[Hiring] Lead Project Manager @MGT

Role Description

Lead project planning, scheduling, and implementation coordination for the Region 10 Comprehensive Center. You'll establish the project management systems and processes needed to coordinate annual service plans, monitor milestones, and support timely delivery of technical assistance activities across multiple states, partner organizations, and service tiers.

• Develop and maintain project schedules, work plans, milestone trackers, and implementation timelines.
• Coordinate annual service planning processes and track progress against approved deliverables.
• Manage cross-partner implementation coordination across MGT, subcontractors, and participating education agencies.
• Establish and maintain project documentation, reporting procedures, and communication protocols.
• Monitor project risks, implementation barriers, and dependencies, escalating issues to leadership as needed.
• Coordinate scheduling, meetings, and follow-up activities across project workstreams.
• Support performance management through data collection, progress tracking, and dashboard reporting.
• Prepare project status updates, implementation reports, and leadership briefings.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to strengthen project management processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in project management, business administration, education, or related field.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects, preferably in education, government, or consulting.
• Strong proficiency with project management tools, schedules, milestone tracking, and reporting systems.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and external implementation partners.
• Familiarity with federal grant-funded projects and performance reporting preferred.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet frequent deadlines.
• Project management certification, such as PMP, preferred.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 5% 401K matching program
• Equity opportunities
• Incentive and bonus programs
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible spending accounts
• Full-health benefits with base employee coverage fully funded, comprising:
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Income protection benefits

Company Description

MGT is a leading provider of technology and advisory solutions serving state, local, and education government agencies (SLED) across the United States. Through client partnerships, MGT’s almost 1,200 employees impact communities for good by managing and securing critical networks, solving complex human capital and fiscal problems, elevating education systems, and advancing equity as a performance imperative.

Founded in 1975, MGT initiated an ambitious restart in 2016, broadening the solutions portfolio to provide the most specialized solutions, tackling the most mission-critical problems that live at the top of the public agency leadership agenda. MGT drives over 20% compound annual organic growth and utilizes programmatic mergers and acquisitions to grow capabilities, attract top talent, and accelerate growth scale.

Since 2020, MGT has successfully completed 13 acquisitions, driving over 60% compound annual inorganic growth. Celebrating its 50th year in 2025, the firm attracts exceptional talent and empowers them to exceed client expectations as they navigate the dynamic demands of the clients we serve.