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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly experienced Project Manager / Program Management Specialist to support a federal strategic planning and advisory engagement focused on enterprise-level planning, stakeholder coordination, and performance management within a complex FAA environment.

This role is designed for a professional who can operate at the intersection of program governance, strategic execution, and stakeholder alignment, ensuring that mission priorities are translated into actionable plans, tracked effectively, and executed with discipline.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in federal program management, strategic planning support, and cross-functional coordination, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, synthesize complex information into executive-level deliverables, and drive accountability across stakeholders.

This position is critical to ensuring that FAA leadership receives timely, accurate, and decision-ready insights that support workforce readiness, strategic alignment, and operational effectiveness.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Project Manager / Program Management Specialist will serve as the primary coordination and execution lead for strategic planning support activities. The role ensures that all project tasks, deliverables, schedules, risks, and stakeholder engagements are effectively managed and aligned with FAA ARP objectives.

The candidate will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day project execution, maintaining integrated schedules, facilitating stakeholder engagements, managing reporting cycles, and ensuring quality control across all deliverables.

This role requires a professional who is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable operating in ambiguous and evolving environments, with strong capability in managing federal clients and multi-stakeholder initiatives.

The position will also support the development of executive briefings, strategic roadmaps, performance updates, and program tracking tools, leveraging tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and collaborative government platforms.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Manage overall project execution, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and performance objectives
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules, milestone trackers, and deliverable logs
• Coordinate with FAA stakeholders, technical teams, and internal support staff to ensure alignment of priorities
• Facilitate recurring project meetings, working sessions, and executive briefings
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation actions across multiple workstreams
• Prepare monthly and quarterly progress reports, dashboards, and performance updates
• Support development of strategic planning artifacts, including roadmaps, briefing materials, and executive summaries
• Monitor contract deliverables and ensure timely completion and quality compliance
• Lead stakeholder coordination activities including interviews, workshops, and status reviews
• Maintain project documentation, including decision logs, action trackers, and knowledge repositories
• Support change management and communications planning activities
• Ensure adherence to federal governance, reporting, and documentation standards