Project Manager
General Information
Requisition # 711
Locations USA-VA-Arlington
Posting Date 06/12/2026
Security Clearance Required - IRS - MBI
Remote Type Hybrid
Time Type Full time
Description & Requirements
Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Project Managaer to join our team in Arlington, VA. This is a hybrid position Preferably located in the Washington DC area.
Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Project Manager. The Project Manager will drive technology and analytics delivery by: (1) managing and leading technical team members, (2) managing all facets of project execution and high-quality delivery – in scope, on time, within budget, (3) managing client expectations and client satisfaction in product delivery, and (4) overseeing contractual, financial, and resourcing data and information for the client and the Elder Research organization.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- The ideal Project Manager will also have an understanding and appreciation for data, analytics, and technology, and will have involved in the design, build, test, deploy phases of data analytics and data science products and solutions.
- Internally, they regularly interface with technical data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, and software engineers to aid in business analysis, requirements gathering, technology design and delivery, and quality assurance.
- Externally, they regularly interface with clients at numerous levels of an organization—program managers, stakeholders, end-users, data owners, analysts, IT groups, and management
- Facilitate and lead the tactical delivery of analytics projects.
Minimum Qualifications:
- PMP Certification (or the willingness and ability to receive a PMP certification within one year of hire)
- Multi-year experience with leading projects within industry standard project management frameworks (i.e., PMP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
- Multi-year experience in the consulting industry (technology, management, strategy) and managing client engagements with either internal or external clients
- Experience with government contracting or experience working with federal government agencies
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in data science, data analytics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or business administration.
- Involved in team efforts to design and deploy data and analytics solutions that involve querying databases, analyzing data, building data pipelines, and applying data science concepts such as supervised and unsupervised, text mining, and graph analytics
- Agile Certified
- Multi-year experience growing and expanding federal government portfolios
Clearance Requirements:
- Must have a IRS Public Trust w/a Full Background Investigation
About Elder Research, Inc - People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Elder Research, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.
Skills Required
- PMP Certification or willingness to obtain within one year
- Multi-year experience leading projects using industry PM frameworks (PMP, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
- Multi-year consulting experience (technology, management, or strategy) managing client engagements
- Experience with government contracting or working with federal government agencies
- Must have an IRS Public Trust with a Full Background Investigation
- Master's degree in data science, analytics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or business administration
- Experience designing and deploying data and analytics solutions (querying databases, building pipelines, applying data science methods)
- Agile certification
- Multi-year experience growing and expanding federal government portfolios
What We Do
Elder Research is a recognized leader in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence consulting. Founded in 1995 by Dr. John Elder, Elder Research has helped government agencies and Fortune Global 500® companies solve real-world problems in diverse industry segments. Our goal is to transform data, domain knowledge, and algorithmic innovations into world-class analytic solutions. When we combine the business domain expertise of our clients with our deep understanding of advanced analytics, we create a team that can extract actionable value from the data. Our areas of expertise include data science, text mining, data visualization, scientific software engineering, and technical teaching. Experience with diverse projects and algorithms, advanced validation techniques, and innovative model combination methods (ensembles) enables Elder Research to maximize project success for a continued return on analytics investment. In 2020 we acquired the Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com to provide focused data science, analytics, and statistics training for corporations and individuals. The Institute’s certificates and degrees are certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and its courses are approved by the American Council on Education. Elder Research’s Analytics Services are designed to scale based on the unique requirements of each organization and can maximize the client’s return on analytic investment. Elder Research is also a leader in advanced analytic training and offers a variety of training services directed at each of the key stakeholders within an organization. Training builds a common foundation and vision for analytics across business units and lead to the successful adoption, deployment, and maintenance of analytic models within an organization.
