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Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Preference for candidates located in the DMV region.
Workplace: Remote
Clearance Required: TS or CBP BI or DHS Suitability tier 4 (clearance adjudicated within the past 4 years)
Position Overview
As a Program Manager for Elder Research's Defense Portfolio, you will have the opportunity to develop and utilize leadership skills, build strong relationships internally and externally, leverage your experience and passion for data science to drive both project delivery and business strategy as well as oversee the health and growth of your portfolio of clients.
You will drive technology and analytics delivery by:
Major Duties/Tasks:
Requirements
Required Education and Experience:
Why apply to this position at Elder Research?
About Elder Research, Inc
People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.
Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.
Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.
Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.
Location: Preference for candidates located in the DMV region.
Workplace: Remote
Clearance Required: TS or CBP BI or DHS Suitability tier 4 (clearance adjudicated within the past 4 years)
Position Overview
As a Program Manager for Elder Research's Defense Portfolio, you will have the opportunity to develop and utilize leadership skills, build strong relationships internally and externally, leverage your experience and passion for data science to drive both project delivery and business strategy as well as oversee the health and growth of your portfolio of clients.
You will drive technology and analytics delivery by:
- Meeting with program leaders and stakeholders and collaborates with other members of the data science services team regarding the development of innovative data analysis techniques.
- Lead the data science services contract team in providing analytical support to address complex business questions.
- Assist the team in articulating mission gap problems and process inefficiencies.
- Oversee the implementation of appropriate solutions recommended by the team, such as data science reports or machine learning models, for agency leaders and stakeholders.
- Responsible for the supervision of subordinate consultants, data scientists, and analysts.
Major Duties/Tasks:
- Mentoring and guiding Data Scientists and Software Developers.
- Engaging with clients to understand and define needs.
- Technical contributions as needed (code reviews, feature development, bug fixes, prototyping, overall engagement with the technical contributors on the team).
- Project management and budgeting.
- Employee performance.
- Business Development and Growth Strategy.
Requirements
Required Education and Experience:
- Eight (8) years of relevant experience applied research, big data analytics, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, computer science, operations research or other closely related other quantitative or mathematical discipline. At least five (5) years of supervisory experience.
- Advanced Degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research or other closely related scientific or technical discipline. A Ph.D degree may be substituted for up to three (3) years of relevant experience.
- Experience managing a team involved with building and evaluating Large Language Models is a must for this position
- Ability to plan, organize, direct and control the project/program to ensure all contractual obligations are fulfilled, quality standards are met, and associated expectations of performance are achieved.
- Ability to provide expert directions and guidance to subordinates, develop schedules and formulate work plans.
- Demonstrates exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to apply broad management skills and specialized functional and technical expertise to guide the project team in delivering client solutions and manage the day-to-day operations
- Manage and control project funds and resources and serve as point of contact to the COR.
- Experience with NLP concepts including preprocessing (stemming, etc.), TF-IDF, Named Entity Recognition, and LLMs.
Why apply to this position at Elder Research?
- Competitive Salary.
- Important Work that Makes a Difference supporting the Department of Defense.
- Job Stability: Elder Research is not a typical government contractor, we hire you for a career, not just a contract.
- Primarily Remote Work: in an industry of declining remote work opportunities.
- People-Focused Culture: we prioritize work-life-balance and provide a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
- Company Stock Ownership: all employees are provided with shares of the company each year based on company value and profits.
About Elder Research, Inc
People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.
Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.
Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.
Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.
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