Project Task Manager

CONTINGENT ON CONTRACT AWARD

640 Acres is currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Project Task Manager to join our dynamic team in support of the Program Executive Office Soldier. This critical role involves providing day-to-day direction and expert functional guidance to a group of subordinates, interfacing with both government management and the contractor to resolve problems, and establishing priorities based on government goals and objectives. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the seamless operation and execution of project tasks, distributing and balancing workloads effectively, and leading the team towards achieving strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

· Provide day-to-day direction and supervision to a team of subordinates, ensuring efficient project progression.

· Offer expert functional guidance to employees, enhancing their performance and project contributions.

· Act as the primary interface between the government customer and the contractor, ensuring clear communication and problem resolution.

· Establish work priorities for subordinates based on government goals and objectives, ensuring alignment with project requirements.

· Perform direct support functional roles as needed, contributing to the project’s overall success.

· Manage and distribute the team's workload in accordance with established workflows, ensuring timely accomplishment of assigned tasks.

· Provide on-the-job training to new employees, guiding them through established procedures and practices.

· Lead team assessments, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, and implement strategies to enhance performance.

· Communicate clearly with the team regarding assignments, problems to be solved, milestones, and timeframes for completion.

· Assign work based on personnel workload, ability, and assignment priority, offering instruction and assistance on issues as necessary.

Requirements

Qualifications

· Active DoD Secret Clearance.

· Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.

· More than 20 years of experience in project or task management, preferably within the defense sector.

· Demonstrated competency in key areas including written and oral communication, leadership, team management, negotiation, personal organization, and risk management.

· Proven ability to interface effectively with government management and resolve complex problems.

· Experience in establishing work priorities, distributing workloads, and ensuring the timely completion of projects.

· Strong ability to provide effective on-the-job training and guidance to new employees.

· Demonstrated leadership skills, with a track record of leading teams to assess and improve their performance.

· Excellent negotiation skills, with the ability to effectively manage relations between government customers and contractors.

· High level of personal organization and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

· Expertise in risk management, with the ability to identify and mitigate potential project risks.

Benefits

Full Benefits Package