Project Director

• Provide overall direction, management, and coordination of all BHDAP and HSP project activities.
• Serve as the primary liaison to ASPE/BHDAP/HSP leadership, ensuring clear communication, timely updates, and alignment with federal priorities.
• Lead development of project plans, timelines, risk mitigation strategies, and quality-assurance processes.
• Oversee the production of policy analyses, literature reviews, environmental scans, technical reports, and briefings.

• Supervise multidisciplinary teams including analysts, researchers, developers, SMEs, and subcontractors.
• Assign tasks, monitor progress, and ensure staff adhere to project schedules and quality expectations.
• Provide mentorship, performance feedback, and professional development guidance.
• Facilitate internal coordination across technical, analytical, and administrative workstreams.

• Coordinate with federal partners, state agencies, research institutions, and community stakeholders.
• Lead meetings, briefings, and working groups to gather input, present findings, and support decision-making.
• Ensure stakeholder perspectives are integrated into project deliverables and recommendations.

• Ensure all deliverables meet ASPE’s standards for methodological rigor, clarity, and policy relevance.
• Oversee compliance with federal requirements including the Privacy Act, CIPSEA, HIPAA-aligned safeguards, and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) rules.
• Maintain documentation consistent with federal project management frameworks and contract requirements.
• Support internal and external reviews, audits, and performance evaluations.

• Guide the development of research designs, data-collection strategies, and analytic approaches.
• Review and synthesize complex behavioral health, disability, and aging policy information.
• Provide subject-matter expertise to ensure findings are accurate, actionable, and aligned with federal policy goals.

Reporting & Deliverable Management

• Oversee preparation of monthly progress reports, technical memoranda, policy briefs, and final reports.
• Ensure deliverables are submitted on time, meet contractual requirements, and incorporate federal feedback.
• Present findings to ASPE leadership, federal partners, and external audiences as needed.

• Education:
  • Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Behavioral Health, or related field.
• Experience:
  • 8+ years of experience managing federal research or policy projects, including direct work with ASPE, HHS, SAMHSA, CMS, or related agencies.
  • Demonstrated expertise in behavioral health, disability, aging or human subjects policy.
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex, multi-task projects.
  • Strong communication skills, including experience presenting to senior federal leadership.
  • Experience with federal confidentiality, data-use agreements, and secure information-handling requirements.
• Security & Background Check:
  • U.S. Citizenship and a successful background investigation are required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. 
• Additional Requirements:
  • Willingness to comply with the government vaccination requirements.
  • Strategic leadership and decision-making.
  • Strong analytical and policy-synthesis skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • High attention to detail and quality.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities.
  • Commitment to confidentiality, integrity, and federal compliance.