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Future Need - Actively Interviewing
Location: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (Douglas A. Munro Headquarters Building), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20593
Do you thrive on leading complex, executive-level transformation efforts from plan to results? We're looking for a Project Manager to guide strategic change, integrated project teams, and process improvement for a federal mission support organization. If you're ready to coordinate the moving parts, keep senior leaders informed, and deliver within timeframe and resource constraints, we want to hear from you!
Position Description: The Project Manager - Consulting plans, coordinates, and tracks change management, strategic planning, business transformation, and process improvement projects and supports cost, schedule, and performance analysis, risk management, and program documentation. This position supports the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).
Minimum/General Experience: 3 - 15 years of experience in program and project management, meeting facilitation, strategic communications, and organizational change management supporting the USCG or other federal agencies with defense, homeland security, or law enforcement missions
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mid-level Project Management certification, or equivalent certification (preferred)
Essential Skills/Qualifications:
- Above average experience with project management, including execution, coordination, and tracking, on multiple projects
- Above average ability to use project definition and management tools to scope initiatives and develop integrated master schedules
- Above average ability to apply established project and program management best practices and discipline to scheduling and executing activities
- Above average experience supporting federal program offices, including preparing briefs, documentation, reports, and analyses
- Above average experience with cost, schedule, and performance analysis and cost estimation and analysis
- Above average experience with risk assessment and mitigation, including conducting risk analyses and maintaining risk registers
- Experience developing, updating, and tracking program schedules and events, and managing program databases, trackers, and reports
- Experience with program documentation, technical library management, task tracking, and performance measurement products
- Above average ability to provide guidance and direction for executive-level projects implementing initiative management principles, business process development, business reengineering, and strategic business projects
- Above average ability to manage projects of high complexity and direct their completion within estimated timeframes and resource constraints
- Above average proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g., OneDrive, Teams, Microsoft Project, SharePoint)
- Strong ability to conduct research and analysis of technical data
- Strong ability to read and interpret Government policy, regulations, and directives, and apply those interpretations fully and legally to all contract activities
- Above average ability to provide technical writing and editorial support, including formatting, proofing, and editing
- Strong ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with executive-level personnel
- Ability to coordinate all parties to tasks and review work products for completeness, quality, and adherence to customer requirements
- Ability to facilitate meetings and working group sessions, including workshop-based sessions
- Ability to learn and use USCG-specific program management and planning tools and applications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience supporting a federal agency
General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment.
- Assignment Location - On-Site, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (Douglas A. Munro Headquarters Building), Washington, D.C.
- Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
- Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
- Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
- Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.
- Travel - CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required; a valid passport and current immunizations are required for OCONUS travel.
Security: Ability to obtain/maintain a Federal Civilian Public Trust
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years
Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:
- Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
- OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
- DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
- National Agency Check (NAC) records
- FBI name check
- FBI fingerprint check
- Credit report check
- Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
- Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
- Law enforcement check
- Court records check
- Education check- Attendance and Degrees
Acceptable Credentials
- Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:
- Keeps the contracting officer informed of contractor status and ensures contractor activities align with Government objectives
- Attends Kick-Off Meetings with the contracting officer and prepares draft and final project plans addressing order handling, risks, and risk mitigation strategies
- Prepares monthly status reports for the contracting officer summarizing work performed, technical and schedule status, travel conducted, and contractor concerns or recommendations
- Meets monthly with the contracting officer to exchange information and resolve emergent problems and issues
- Develops the Transition Plan, including phase-in and phase-out procedures, and reports transition progress monthly to the contracting officer
- Coordinates internal communications with a focus on change management
- Supports contingency and steady-state logistics efforts
- Scopes change management initiatives using project definition and management tools, and develops integrated master schedules for Government approval
- Develops and maintains processes to track, integrate, and oversee high-priority performance management and core business projects, and gauges project benefits and return on investment
- Provides guidance and direction for executive-level projects implementing initiative management principles, business process development, business reengineering, and strategic business projects
- Provides technical writing and editorial support, including copying, formatting, proofing, and editing
- Provides day-to-day program management support to program teams, as directed by the Program Manager, Deputy, or designee
- Supports the strategic planning, implementation, coordination, integration, and evaluation of programmatic activities and administrative systems
- Prepares, coordinates, and develops program briefs, documentation, reports, analyses, and other deliverables for review and approval by staff
- Manages and updates databases, trackers, spreadsheets, and reports, and develops, updates, and tracks program schedules and events
- Conducts risk analyses, maintains the risk register, coordinates stakeholder meetings, and facilitates the risk management process
- Performs cost, schedule, and performance analysis and cost estimation and analysis
- Provides documentation and administrative support, including communications and tracking, documentation capture, technical library management, task tracking, and performance measurement products
- Manages internal processes and tracks program deliverables
- Supports the integration of functions, processes, and policies including change management, strategic planning, and analysis
- Facilitates executive-level sessions and supports strategy formulation
- Develops and manages Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) that execute improvement efforts based on defined project plans
- Establishes standard, disciplined, repeatable, and scalable processes
- Links performance measures to business strategies and objectives
- Supports development of strategies, tactics, communications methods, and processes to implement and deploy change and risk management initiatives
- Supports project identification, prioritization, and selection processes, and maintains a project pipeline and portfolio aligned with strategic priorities
- Supports project execution, including charter support, team development, stakeholder engagement, tracking and risk management, project closeout, final documentation, and identification of replication opportunities
- Facilitates meetings and working group sessions, including coordinating participant calendars, reserving locations, sending invitations, executing teleconference, Video Teleconference (VTC), and Microsoft Teams requirements, drafting agendas, preparing read-ahead materials and presentations, writing minutes, and tracking action items
- Coordinates all parties to tasks and reviews work products for completeness, quality, and adherence to customer requirements
Compensation & Benefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $88,100 - $174,780 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.
Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:
- Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
- Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
- Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
- Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
- 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.
Oxley Enterprises®, Inc. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 Department of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified.
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