TEP Project Manager

Position Overview
GDIT is seeking an experienced Technical Evaluation Panel Project  Manager to plan, coordinate, and deliver activities for a multidisciplinary panel supporting a federal data access and linkage initiative. This position reports to the Program Director and works closely with data linkage, enclave, PPRL, and program Operations to ensure that TEP activities are efficiently executed, and translated into actionable recommendations and products. This role is central to organizing expert input on methods, policy, and implementation and integrating that input into program roadmaps, standards, and improvements.

How a TEP Project Manager Will Make an Impact
Lead end‑to‑end project management for TEP workstreams, turning scientific and technical questions into structured agendas, workplans, and deliverables. Coordinate multidisciplinary experts so that TEP meetings, reviews, and products consistently inform team stakeholders. Develop and maintain plans, schedules, and milestones for TEP activities, including meeting series, topic‑focused workgroups, reviews, and documentation.

• Coordinate with program leadership components to define TEP priorities, scope questions, and align timelines and dependencies.
• Manage day‑to‑day TEP project operations, tracking progress, risks, and action items, and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Serve as the liaison between TEP members and the program, ensuring clear communication, expectation management, and alignment of TEP activities priorities
• Organize and facilitate TEP meetings and workgroups with clear agendas, materials, and action tracking.
• Coordinate technical document reviews and synthesize expert feedback into concise recommendations.
• Monitor TEP activities using dashboards or trackers and support continuous improvement processes.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and engagement of TEP members, including managing rosters, terms, COI documentation, and communications.
• Assist with planning and execution, including schedules and coordination for transferring environments, configurations, documentation, and tools to the Government.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as public health, health services research, information systems, project management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects in federal research or health data environments, involving stakeholder coordination and technical advisory groups.
• Strong understanding of project management practices, including scope, schedule, risk, stakeholder management, documentation, and reporting.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non‑technical teams, translating questions, requests and actions into structured plans.
• Experience working with federal data access, privacy, or governance requirements in close coordination with technical leads.
• Excellent organizational skills, with proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills, including status reports, meeting materials, and documents for government, stakeholder, and technical audiences.
• At least 5 years of project or program management experience supporting federal agencies, research organizations, or healthcare systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher and authorization to work in the United States.
• Travel at 10–25% to support on-site collaboration primarily in the DC Metro area.​

Preferred

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of experience managing federal research or data programs, advisory panels, or technical working groups, especially in health services research or RWD contexts.
• Demonstrable knowledge of probabilistic and deterministic record linkage methodologies for linking records across datasets POI and PPRL.
• Strong statistical and analytical expertise
• Industry certifications such as PMP, Agile, ITIL, or other technical/business credentials.
• Prior experience supporting HHS agencies on data access, data sharing, or RWD, particularly in aging or health services research.
• Familiarity with data lifecycle, DUAs, workflows, and metrics/reporting in research settings, and comfortable working closely with both technical and policy teams.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

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• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.