We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Performance Manager to join our corporate Operational Excellence within the Steampunk TechOps team. This corporate role is critical to ensuring alignment with our documented processes and best practices. You will conduct comprehensive reviews to evaluate project health. You will dive deep into the details with the PMs to develop meaningful findings, identify risk, and support continuous improvement.  

You must understand complex business processes. You must have good analytical skills, solid business judgement, a strong focus, and the capability to drive the right results with a focused and pragmatic approach. You must have a strong understanding of project management frameworks. You must be able to understand high-level technical context; technical background is a plus. You must be able to work independently and remain flexible, with the ability to prioritize workloads and maintain a strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment. 

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented with exceptional documentation skills. They will also excel at synthesizing complex data into actionable recommendations, influencing leadership decisions, and collaborating cross-functionally to implement quality improvements that drive operational excellence across the enterprise. 

This hybrid position will be based out of McLean, Virginia. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Reviews available documentation to acquire an in-depth knowledge of assigned operations, processes, policies, and procedures. 

• Independently leads and executes assigned reviews of quality, program management, and software development processes to ensure conformance with quality, services, and information security management systems (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 27001, etc.) and CMMI-DEV ML3. 

• Uses sound analytical skills and possesses project management, business acumen, and technical expertise to execute assigned reviews. 

• Produces detailed evaluations with quantitative and qualitative analysis to present findings, trends, and risk exposure to leadership with recommendations to enhance process efficiency and regulatory compliance.  

• Effective influence skills in communicating findings. This individual must be an articulate and effective communicator, both verbally and in writing. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, or a related field. 

• Minimum 7–10 years of professional experience in Project Management, IT projects, Quality Assurance, Assessments and/or Risk Management, with a minimum of 3 years in a lead role. 

• At least 1 professional certification, for example PMP or CISSP. 

• Strong experience in data analysis and the ability to translate audit findings into business-driven improvements. 

• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-impact environment with minimal supervision. 

Desired Skills and Experience: 

• Practical experience using project management tools, SharePoint, Teams, and Jira. 

• Experience in auditing within highly regulated industries (e.g., federal contracting, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, automotive, or financial services) is a plus. 

• Proven expertise in risk-based auditing techniques, internal controls, and process optimization. 

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $115,000 to $150,000.  The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here. 

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors.  Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.