[Hiring] Project Manager @Kaiva Corp

Role Description

The Senior Project Manager leads complex, high-impact projects and programs from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy, contractual requirements, and customer expectations. This role provides strategic oversight of project execution, financial performance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement while serving as a primary liaison to senior leadership and clients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Project Leadership
  • Lead complex, high-visibility projects, programs, task orders, or operational initiatives with significant organizational or customer impact.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, customers, and executive leadership, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Provide strategic direction and oversight of project execution, ensuring integration across functional areas and business units.
  • Proactively identify enterprise-level risks, issues, and performance trends, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Champion a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement to drive customer satisfaction and long-term partnership success.
• Project Management
  • Direct full lifecycle management of large-scale or complex projects from initiation through closeout, including scope, schedule, cost, and performance management.
  • Establish and enforce project governance, standards, and methodologies to ensure consistency and compliance across initiatives.
  • Oversee development and maintenance of integrated project plans, master schedules, performance metrics, and executive-level reporting.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams, subcontractors, vendors, and external partners to ensure seamless execution and delivery.
  • Lead escalation management and resolution of critical issues, ensuring timely decision-making and minimal disruption to project objectives.
• Personnel and Resource Leadership
  • Provide leadership and oversight of project teams, including subordinate project managers or leads, ensuring effective workforce planning and utilization.
  • Mentor, coach, and develop team members, supporting career progression and building organizational capability.
  • Partner with Program Managers and functional leaders on staffing strategies, workforce planning, and succession planning.
  • Oversee subcontractor and vendor performance, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements and organizational expectations.
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment that promotes communication, accountability, and results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or a minimum of seven (7) years of combined education, training, and/or relevant experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in project, program, operations, contract, construction, technical, or business management.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience leading complex projects, task orders, or operational initiatives.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing project teams, including personnel, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Demonstrated experience with project financial management, forecasting, and stakeholder engagement at a senior level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale, complex programs or multi-project portfolios.
• Experience supporting business development, contract growth, capture efforts, or client expansion initiatives.
• Experience working within government contracting, tribal organizations, or regulated environments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced leadership, strategic thinking, and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to manage project profitability and performance metrics.
• Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills.
• Ability to lead multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and enterprise systems such as Deltek, Costpoint, Unanet, or similar platforms.