governance structures.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday, or Infor.
• 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.
• Knowledge of project governance, change control, risk management, quality management, and earned value concepts.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, workstreams, clients, and contractual commitments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable project plans and measurable deliverables; analyze project data, identify trends, evaluate impacts, and recommend corrective actions.
• Ability to facilitate decisions among executive sponsors, technical teams, business stakeholders, contractors, and government representatives.
• Ability to communicate complex project information clearly through written reports, presentations, dashboards, and meetings.
• Ability to negotiate scope, schedule, budget, resource, quality, and contract issues; identify and resolve project risks, issues, conflicts, and delivery barriers.
• Ability to maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready project documentation and manage confidential client, contract, financial, personnel, and project information.
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings as required.
• Ability to work within established contract, security, ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to mentor project managers, project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Public Administration, or another specified discipline.
• Experience with proposal development, contract transition, task order execution, or program mobilization.
• Experience within a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or government contracting organization.
• Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Certified Practitioner, or comparable Agile certification.
• ERP platform certification.
• Experience with project portfolio management, collaboration, scheduling, reporting, or workflow platforms.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable project reporting and dashboard tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex ERP implementations, technology programs, business transformations, post-transaction integrations, and other strategic projects from initiation through closeout.
• Develop project charters, integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and communication plans.
• Coordinate project activities across client stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, technical teams, and business process owners.
• Apply government contracting requirements to project planning, execution, reporting, documentation, compliance, and change management.
• Establish project governance structures, decision rights, escalation paths, meeting cadences, and reporting standards.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestones, dependencies, and performance measures.
• Manage ERP implementation activities, including requirements gathering, business process design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization.
• Evaluate project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities; 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 project schedules, deliverables, milestones, resource assignments, quality measures, and client commitments.
• Lead requirements workshops, design reviews, status meetings, steering committee meetings, testing sessions, and project retrospectives.
• Coordinate organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities.
• Review project deliverables for accuracy, completeness, quality, contractual compliance, and alignment with approved requirements.
• Manage scope changes through documented impact assessments, approvals, contract modifications, and updated project baselines.
• Prepare executive briefings, client presentations, progress reports, performance dashboards, and contract deliverable packages.
• Support proposal development, solution design, pricing activities, oral presentations, and project mobilization efforts.
• Build trusted relationships with government clients, executive sponsors, program leadership, delivery teams, and external partners.
• Promote consistent use of project management methodologies, templates, tools, controls, and quality practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and financial performance.
• Conduct project closeout activities, including final reporting, transition planning, contract deliverables, benefits assessment, and lessons learned.
• Coach project team members in project management practices, delivery standards, documentation, risk management, and client engagement.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participation through beneficial ownership and a stake in the firm’s success.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings; benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

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