Senior Project Manager - CDC

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the Project Management Plan, integrated schedule, staffing plan, quality controls, risk and issue logs, and deliverable register.
• Coordinate task leads, subcontractors, consultants, technical personnel, and administrative staff.
• Lead monthly COR meetings and prepare agendas, status reports, financial summaries, and action documentation.
• Manage transition, onboarding, required CDC training, personnel changes, and knowledge transfer.
• Track Government reviews, acceptance criteria, invoice alignment, and corrective actions.
• Resolve operational issues promptly and maintain clear documentation of decisions and solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• Experience: At least 10 years of progressively responsible project or program management experience, including 5 or more years managing federal contracts or task orders with multiple workstreams, recurring deliverables, subcontractors, budgets, risks, quality controls, and Government reporting. Direct experience in CDC, HHS, public health, scientific, evaluation, technical-assistance, or professional-services environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality work in a multidisciplinary, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, organization, judgment, and client-service skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting CDC, HHS, another federal health agency, a public health recipient network, or a comparable mission-focused organization.
• PMP or comparable project-management certification.

Core Competencies