Deputy Lead, Technical Modernization Effort

Job Title:

Managing Consultant

Location:

Preference is for the candidate to be located in the DMW, but the position is remote

Type:
Contract-to-Hire

Compensation: $150,000 Per Year

Security Clearance:
Must be able to obtain and maintain the federal suitability or public trust requirements applicable to the client engagement

Contact:
Cry

This role will help drive the successful planning, coordination, and delivery of a complex federal records digitization and technical modernization workstream, providing project management and leadership support for a team of Digitization Analysts. The role requires strong project and program management experience, demonstrated people leadership, exceptional attention to detail, and excellent client communication and presentation development skills. Previous experience of technical modernization projects is preferred but not required.

• Support the Workstream Lead in planning, execution, task oversight, and day‑to‑day delivery of the digitization workstream.
• Translate program objectives and client requirements into detailed work plans, milestones, assignments, schedules, and measurable delivery outcomes, and provide project management oversight for digitization activities.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules in Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or comparable project management tools, including tasks, dependencies, owners, deadlines, completion criteria, and critical‑path activities.
• Manage analysts, subject matter experts, and vendor(s)
• Engage key project stakeholders including senior management and interdisciplinary and inter‑agency client points of contact
• Assign and balance work across team members based on priorities, delivery requirements, expertise, and capacity, while reinforcing clear roles, expectations, and accountability.
• Monitor performance against scope, schedule, quality, and client expectations, proactively addressing delayed, at‑risk, or resource‑constrained activities.
• Maintain workstream dashboards, status reports, milestone trackers, and logs for actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Consolidate accomplishments, upcoming activities, milestones, operational metrics, risks, issues, and leadership actions into concise, executive‑ready reports.
• Develop polished PowerPoint presentations, executive briefings, decision materials, work plans, talking points, and other client‑ready deliverables.
• Synthesize technical and operational information into clear narratives tailored to technical, nontechnical, and executive audiences.
• Prepare for and facilitate client meetings, planning sessions, schedule reviews, status meetings, and leadership briefings, clearly communicating progress, risks, impacts, and recommendations.
• Document decisions, action items, owners, and due dates, and follow up systematically to ensure timely completion.
• Identify, monitor, and elevate risks, issues, schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and unresolved dependencies and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
• Review team deliverables for completeness, accuracy, consistency, organization, formatting, and client readiness.
• Support vendor management for scanning and digitization activities, including coordinating priorities, monitoring progress against schedules and performance expectations, tracking risks and issues, and facilitating resolution of delivery challenges.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain the federal suitability or public trust requirements applicable to the client engagement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Project Management, Public Administration, Information Technology, Communications, or a related field.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience in project management, program management,…