About this Project Manager, DSCA role at Dexis
Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world.
At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.
About the Position
Dexis is seeking a highly qualified Project Manager to lead a strategic initiative under the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This contract provides enterprise-level support services including strategic planning, data analytics, business process engineering, and program execution to enhance DSCA’s Strategy to Capability framework. The project will assist DSCA in streamlining operations, improving responsiveness, and strengthening U.S. defense partnerships worldwide.
This position is based in Washington, D.C., and is contingent upon award.
Responsibilities
The Project Manager will:
- Lead all aspects of contract execution across technical areas including strategic analysis, data analytics, program management, process engineering, and implementation support.
- Develop and manage integrated project plans, staffing strategies, timelines, and risk mitigation approaches to ensure timely and effective delivery.
- Ensure consistent, high-quality services and deliverables aligned with DSCA’s strategic objectives and expectations.
- Provide expert technical guidance in foreign military sales (FMS), policy development, data visualization, congressional and GAO inquiries, audit support, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and the development of data collection tools.
- Oversee quality assurance and technical excellence across the contract; ensure all products meet Dexis and client standards.
- Manage the full project lifecycle, tracking tasks and deliverables, balancing team workloads, and mitigating risks to performance.
- Facilitate collaboration and communication across a large, cross-functional, and geographically dispersed team, using innovative team management practices.
- Serve as the primary liaison with the client, managing relationships and ensuring responsive, solutions-oriented engagement.
- Lead the preparation and delivery of executive-level briefings, strategic communications, stakeholder engagement materials, and performance reporting.
- Monitor contract performance metrics and ensure compliance with federal security requirements and quality standards.
- Promote and sustain a strong team culture, morale, and productivity in a fast-paced environment.
- Stay informed on developments in the technical and security cooperation sectors to ensure adaptive and forward-thinking program leadership.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Political Science, Public Administration, International Affairs, International Relations, or a related discipline.
- Ten (10) years of project management experience with DoD, including three (3) years of progressive experience in leading business management service projects, including:
- Delegating and tracking the status of tasks and lines of effort across geographically dispersed teams (spanning highly different time zones),
- Mitigating risks to completion of tasks,
- Ensuring deliverables are quality controlled prior to delivery to the government client,
- Facilitating team collaboration,
- Anticipating and proactively finding efficiencies and creating new processes when needed
- Five (5) years of experience in all Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Five (5) years of experience working with DoD policy documents, responses to Congressional Inquiries, and General Accountability Office (GAO) (or similar auditing agencies) auditing and reporting requests.
- Five (5) years of experience with Inter- Governmental relations and protocol when interacting with staff at all levels of DoD, other Federal agencies, and foreign Governments.
- Experience with Foreign Military Sales and Security Cooperation programming
- Experience creating stability and security for large teams
- Strong understanding of DSCA and key security cooperation stakeholders Demonstrated experience with risk mitigation planning
- Active DoD-issued secret clearance.
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
