Task Order Lead

  • R0142019
  • On Site
  • McLean, Virginia, United States
  • Full time

The Task Order Lead is responsible for supporting the execution, coordination, and management of all task order activities. This position serves as the principal integrator across training, logistics, facilities, and sustainment workstreams, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations, event synchronization, and stakeholder coordination. The Task Order Lead works closely with the Amentum PMO, subcontractor teams, and oversight elements to monitor execution timelines, milestone achievement, compliance, and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities:

  • Leading daily operational meetings and maintaining real-time situational awareness across workstreams
  • Coordinating task order activity updates, data collection, risk reporting, and status briefings
  • Monitoring operational performance against schedules, burn rates, and staffing plans
  • Supporting surge staffing efforts, resource allocation adjustments, and event readiness validations
  • Serving as the backup to the Deputy Program Manager for customer interactions, milestone reviews, and escalated issues
  • Ensuring effective communication and workflow synchronization across all subcontractor partners
  • Assisting with preparation of program reports, logistics tracking, sustainment planning, and facility readiness assessments
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in related fields such as Project Management, Business Administration, Logistics, etc., and 1 year of relevant experience OR 5 years of experience supporting government task orders or programs
  • 2–3 years of leadership or operational management experience preferred
  • Strong understanding of project/task order management principles
  • Demonstrated experience in operational risk management and corrective action planning
  • Excellent interpersonal skills for internal team coordination and customer-facing communication
  • Competency with integrated master scheduling (IMS) principles and performance tracking tools
  • Proficient in oral, written, and virtual communications
  • Ability to function at a high level with little oversight as well as work as part of a larger team to complete mission objectives
  • Capable of working under tight deadlines and managing tasks through successful completion
  • US Citizenship Required
  • Active TS/SCI Security Clearance with Polygraph Required

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, constant sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

       

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.

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