Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall project management for project from award through closeout, including contractual compliance, financial management, and oversight of project personnel and subcontractors.
• Serve as primary problem solver across project. Elevates issues as needed and ensures that the PMU responds to field office requests in a timely manner.
• Support project start-ups and closeouts as needed, including regularly traveling to the field to support project initiatives and backfill project leadership, as necessary.
• Monitor consultant and subcontractor performance; ensure agreements and deliverables are achieved and performance timelines are met.
• Serve as a DT Global representative to USG clients at senior levels throughout the project life cycle, including startup and closeout meetings; regular correspondence regarding implementation progress; as-needed problem solving; and delivering presentations on the project to a variety of actors.
• Stays up to date on program implementation and serves as a resource for other home office colleagues regarding projects within their portfolio.
• In conjunction with the contract’s representative, takes accountability for project processes including contractual quality assurance and compliance; interfaces with finance and contracts to ensure financial management and contract compliance.
• Responsible for overall project financial management and compliance, including overseeing accruals, pipelines, and cost-to-complete reports prepared by the Program Manager or other members of the PMU for both DT Global and clients.
• Monitor project budgets, manage monthly budget projections (including ensuring the accuracy of field office projections), review budget modifications prior to submission to client, and ensure budgets are correct. Works with Director to communicate changes any changes to projections to client and DT Global.
• Manage team dynamics and workload; communicate with senior management regarding resource needs.
• Technical Excellence:
• Contributes to the development of project work plans and helps to ensure that technical work plans are executed. Encouraged to use knowledge of development issues and culture to adapt work plans to changing circumstances and seeks alternative ways of achieving project implementation goals.
• Oversee formatting and submission of all project deliverables to DEC or the Prime Contractor and proper archiving.
• Serves as acting director, as needed.
• Business Development:
• Assume a lead role in the preparation of new business proposals from capture phase through live solicitation, which includes participating in pipeline discussions to determine bids to pursue, as appropriate.
• Lead proposal development, including technical approach, staffing, and partnering strategies and negotiations, and decisions on information gathering trips, and oversee cost development, as applicable.
• Lead scoping and information gathering trips for anticipated and live proposals and guide staff and consultants supporting research efforts.
• As necessary, draft proposal sections.
• Leadership and Staff Management
• Train, coach and supervise one or more program managers on performance improvement across the full spectrum of program management, business development, and practice management.
• Provide appropriate team direction to ensure project quality standards are met.
• Create a collaborative environment that empowers staff to demonstrate the values of DT Global each day.
• Set an example as a leader by holding yourself and staff accountable, communicating professionally, being a team player, and supporting the development of staff.
• Learning and Innovation
• Proactively engage in self-driven professional development and growth activities.
• Contribute to DT Global’s learning agenda.
• Incorporate learning best practices into all aspects of work.
• Represent DT Global at professional events and conferences .