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.
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.
ResponsibilitiesThe 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.
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What We Do
Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
We advance the mission of leading global engagement agencies, including USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We specialize in stabilization and conflict mitigation, security sector assistance, rule of law, anti-corruption, and inclusive economic growth.
Our staff of over 500 full-time employees maintain an active presence across 80 countries. Our ISO 9001-certified quality management system (QMS) makes us a reliable partner with our clients.
Established in 2001, Dexis has grown at double-digit rates for over a decade and is now a solidly middle-market company, a feat demonstrated by 2.5% of small government services firms. Dexis’ agile, digital-forward workforce and robust business platforms ensure adaptive management is built into everything we do.
As a minority-owned company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as the foundation of our corporate culture. Women make up seventy percent of staff and half of our executive leadership team. Forty percent of our staff and leadership team are from minority or historically under-represented communities.
We are an active member of the communities where we work and provide matching donations to employee-driven social causes. Our employees have top ranked Dexis in Glassdoor as a company with the best growth prospects among its peers.
