Mission
The Parallax Advanced Research Mission is to deliver innovative research and provide technology, human, and business solutions via The Science of Intelligent Teaming™ for government, industry, and academic clients with critical challenges.
Position Summary
The Project Manager (PM) is a force multiplier who plans, coordinates, and delivers discrete projects within our Strategic & Technology-Based Partnerships division. You’ll run project schedules, budgets, communications, and stakeholder touchpoints; support data collection and reporting; and help improve the playbooks we use across programs. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, communicates crisply, and enjoys turning ambiguity into executable plans.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
Drive Impact — Project Execution & Planning (≈50%)
- Plan and manage milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure mission success.
- Track scope, schedule, risks, and resources; surface issues early with options.
- Build reports, dashboards, and briefings that communicate results and impact.
Collaborate Everywhere — Stakeholder Engagement (≈30%)
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners (government, industry, academia) to advance project goals.
- Support event and engagement execution (e.g., colliders, opportunity days, demos).
- Collect and analyze activity/impact data to guide decision-making.
Act with Integrity — Operational Leadership (≈10%)
- Lead working meetings, manage light reporting requirements, and process/approve vendor invoices in alignment with controls.
- Maintain compliance with contract/reporting/brand standards and contribute to continuous improvement.
Other (≈10%)
- Flex to adjacent tasks typical of a growing innovation division (templates, SOPs, intake triage, light budgeting support).
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- BA/BS (Master’s a plus) and 3+ years of relevant experience in project/program management within defense, government, tech, or innovation.
- Proficiency with project tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Asana) and collaboration suites (M365/Teams).
- Strong written/oral communication; adept at briefings, stakeholder updates, and executive-ready slides.
- Comfort balancing near-term execution with evolving requirements; excellent task and resource coordination.
- Analytical skills to turn activity and outcome data into actionable insights.
Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders across government, academia, and industry.
- Exposure to contracting/compliance and basic financial tracking (budget, burn, forecasts).
- PMP (or progress toward certification); Agile exposure a plus.
- Familiarity with DoD innovation entities (e.g., DIU, AFWERX, NSIN) and pathways (FAR and Non-FAR, SBIR/STTR).
- Knowledge of TRLs, dual-use commercialization, or venture/startup ecosystems.
- Experience leading small teams or workstreams; risk management and issue resolution.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Describe physical requirements of the job, noise levels, temperature, exposure to other factors that may impact certain job fields, relevant ADA impacts, etc.
Parallax Advanced Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
