Knowmadics

Senior Project Manager – Growth & Innovation

Knowmadics

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Kansas • Oklahoma • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Serve as the PMO lead for assigned research and development projects, including DoD-funded and other government-funded efforts such as SBIR, STTR, and other strategically important initiatives.
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects that may be unrelated in scope but require coordinated execution due to shared organizational resources.
  • Drive day-to-day project execution through cross-functional teams composed of resources from other business units, ensuring work progresses in alignment with approved scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
  • Translate project objectives, contractual requirements, and baseline plans into coordinated workstreams, actionable priorities, and clear team accountabilities.
  • Lead projects through all phases of the lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring and control, and closeout.
  • Coordinate with functional managers and business unit leaders to secure resources, align priorities, and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
  • Actively identify execution gaps, remove barriers, resolve cross-functional issues, and escalate decisions as needed to keep projects moving forward.
  • Manage and control project scope, schedule, and cost performance against approved baselines.
  • Establish and maintain formal project management plans, including work breakdown structures, integrated schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and performance reporting.
  • Monitor execution against plan using earned value management, cost controls, and other project performance measures; identify variances, assess impacts, and drive corrective actions with contributing teams and stakeholders.
  • Prepare and maintain accurate forecasts for cost, schedule, resource demand, and project completion.
  • Partner with Finance, Contracts, business unit leaders, and technical teams to support financial planning, funding alignment, cost tracking, invoicing, and reporting.
  • Oversee subcontractor and partner performance from a project management perspective, including deliverable tracking, schedule adherence, invoice review, and issue resolution.
  • Ensure procurement and subcontractor activities are aligned with project requirements, contractual obligations, and company policies.
  • Lead formal change control processes to evaluate, document, approve, and communicate changes to scope, schedule, budget, or resources.
  • Maintain accurate project data, status, risks, issues, assumptions, actions, and decisions in required systems and dashboards.
  • Lead recurring project and management reviews to provide leadership visibility, support decision-making, and drive accountability for execution.
  • Develop and maintain executive-level visualizations, dashboards, and reporting that provide clear insight into project status, schedule performance, cost performance, risks, forecasts, and key decisions.

Requirements

  • Eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance – U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
  • Minimum of 10 years of project management experience leading complex, cross-functional projects.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience managing projects in a matrixed environment with responsibility for scope, schedule, and cost performance.
  • Experience managing projects against established scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
  • Experience leading execution through cross-functional teams across multiple business units.
  • Experience managing DoD-funded and other government-funded projects; experience supporting SBIR, STTR, or similar research and development efforts preferred.
  • Experience applying earned value management principles, cost controls, and performance measurement techniques to manage project execution.
  • Experience developing and maintaining executive dashboards, visualizations, and project reporting for leadership review and decision support.
  • Experience with project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, procurement coordination, and subcontractor management.
  • Strong knowledge of formal project management methods, tools, governance, change control practices, and project controls.
  • Strong risk management, issue resolution, and executive reporting skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive execution, maintain accountability, and deliver results in a cross-functional environment.
Benefits
  • Should be willing to work in a variety of settings as needed, including nights and weekends.
  • Employees may be called upon to participate in in-person meetings, trainings, or company functions at Knowmadics offices or other designated locations.
  • Travel in support of business operations may also be required, and employees are expected to comply with these obligations as part of their position.
  • Estimated travel: 33%
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementearned value managementcost controlsperformance measurementbudgetingforecastingprocurement coordinationsubcontractor managementrisk managementissue resolution
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationaccountabilitycommunicationproblem-solvingdecision-makingorganizational skillsexecution driveadaptabilitystrategic thinking
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)U.S. Security Clearance eligibility