Responsibilities

• Manage the overall execution of research communications, publications, web content, and outreach support activities.
• Serve as the primary project management interface with Government stakeholders, including the CO, COR, Task Managers, and FHWA researchers.
• Oversee complex portfolios of technical publications, marketing materials, Public Roads magazine support, web content, digital campaigns, newsletters, event materials, and multimedia products.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, production timelines, staffing plans, risk registers, and performance metrics.
• Ensure staff consistently update the RD&T product submission and project tracking system so customers can monitor project status.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including writers, editors, web specialists, designers, publication specialists, outreach specialists, and multimedia staff.
• Monitor deliverables for timeliness, quality, accuracy, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct or support recurring project status meetings and provide meeting notes, action items, and follow-up tracking.
• Prepare monthly progress reports, project status summaries, project highlights, ad hoc reports, and executive-level updates.
• Ensure implementation of the Quality Control Plan and continuous improvement of workflow, review, and production processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree with relevant experience in Business, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Affairs, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary communications, publications, marketing, editorial, web, or outreach teams.
• Experience managing publication of technical information from concept through final product.
• Experience overseeing products such as technical reports, one-page flyers, presentations, videos, online tours, social media content, web content, and other communications collateral.
• Strong project management, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience supporting FHWA, USDOT, TFHRC, or another federal research, transportation, science, engineering, or technical communications program.
• Experience in highway, surface transportation, infrastructure, safety, operations, research, or technology deployment communications.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, or similar project management certification preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SharePoint, project tracking systems, and publication workflow tools.