Cherokee FederalProject Manager
May. 2022 - Mar. 2024Washington, District of Columbia, United States• Serve as the Site Leadership and Hiring Manager to corporate administrative Program Managers with dual reporting to Corporate Executives and to the government customer
• Oversee contract personnel operations for 11 Center Senior Executives, staffing 26 intelligence professionals, and Data Scientists
• Oversee a 5-year Times and Material contract with a $5 Million annual budget consisting of travel authorizations, billing, onboarding, salary negotiations, and performance engagements
• Restructured onboarding process for new employees, decreasing the hire-to-seat process from 6-8 months to 3-9 weeks
• Mitigate 85% of business risk by analyzing contract potential impacts and avoiding unfavorable terms
• Analyze, advertise, and implement new laws and regulations that change compliance and mandates, adjusting systems for contracts that are above the simple acquisition guidelines • Collaborate with executive stakeholders, foreign and domestic, and liaisons to understand mission specific information needs, gaps, and collection capabilities
• Piloted a new metric process for monthly, quarterly, and annual performance products, streamlines objective planning for employees, and allows customers to assess future objectives based on historical data