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This senior-level role requires an experienced leader who can manage a complex portfolio of concurrent projects, provide strategic and operational direction to staff, build trusted client relationships, and ensure high-quality work is delivered on schedule and within budget.\nThis position is contingent upon Nexight Group receiving an anticipated federal contract award. Employment under this position will begin only after contract award and authorization to proceed.\nNexight Group is a small technical and management consulting firm that serves a variety of clients in many topic areas. We value adaptability, critical thinking, curiosity, initiative, and taking pride in high-quality work. Our staff work collaboratively, communicate openly, and continuously look for ways to improve our work and deliver greater value to clients. To learn more about the company, please visit our careers page.\nApplicants should have the necessary skills to perform the following job responsibilities:\nProvide overall leadership and management for a multidisciplinary communications team and a high-volume portfolio of concurrent projects spanning publications, marketing and outreach, multimedia, web content, and related communications services.\nLead project planning, resource allocation, staff assignments, schedules, budgets, milestones, performance measures, and priorities to ensure high-quality deliverables are completed on time and within budget.\nServe as a primary client-facing leader, coordinating directly with government contracting and program personnel, task managers, researchers, and other stakeholders to understand needs, establish priorities, resolve issues, and maintain alignment with contract objectives.\nProvide end-to-end oversight of project intake, planning, execution, review, approval, delivery, and closeout, maintaining visibility across active and upcoming work.\nLead, coach, and coordinate multidisciplinary staff, ensuring clear roles, accountability, effective collaboration, appropriate workload distribution, and continuity of service.\nMaintain project- and portfolio-level tracking systems that provide staff and clients with clear visibility into assignments, schedules, milestones, dependencies, action items, risks, and project status.\nProactively identify and manage schedule, budget, quality, staffing, and performance risks, developing mitigation and contingency strategies before issues affect client outcomes.\nImplement consistent quality management processes, including project-specific review approaches, quality checks, performance measures, and continuous improvement practices.\nAnalyze workload, priorities, and resource needs to anticipate capacity constraints and deploy appropriate staff or backup coverage as needs change.\nOversee records, project documentation, communications product archives, and knowledge management practices to support continuity of operations and comply with applicable contract and records management requirements.\nIdentify opportunities to improve processes, workflows, team performance, and client service, translating lessons learned into practical improvements across the contract.\nThis is a hybrid position. Candidates should be within reasonable commuting distance of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and available for meetings and other activities at client locations in McLean, VA, and Washington, DC, as required.\nSummary of Qualifications\nRequired Education and Experience\nMaster's degree, or Bachelor's degree with relevant experience, in Business, Marketing/Communications, or a related technical discipline.\n10+ years of relevant professional experience, including leadership of multidisciplinary teams and management of complex projects or portfolios.\nDemonstrated experience managing complex contracts or programs involving marketing, communications, publications, or related professional services.\nExperience supervising the development and publication of technical information from concept through final delivery across multiple formats, such as technical reports, presentations, multimedia, digital content, social media, and communications collateral.\nExperience managing project schedules, budgets and financial performance, staffing/resources, quality, risks, and performance.\nExperience working directly with clients and senior stakeholders in complex professional environments.\nExperience overseeing stakeholder engagement, outreach, or other audience-facing communications activities.\nProficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and experience using project-management or task-tracking platforms.\nAbility to successfully complete required federal personnel security/background investigation and obtain required facility and system access.\nRequired Demonstrated Ability and Skill\nStrong leadership, project management, organizational, and decision-making skills, with the ability to maintain visibility across numerous concurrent projects and competing priorities.\nAbility to lead, develop, and motivate multidisciplinary professionals, establish accountability, provide constructive feedback, and create an environment in which staff can perform effectively.\nAbility to build trusted client relationships and communicate professionally with clients, colleagues, subject matter experts, partners, and senior leaders.\nSound judgment and strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify risks early, assess options and tradeoffs, develop practical solutions, make decisions, and escalate issues appropriately.\nAbility to translate broad client objectives into clear assignments, priorities, schedules, and expectations for project teams.\nAbility to balance strategic thinking with hands-on project leadership, shifting between portfolio-level priorities and detailed execution needs as circumstances require.\nCuriosity, critical thinking, adaptability, and initiative, including the ability to quickly become conversant in unfamiliar technical topics, solve problems proactively, and identify opportunities to improve processes, team performance, and client outcomes.\nAbility to take ownership of work independently while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented consulting environment where priorities and workloads may change quickly.\nPreferred Qualifications\nFederal government contracting or consulting experience, particularly managing federal communications or professional services programs.\nTransportation, infrastructure, engineering, research, or other technical sector experience.\nExperience managing high-volume communications or publication portfolios with multiple concurrent deliverables.\nRecords management and federal publishing experience.\nPMP or comparable project/program management certification.\nAll full-time employees of Nexight Group receive a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; company contributions to employee health savings accounts (HSAs); company 401(k) contributions; profit sharing; and an annual bonus program.\nTo Apply\nPlease submit the following information:\nResume\nA cover letter that articulates your qualifications and motivation for the position and provides examples of your experience leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex portfolios or contracts, addressing project or staffing challenges, and building effective client relationships.\nApplications without a resume and cover letter will not be considered.\n\nIf you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact: .\nNexight Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This involves all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity, or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.\nAll applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. PRINCIPALS ONLY. VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Priority referrals of protected veterans desired. 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