Technical Project Manager-Communications

Linquest Corporation - Reston, VA

Full-time - Senior

Reston, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Project Manager for Technical Communications at LinQuest Corporation will lead a team of technical writers and knowledge managers in support of DARPA initiatives. This role involves developing and managing technical communication strategies, ensuring high-quality documentation, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to support advanced modeling and simulation software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and manage program-wide technical communication strategies and plans in support of client-driven outreach.
• Lead and manage a team of internal and third-party technical writers in the development of program-wide technical software, system, and architecture design documents.
• Establish technical writing standards and processes to develop and/or revise documentation, handbooks, and manuals.
• Capture terms and processes for taxonomical, procedural, and workflow development.
• Capture and organize revisions, references, tests, outcomes, and figures into a coherent narrative or report.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 14 years of experience as a technical writer.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility.
• Strong, demonstrated team leadership skills.
• Strong, demonstrated project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to concisely integrate a large amount of varied information into well-structured and digestible written materials.
• Demonstrated ability to convert written steps into a coherent visual diagram, and vice versa.
• Demonstrated ability to create visually appealing and effective PowerPoint briefs, structured assessments, and reports.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and managing technical communications plans and strategies.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and managing a technical writing and/or editing process.
• Experience developing technical documentation of software architectures and tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree with 14 years of experience as a technical writer.
• Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) certification preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (or equivalent).
• Experience working with classified documents for the Department of Defense or the military Services.
• Modeling and simulation software documentation experience.
• Experience writing for research.
• Knowledge Management experience.
• Familiarity with Joint warfighting capabilities, advanced weapons, current and future operational concepts.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Company paid life insurance