Deputy Project Manager – Research
DCG Communications
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Support meeting logistics, agenda preparation, and note-taking across active projects
- Draft and manage client and internal communications on behalf of project leads
- Track tasks, action items, and deadlines using MS Planner or similar tools
- Maintain project documentation, file organization, and status reporting
- Monitor burn rates and flag variances to project leads
- Support schedule creation, milestone tracking, and deliverable coordination
- Assist with subcontractor follow-up and coordination as needed
- Draft, review, and format project deliverables across health, federal, and commercial engagements
- Assist with invoice tracking and coordination with finance as needed
- Step into Deputy PM functions on assigned projects as workload and capacity allow
- Coordinate across internal teams to ensure consistent communication and delivery
- Assist with qualitative data coding and analysis using Dedoose or similar platforms
- Support technical document and literature review
- Contribute to theme development and synthesis reporting
- Support proposal development across the health portfolio including editing, formatting, and compliance review
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (public health, social sciences, communications, business, or related)
- 3–5 years of experience in project coordination, research support, or a related field
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated client-facing experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including MS Teams and MS Planner
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently with minimal supervision
- Comfort working across diverse federal and commercial client environments
Benefits
- A range of comprehensive healthcare plans, encompassing medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with group life coverage. The firm covers 60% of the premium cost for employees and all dependents.
- Generous paid time off including paid federal holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% company match
- Wellness programs and activities, and pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Paid Family Bonding for new parents, with 50% cost sharing for Short-Term Disability
- $1,000 family expansion benefit to offset costs often uncovered with medical plans: fertility treatment, adoption, and surrogacy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project coordinationqualitative data codingdata analysisinvoice trackingmilestone trackingdeliverable coordinationdocument reviewcompliance reviewagenda preparationnote-taking
Soft Skills
strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationclient-facing experienceability to manage multiple prioritiesindependent workorganizational skillsteam coordinationattention to detailtime managementadaptability