Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optomi is seeking a Project Manager to lead a federal government compliance program. The role owns day-to-day delivery of the federal contract readiness initiative, coordinating accounting, cybersecurity, facility security, registrations, policy documentation, external advisors, and cross-functional teams through an award-ready state.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day delivery of the federal contract readiness program, including the integrated project plan, milestone schedule, dependencies, and critical path through to an award-ready state
- Manage external advisors and outsourced providers—federal requirements advisory, managed compliance consulting, accounting system advisory, and outsourced FSO/ITPSO support—holding each to defined scope, deliverables, and dates
- Drive the accounting and finance workstream to an adequate accounting system, including timekeeping, job cost structure, indirect rate pools and allocation bases, segregation of unallowable costs, and pre-award survey readiness
- Manage the cybersecurity workstream in coordination with IT, including NIST SP 800-171 implementation, System Security Plan and POA&M development, SPRS submission, and CMMC readiness
- Manage the facility and personnel security workstream, including facility clearance sponsorship, FSO/ITPSO engagement, and supporting personnel security processes
- Own federal registrations and representations, including SAM.gov, UEI and CAGE code, NAICS selection, and FAR/DFARS representations and certifications, along with the supporting policy documentation
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical department-level actions for internal subject matter experts across HR, IT, Facilities, Accounting, Onboarding, and Payroll, and track each to closure
- Develop and maintain the compliance policy and procedure library, evidence repository, and audit trail required to demonstrate readiness to government reviewers
- Maintain the risk, issue, and decision registers and manage change control; escalate to the Executive Sponsor with clear options and recommendations
- Deliver executive-level status reporting on schedule, milestone attainment, and spend against the approved investment
- Onboard and enable the incoming Financial and Operations Compliance Officer, and transition sustaining processes, documentation, and ownership to that role at program close
Skills
- 8+ years of project or program management experience
- Ability to quickly understand our business to enable cross organizational buy-in and collaboration with the needs of the business in mind
- Direct experience taking a commercial organization through a large-scale complex project from start to finish, on budget and on time
- Demonstrated success managing third-party consultants and outsourced providers to firm deliverables, dates, and budget
- Proven ability to influence and mobilize functional leaders across HR, IT, Facilities, Accounting, and Payroll without formal authority
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to report to and take direction from a C-level sponsor and to present clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related discipline
- Strong project management discipline—integrated scheduling, dependency and critical path management, RAID logs, and change control; PMP or equivalent certification a plus
- Prior staffing, professional services, or IT services industry experience is a plus
Benefits
- Full-time contract engagement of approximately 6-8 months, with the possibility of extension based on program needs.
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