Job Title: Project Manager (Sr. Strategic Communication)
Location: McLean, VA (On-Site)
Company: BLN24
About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better youisa better us
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm thatsupports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service andsolutionsdelivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.
Position Overview: The Project Manager provides overall leadership and management for a complex portfolio of research communications, publications, and digital communications projects supporting transportation research and technology initiatives. Serving as the primary point of contact between the Contractor and Government stakeholders, this individual leads multidisciplinary teams, coordinates with Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer's Representatives, Task Managers, researchers, and other stakeholders, and ensures the successful delivery of high-quality communications products. The Senior Project Manageris responsible fordriving program performance, managing project execution, and ensuring deliverables are completed on schedule, within budget, andin accordance withcontractual requirements whilemaintainingtransparent project status reporting and exceptional customer service.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the primary liaison with the Contracting Officer (CO), Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Task Managers, and Government stakeholders.
Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of all contract activities, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, quality standards, schedules, budgets, and performanceobjectives.
Manage multidisciplinary teams supporting technical writing, editorial services, publications, digital communications, multimedia production, strategic communications, stakeholder outreach, events, and communications analytics.
Develop andmaintainintegrated project schedules, staffing plans, workload forecasts, risk registers, and performance metrics across multiple concurrent projects.
Manage a portfolio of concurrent tasks and projects within a fast-paced research communications and publishing environment, balancing priorities, resources, schedules, and customer expectations across multiple workstreams.
Oversee resource allocation and prioritize work to support high-volume production of technical reports, research publications, digital communications, and outreach materials.
Monitor contract performance,identifyand mitigate risks, resolve issues, and implement corrective actions tomaintainproject performance.
Ensure assigned staff consistently update the submission and project trackingsystemso customers havetimely,accuratevisibility into project status, milestones, review cycles, and deliverables.
Coordinate technical reviews, editorial workflows, approvals, and stakeholder engagement throughout the communications and publication lifecycle.
Supervise the development and production of technical reports, research publications, presentations, websites, multimedia products, videos, graphics, social media content, and other communications materials.
Lead continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, collaboration, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Prepare executive status reports, performance metrics, dashboards, and briefings for Government leadership.
Required Qualifications
Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Project Management, or a related technical discipline; or a bachelor’s degree in one of these fields withadditionalrelevant professional experience.
Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience managing complex communications, publishing, marketing, technical communications, or research dissemination programs.
Demonstrated experience supervising technical information products from concept through final delivery, ranging from one-page flyers and outreach materials to technical reports exceeding 300 pages, as well as presentations, videos, online tours, social media content, and other communications collateral.
Proven experience managing the development and publication of technical information from concept through final production, including technical reports, engineering publications, brochures, presentations, videos, websites, digital communications, social media, and other communications products.
Experience managing project schedules, budgets, staffing, quality assurance, performance metrics, and risk management across multiple workstreams.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with executive leadership, technical subject matter experts, researchers, engineers, scientists, and Government stakeholders.
Excellent leadership, organizational, written, verbal, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing federal communications, engineering, scientific research, infrastructure, or technology programs.
Knowledge of transportation systems, engineering research, technology transfer, scientific publishing, or infrastructure programs.
Experience managing technical publications, research journals, engineering reports, or large-scale communications and publishing programs.
Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility requirements, plain language principles, enterprise content management systems (CMS), and digital publishing platforms.
Experience leading multidisciplinary communications teams supporting strategic communications, editorial services, graphic design, multimedia production, web content management, and stakeholder engagement.
Soft Skills
Ability to lead, mentor, and motivate multidisciplinary teams while fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with Government stakeholders, executives, researchers, engineers, and technical subject matter experts.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships,facilitatecollaboration, manage expectations, and coordinate diverse stakeholder groups.
Ability to proactivelyidentifyrisks, analyze complex issues, and develop practical,timelysolutions to ensure successful project delivery.
What BLN24 brings to the Game:
BLN24 benefits are game changing.We like our team to playhardand that means they need to be taken care of — physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans.
BLN24 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.We believe people are our strength andunderstanddiverse talentsarekey to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.In accordance withapplicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
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