Deputy Project Manager - Research

DCG is an award-winning, full-service engagement, digital, research, and data company with over 15 years of experience. They are seeking a motivated Deputy Project Manager to provide cross-functional support across an active project portfolio, combining project coordination, research support, and administrative functions.

Responsibilities:

• Support meeting logistics, agenda preparation, and note-taking across active projects
• Draft and manage client and internal communications on behalf of project leads
• Track tasks, action items, and deadlines using MS Planner or similar tools
• Maintain project documentation, file organization, and status reporting
• Monitor burn rates and flag variances to project leads
• Support schedule creation, milestone tracking, and deliverable coordination
• Assist with subcontractor follow-up and coordination as needed
• Draft, review, and format project deliverables across health, federal, and commercial engagements
• Assist with invoice tracking and coordination with finance as needed
• Step into Deputy PM functions on assigned projects as workload and capacity allow
• Coordinate across internal teams to ensure consistent communication and delivery
• Assist with qualitative data coding and analysis using Dedoose or similar platforms
• Support technical document and literature review
• Contribute to theme development and synthesis reporting
• Support proposal development across the health portfolio including editing, formatting, and compliance review

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (public health, social sciences, communications, business, or related)
• 3–5 years of experience in project coordination, research support, or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated client-facing experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including MS Teams and MS Planner
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently with minimal supervision
• Comfort working across diverse federal and commercial client environments
• Experience in federal consulting, public health, or health research environments
• Dedoose or other qualitative research platform experience