Project Manager / Task Order Manager

Position Summary

The Project Manager / Task Order Manager shall serve as the contractor’s lead for all contract performance, staffing coordination, reporting, quality assurance, task tracking, stakeholder engagement, and overall delivery of NCATS Cybersecurity Support Services. This role will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of all cybersecurity support activities across compliance, privacy, incident response, user support, firewall/security operations, assessment readiness, and optional engineering and assessment tasks.

This individual shall act as the primary interface with the Federal Program Manager (FPM), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), NCATS task leads, and internal B360 leadership. The position is critical because the RFQ specifically evaluates the Project Manager’s ability to supervise and coordinate the workforce.
Core Responsibilities
• Lead contractor-side program and task order management for all awarded task areas.
• Supervise and coordinate all proposed staff and any subcontractor personnel.
• Manage cost, schedule, staffing, quality, deliverables, and performance reporting.
• Support the FPM and COR with planning, budgeting, status updates, risk management, and overall task administration.
• Oversee onboarding, offboarding, staffing continuity, and knowledge transfer.
• Ensure all deliverables are complete, timely, compliant, and aligned with NCATS requirements.
• Coordinate internal reviews of technical artifacts, reports, training materials, and cybersecurity documentation.
• Manage communications across technical teams supporting A&A, privacy, incident response, cloud/security engineering, and IT security operations.
• Track action items, risks, dependencies, and remediation items.
• Lead review cycles and status meetings with government stakeholders.
• Ensure quality assurance across all reports, security deliverables, and program dashboards.

Required Skills
• Strong federal contract and task order management.
• Ability to manage cross-functional cybersecurity and compliance teams.
• Strong understanding of FISMA, RMF, NIST 800-53, HHS/NIH cybersecurity expectations, and federal IT governance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for executive, technical, and operational audiences.
• Strong quality assurance, issue resolution, and escalation management.
• Strong schedule management and performance tracking.
• Experience managing hybrid teams in on-site and remote environments.
• Ability to coordinate highly technical workstreams without losing program-level control.

Preferred Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Systems, Project Management, or related discipline.

Recommended Years of Experience
• Minimum: 10 years of relevant experience in federal IT/cybersecurity program or project management.
• Preferred: 12+ years managing cybersecurity, information assurance, or federal technology support contracts.
• Direct supervisory/lead experience: at least 5 years leading multi-disciplinary technical teams.

Recommended Certifications
• PMP or FAC-P/PM equivalent strongly preferred.
• CISSP preferred.
• ITIL Foundation preferred.
• CISM or CGEIT is advantageous.
• Scrum Master certification is useful where agile coordination is involved.

Key Tools
• Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar scheduling tools.
• Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow for task tracking and workflow management.
• Microsoft Office 365 and Teams for reporting and coordination.
• Power BI or dashboard/reporting tools for program administration and transparency.
• SharePoint, Confluence, or similar document repositories.
• NIH/GRC tracking tools or equivalent compliance repository systems.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $36.00 - $40.00 per hour

Work Location: In person