Program Manager - Part Time

Manages the day-to-day execution of a federal information technology modernization project involving document processing, structured data extraction, workflow automation, artificial intelligence, enterprise search, testing, deployment, and transition. The manager maintains the project schedule, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, decisions, deliverables, and acceptance activities while coordinating work across technical, security, quality assurance, accessibility, records-management, and training personnel. The position also serves as the primary management contact for Government stakeholders and ensures that project communications, priorities, and required actions remain clear and current.

Plans and facilitates kickoff meetings, recurring project reviews, technical working sessions, deliverable reviews, and other coordination activities needed to keep the project on schedule. The manager prepares recurring status reports that summarize accomplishments, upcoming work, schedule performance, risks, issues, decisions, quality concerns, and Government dependencies. The position monitors progress against the approved scope, schedule, security requirements, and Firm-Fixed-Price commitments and escalates concerns requiring corrective action or management attention.

Coordinates the development, internal review, submission, comment resolution, and acceptance of required deliverables. The manager also supports requirements traceability, user acceptance testing, training, production deployment, knowledge transfer, transition, and project closeout. The pricing build-up should allocate part-time support throughout the period of performance, with increased effort during mobilization, major deliverable reviews, testing, deployment, training, and closeout.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the contractor’s primary management point of contact and coordinate communications with Government stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain the project schedule, milestones, dependencies, action items, risks, issues, and decision logs.
• Plan and facilitate kickoff meetings, recurring project reviews, technical working sessions, and deliverable reviews.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, quality, security, and acceptance requirements.
• Prepare recurring status reports summarizing accomplishments, planned activities, schedule status, risks, issues, decisions, and required Government actions.
• Coordinate activities across document processing, data extraction, enterprise search, platform integration, security, testing, accessibility, training, deployment, and transition.
• Manage the development, internal review, submission, comment resolution, and acceptance of required deliverables.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, training, production deployment, knowledge transfer, and project closeout.
• Identify and escalate potential scope, schedule, technical, security, or performance concerns and support corrective-action planning.
• Maintain traceability among project requirements, technical activities, test results, and deliverables.