Program Manager/Project Lead

Knowledge Management, Inc.

$100K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PMP or PgMP certification required.
  • Experience managing contracts for DoD agencies.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or enterprise data platforms.
  • Proven history managing concurrent task orders across multiple functional areas.
  • Strong understanding of Student Information Systems (SIS).

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all active task orders and provide program management.
  • Act as the main contact between KMI and the Government.
  • Manage schedules, risks, resources, and milestones across multiple workstreams.
  • Coordinate with Government officials on contract performance and deliverables.
  • Ensure quality control for all project deliverables.
  • Create and maintain integrated master schedules for task orders.
  • Identify schedule conflicts and resource issues, and propose solutions.
  • Prepare comprehensive status reports and materials for senior leadership.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
  • Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance.
  • Voluntary Term Life Insurance.
  • Short and Long-term disability insurance.
Full Job Description
Job Requisition: Program Manager/Project Lead

Location: Alexandria, VA

Customer: Department of Defense/War Education Activity (DoWEA)

Salary Range: Please provide your salary requirement

Clearance: Public Trust

Job Description:

Knowledge Management, Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager/Project Lead with expertise in Student Information Systems (SIS) to oversee an effort modernizing the DoWEA SIS enterprise data environment by transitioning to a cloud-based data Lakehouse using Microsoft Fabric and associated Microsoft services as the authorized enterprise analytics and data platform. The Program Manager will be the single point of contact for KMI with DoWEA. Key responsibilities include:

1) Provide overall program management and oversight across all active task orders.

2) Serve as the single point of contact for the Government.

3) Manage integrated schedules, risk and issue logs, resource allocation, and milestone tracking across concurrent workstreams.

4) Coordinate with the COR and Government leadership on contract performance, deliverable status, and emerging requirements.

5) Ensure quality control across all deliverables.

6) Develop and maintain integrated master schedules across concurrent task orders.

7) Proactively identify schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-task-order dependencies and present mitigation options to the COR.

8) Prepare monthly status reports, briefing materials, and decision papers that are submission-ready for senior leadership.

9) Manage KMI staff and subcontractor teams, and transition planning including development of technical operations manuals, knowledge transfer schedules, and parallel operations support.

Desired Qualifications: PMP or PgMP certification; IDIQ management experience for DoD agencies; familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or enterprise data platforms; experience managing contracts with concurrent task orders across multiple functional areas

Security Clearance:
  • Public Trust

Availability
  • On or about 30 September 2026

Benefits: All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits programs:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
  • Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Voluntary Term Life Insurance
  • Short and Long-term disability insurance

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