Project Management Specialist

LMI is seeking a Project Management Specialist to support a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program focused on suicide prevention and mental health. The role provides day-to-day project coordination, administrative and operational support across multiple workstreams, helping teams manage priorities, deliverables, documentation, and follow-up.

Responsibilities:

• Support Program Managers and Project Managers across multiple projects and workstreams, providing day-to-day coordination, administrative support, and execution follow-through
• Maintain project schedules, calendars, trackers, action logs, risk and issue logs, decision records, and other project-management artifacts
• Coordinate meeting logistics, develop agendas, capture clear and accurate meeting minutes, track action items, and drive follow-up with responsible team members
• Help maintain visibility into project priorities, milestones, deadlines, dependencies, and outstanding decisions
• Coordinate inputs for contract deliverables, status reports, program reviews, leadership briefings, and client-facing materials
• Develop and maintain polished PowerPoint presentations, Excel trackers, dashboards, and other project-management materials
• Organize and maintain project documentation in SharePoint, including SOPs, templates, trackers, deliverables, meeting records, and other program artifacts
• Support onboarding and offboarding activities, including coordination of VA access, systems, tools, documentation, and program orientation
• Assist with Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog coordination, Scrum or Kanban ceremonies, action tracking, and maintenance of Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
• Support Project Managers in gathering and documenting requirements, user needs, acceptance criteria, and project decisions
• Coordinate across technical, analytical, and program teams to ensure information is shared, commitments are understood, and work continues to move forward
• Gain familiarity with technical workstreams involving Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Power Apps, SharePoint, analytics, data, and program evaluation and support the associated project-management activities
• Proofread and quality-check client deliverables for completeness, consistency, accuracy, and presentation quality
• Support internal reporting activities, including program management reviews, quarterly reviews, staffing updates, and leadership briefings
• Proactively identify missing information, process gaps, upcoming deadlines, risks, or areas requiring follow-up and bring them to the attention of project or program leadership
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and smaller initiatives, working independently to drive them through completion
• Step in to facilitate meetings, coordinate activities, or provide additional support when project leadership is unavailable
• Seek opportunities to improve project processes, documentation, reporting, and team coordination
• Learn from Project and Program Managers and gradually take on increased responsibility for project planning, client interaction, Agile delivery, and workstream management

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, public administration, information systems, technology, public health, or a related field
• 3–5 years of experience in project coordination, project management, consulting, program operations, business operations, or a related role
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in environments where requirements or direction may not always be fully defined
• A proactive, self-starter mindset with the ability to identify what needs to be done, ask appropriate questions, and move work forward with limited direction
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work
• Experience developing meeting agendas, capturing minutes, maintaining action items, and coordinating follow-through
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and SharePoint
• Ability to develop professional, client-ready presentations, trackers, reports, and other project materials
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with team members and stakeholders across different disciplines and levels of seniority
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical, analytical, and operational teams
• Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and willingness to take ownership of unfamiliar assignments
• Demonstrated curiosity and an appetite to learn and grow within the project and program management career path
• Interest in technology-enabled programs and willingness to develop greater familiarity with technical delivery concepts and tools
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required background investigation or Public Trust
• Prior experience supporting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, or another federal government client
• Experience or interest in suicide prevention, mental health, behavioral health, healthcare, public health, or Veteran services
• Experience supporting Agile or hybrid delivery teams and familiarity with Scrum or Kanban practices
• Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, or comparable project-management tools
• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, or related technologies
• Familiarity with program evaluation, performance measurement, data analytics, or data-informed decision-making
• Comfort working alongside developers, analysts, data scientists, evaluators, and technical subject matter experts
• Experience developing or maintaining project dashboards, status trackers, reporting tools, or management metrics
• Exposure to federal contract operations, staffing, deliverable management, or performance reporting
• Project management or Agile certification such as CAPM, CSM, PSM, SAFe, or equivalent
• demonstrated interest in pursuing certification
• Interest in progressing into a Sr Project Manager and eventually Program Manager role