Project Manager, Strategic Communications

Responsibilities

• Manage communications and creative output ( campaigns, products, and events ) from early concept through production, including the people, processes, and technologies to make it happen.
• Plan and execute across multiple concurrent workstreams spanning public affairs, congressional affairs, multimedia, events and protocol, and a nalysis support.
• Turn ambiguous or late-breaking taskers into a clear plan with an owner, a due date, and a first draft, before the client has to ask for a status update.
• Bring recommendations, not questions. When the path is unclear, present two viable courses of action with a recommendation and the tradeoffs.
• Facilitate project kickoffs and brainstorming sessions, collaborate with team mates to establish a shared vision, and present concepts and creative ideas to the client and company leadership.
• Maintain the deliverables list ( item, due date, assigned person ) and produce agendas and minutes from strategic planning meetings and events.
• Provide workload management and oversight of contract personnel, balancing capacity against surge and no-notice requirements.
• Match the right person to the right tasker and rebalance early when a deadline is at risk.
• Support training and professional development so the team maintains current industry standards in storytelling, design, and multimedia production.
• Provide quality review of public affairs products so they clearly and logically convey complex information and ideas - presentations, press releases, briefs, communications plans, still and video photography, and post-production editing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, or a related field and a minimum of four (4) years of relevant professional experience; or a bachelor's degree in a field related to this work and a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects to deadline in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating a team of professional staff across more than one discipline.
• Strong writing and editing skills, and the ability to review others' communications products for quality, accuracy, and style compliance.
• Experience producing recurring management reports ( labor, cost, personnel, and deliverable status ) accurately and on time.
• Ability to structure an unfamiliar problem, form a point of view quickly, and communicate it in plain language to senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction and to make and defend judgment calls in the absence of complete guidance.
• Demonstrated record of high-frequency, low-friction communication with clients: short turnarounds, direct answers, and proactive notice of problems.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and no -notice requirements while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and PowerPoint.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of NAVSEA, the Navy, the Department of War , and Congress.
• Experience supporting a Do W or other federal headquarters communications organization.
• Experience supporting senior military or civilian executives in a high-tempo environment.
• Familiarity with visual information and multimedia production workflows : photography, videography, graphic design, digital signage, web, and social media.
• Experience on a federal services contract, including deliverable (CDRL) tracking, labor and cost reporting, and subcontractor coordination.
• Demonstrated use of AI and automation tools to reduce manual work in a professional setting.
• Active Secret clearance is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Pantheon Data is committed to providing its employees with competitive salaries and benefits in order to increase employee satisfaction and productivity.
• In addition to our benefits, we also offer SmartBenefits through the Washington Metro Area Transportation Authority, where you specify an amount of your pre-tax wages be paid directly to your SmarTrip account.
• In some cases, tuition assistance may be available for continuing education expenses and certifications related to their position.