Project Lead

Project Lead

Hybrid DC

PBG delivers mission-focused solutions that eliminate inefficiency and power transformation for federal agencies requiring agility, security, and impact.

Location: Hybrid — Washington, DC metropolitan area; 2–3 days per week on-site at the Customer's location, with remaining days remote/telework as approved.

Clearance/Screening Requirements: U.S. citizenship required. Active Secret security clearance required; Top Secret/SCI eligibility may be required based on position assignment.

Position Summary:

PBG is seeking an experienced Project Leader to serve as the Bureau Evaluation Coordinator & Strategic Planner Program Manager supporting our Customer. As the Government's single point of contact for PBG performance, this key position provides overall leadership for performance evaluation, strategic planning, program management, and Evidence Act-related activities across the task order. The Project Leader will direct contractor personnel, manage technical and business performance, coordinate the Customer's annual evaluation agenda and performance metrics, and translate analytics and program results into actionable recommendations for senior Government leaders. The role requires strong federal program leadership, and the ability to integrate performance, budget, technology, security, and strategic planning priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

The Project Leader shall be responsible for the following:

• Serve as the Government's single point of contact and provide overall leadership for performance evaluation, strategic planning, and contractor execution under the Evidence Act framework.
• Drive program delivery in alignment with three core focus areas: Operations Excellence, Cybersecurity, and IT Modernization. Identify and implement organizational, process, or technology changes that enhance customer experience and program outcomes.
• Champion organizational change management across the Customer's organization, including promoting adoption of new management and data practices and ensuring contractor personnel are readily available and responsive to Government questions, concerns, and comments.
• Assign taskings to contractor personnel, supervise ongoing technical efforts, and manage overall task order performance, quality, efficiency, staffing, and business processes.
• Coordinate development of the Customer's annual evaluation agenda and performance metrics across program offices, aligning performance and evaluation activities with Customer and interagency priorities.
• Provide status directly to the COR and maintain proactive communication regarding performance, risks, contractual concerns, programmatic issues, and potential impacts to mission delivery.
• Manage Government material and assets, personnel and facility security responsibilities, and notify the COR within 24 hours of incidents or security violations.
• Submit required deliverables and items requiring Government review or action to the COR, coordinating with the GTM and other Government stakeholders as applicable, including the Monthly Performance Summary Report and required supporting schedules, status information, test results, and defect-resolution logs.
• Lead planning, cost control, schedule, resource, performance, risk, quality, knowledge, requirements, communications, and other program management disciplines required for effective task order execution.
• Lead financial management, earned value management (EVM), and Technology Business Management (TBM) reporting, including task-order cost and schedule performance analysis.
• Translate data analytics, evaluation findings, and program results into actionable recommendations, reports, briefings, and decision-support products for senior Government officials.
• Support evaluation activities within federal or international development environments, including programs related to foreign policy or security cooperation.
• Apply knowledge of infrastructure design, engineering, security, operations, maintenance, and current/emerging technologies to support complex IT projects and operations.
• Manage and supervise multidisciplinary staff across multiple labor categories and skill sets on efforts comparable in size, scope, and complexity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of four (4) years of consulting or relevant professional experience, including at least one (1) year of direct monitoring and evaluation of programs related to foreign policy or security cooperation.
• Demonstrated experience planning, directing, and managing complex IT projects or operations of a nature similar in size and scope to this contract, including cost control.
• Demonstrated experience managing and supervising a significant number of staff across varied labor categories and skill sets on projects of similar size, scope, and complexity.
• Knowledge and experience in infrastructure design and engineering, including current and emerging network and infrastructure technologies.
• Knowledge and experience securing, operating, and maintaining critical infrastructures.
• Demonstrated experience implementing Technology Business Management (TBM) across an enterprise of similar size, scope, and complexity.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills, including translating data analytics and program results into actionable recommendations and reports, and presenting material to senior Government officials.
• Experience managing evaluation activities within a federal or international development context.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Information Technology.
• ITIL 4 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Certified Expert, or equivalent.
• Active Secret security clearance required; eligibility for Top Secret/SCI access may be required based on position assignment.
• Must be a current employee of the prime contractor (not a subcontractor employee) and possess authority to commit the contractor organization on all technical and managerial matters in response to Government issues, concerns, or problems.
• Willingness and ability to support CONUS (Continental United States) and OCONUS (Outside the Continental United States) travel, including potential international assignments at U.S. embassies, combatant command locations, or partner-nation sites.
• Commitment to a sustained long-term engagement; this is a Key Personnel position on a five-year task order.
• Proposal-ready resume required: must include name, education, certifications, current security clearance level, technical skills, relevant training received within the past two (2) years, and current and relevant professional experience.

Highly Valued Qualifications Preferred, but Not Required:

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology, or a related field.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
• Data analysis skills or credentials using tools such as Power BI, Python, or Tableau.
• Experience supporting federal government, foreign assistance, security cooperation, Evidence Act, performance management, or bureau-level strategic planning programs.