Project Manager

at  Elder Research

LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA

Elder Research Inc. is a consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions for clients in Government and Commercial industries. We are seeking to hire a Project Manager in our Government Civilian business unit who will engage, consult, and communicate with clients to understand their business needs, and lead a team of data scientists, data engineers and data analysts to develop and build data analytic solutions and tools for government clients. We work in a fast-paced environment, solving new and challenging problems daily. We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients’ environment and needs.
This role provides the opportunity to develop and utilize leadership skills, build strong relationships internally and externally, intersect passion for advanced analytics to both project delivery and business strategy, and oversee the health and growth of a portfolio of clients. Candidates in, or willing to relocate to, the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area will be considered.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in or a technical field and/or business
• IRS Public Trust Clearance (Preferred)
• PMP Certification (or the willingness and ability to receive a PMP certification within one year of hire)
• Multi-year experience with leading projects within industry standard project management frameworks (i.e., PMP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
• Multi-year experience in the consulting industry (technology, management, strategy) and managing client engagements with either internal or external clients
• Experience with government contracting or experience working with federal government agencies

DESIRED SKILLS (BUT NOT REQUIRED):

• Involved in team efforts to design and deploy data and analytics solutions that involve querying databases, analyzing data, building data pipelines, and applying data science concepts such as supervised and unsupervised, text mining, and graph analytics
• Agile Certified
• Multi-year experience growing and expanding federal government portfolios
• Master’s degree in data science, data analytics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or business administration.

• Lead technical and analytics delivery teams, contracts, and client relationships.
• Apply project management and consulting best practices and processes (i.e., PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevOps) to ensure quality deliverables in scope, on time, and within budget.
• Work with and alongside technical team members and provide consulting support in areas such as business analysis, requirements gathering, project scoping, project schedules, risk management, communications, and change management.
• Manage and lead technical staff including data analysts, data engineers, and data scientists towards engagement, high quality delivery, and client satisfaction.
• Responsible and accountable for contract finances, resources, and risks. Monitor and report on critical metrics like utilization, burn rate, timeline, and risk.
• Facilitate client engagements and relationships in partnership with other ERI leaders.
• Work with leadership to review growth and expansion opportunities.
• Maintain and communicate a solid understanding of analytics and data science techniques, tools, approaches, methodologies, and solutions.