Rhianna Roberts
Marriottsville,MD
Summary
Project Manager with extensive experience in project and personnel management across federal and private sectors. Proven track record of driving results and enhancing team performance through effective leadership. Committed to building strong, collaborative relationships within teams to achieve project goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Wichita Tribal Enterprise
03.2025 - Current
- Managed 8 concurrent Agile projects from planning through implementation, achieving 100% on-time delivery while adhering to industry project management best practices.
- Developed and executed short- and long-term project plans, establishing milestones and deadlines that reduced schedule slippage by 97%.
- Delegated project tasks across 43+ personnel, aligning assignments with technical expertise to increase productivity and delivery efficiency by 72%.
- Led the successful execution and oversight of a $15M+ Government IT support contract, maintaining 100% contractual compliance and meeting all performance requirements.
- Produced detailed financial and performance reports, including earned value management (EVM) and cost-to-complete forecasts, improving budget accuracy by 91%.
- Planned, organized, and directed multidisciplinary IT teams (43+ staff) spanning research and technology, system design, development, and operations in support of mission-critical systems.
- Oversaw short and long-range strategic planning and innovation initiatives, implementing 14 process or technology improvements that enhanced operational effectiveness by 36%.
- Managed human resource and fiscal programs, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding 4+ employees, while reducing time-to-hire by 52%.
- Developed and implemented operating policies and procedures, ensuring full compliance with government regulations, contract requirements, and corporate standards.
- Ensured all organizational activities were administered in accordance with contract provisions and company policies, resulting in zero audit findings.
- ServiceNow for daily use, ticket tracking and metrics.
- Represented Wichita Tribal Enterprises in business, government, and community engagements, strengthening partnerships and organizational visibility.
- Established and enforced performance and quality standards, monitoring KPIs and evaluating results to drive continuous improvement and increase overall performance ratings by 70%.
Contracts Manager
Commonwealth Strategic Solutions
04.2024 - 03.2025
- Ensured full integration of project management processes across activities within the NHLBI and ARPA-H contracts, supporting successful delivery of 23+ concurrent initiatives.
- Executed the strategic vision of CWSS Executive Leadership, supporting project management operations across multiple government contracts valued at $20+.
- Collaborated with 30+ federal and contractor stakeholders to define project scope, deliverables, risks, dependencies, success metrics, and resource requirements, improving project clarity and alignment by 42%.
- Maintained projects 100% within approved scope, meeting budget, schedule, and quality requirements while reducing scope creep by 18%.
- Managed and approved monthly timesheets for 23+ personnel, ensuring 100% compliance with contract labor and billing requirements.
- Drafted and submitted accurate monthly invoices to government clients totaling $5M annually, achieving on-time payment with zero billing discrepancies.
- Served as hiring manager for multiple contracts, recruiting and onboarding 14+ staff, with 100% client acceptance of selected candidates.
- Trained, supervised, and motivated cross-functional project teams (23+ members), resolving conflicts and improving team engagement and productivity.
- Translated complex project data into executive-level briefings and dashboards, enabling timely leadership decisions and reducing decision turnaround time.
- Supported federal and contractor staff in establishing clear, effective communication channels, improving cross-team coordination and issue resolution.
- Strategically planned and facilitated dozens of recurring and ad hoc meetings (Teams/calls) across multiple contracts, maintaining stakeholder alignment and momentum.
- Supervised direct reports and subcontractor teams, providing performance guidance, counseling, and oversight across multiple partner organizations.
- Acted as a liaison between federal agencies, contractors, and external organizations, accelerating issue resolution and supporting successful project completion.
Project Manager, Facilities Security Officer, Insider Threat Senior Personnel
Bristol Alliance of Companies
03.2023 - 03.2024
- Directed end-to-end project operations, including full-cycle recruiting and cradle-to-grave contract support for 21 NAVFAC facilities, managing portfolios valued at $15M-$47M annually while maintaining 100% compliance with Scope of Work and budgetary constraints.
- Served as Contract Manager for Bristol, overseeing 2 construction and engineering subcontracts and 13+ vendors, ensuring regulatory compliance and on-time performance across geographically dispersed sites.
- Managed the full lifecycle of 28+ change requests annually, mitigating cost, schedule, and scope risk through adherence to established policies and effective stakeholder coordination.
- Led weekly and quarterly strategic planning, implementation, and performance review meetings with internal teams, subcontractors, and client representatives to align execution with mission objectives.
- Developed and implemented strategies, frameworks, and tools that improved client engagement and operational adoption by 5268%.
- Oversaw budget planning, execution, and financial controls for task orders totaling, including accruals, estimates-to-complete, and variance analysis.
- Monitored and reported on task order financials, including invoicing, expenditures, and funding obligations, supporting 100% on-time submissions and zero audit findings.
- Prepared, reviewed, and exercised signature authority on monthly invoices exceeding $2M, project information reports, and documentation for timely WAWF submission.
- Designed and implemented performance management frameworks using qualitative and quantitative KPIs, improving reporting accuracy and decision-making across X functional areas.
- Built and maintained Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Organizational Breakdown Structures (OBS) to support planning and execution for multi-site, multi-discipline programs.
- Coordinated with Quality Control and Health & Safety teams to ensure compliance with project standards, resulting in zero recordable safety incidents and successful inspections.
- Standardized onboarding and deployment processes across 21 locations, ensuring compliance with location-specific federal and NAVFAC requirements.
- Led New Employee Orientation and ensured 100% I-9 compliance while developing and maintaining personnel files for 58 employees.
- Managed and mentored recruiting and operations teams of staff, supporting the sourcing, pre-boarding, and onboarding of 58 hires annually.
- Delivered staff mentoring, training, and third-party risk assessments, reducing onboarding cycle time by 62%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, define objectives, and develop project plans and timelines supporting simultaneous task orders across multiple facilities.
- Applied best practices in grant management, overseeing financial tracking, reporting, and compliance for awards totaling $15+ with no compliance deficiencies.
Senior Business Program Consultant
NetImpact Strategies
08.2021 - 03.2023
- Supported organizational planning for a wide variety of summits, initiatives, and educational opportunities for the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
- Cradle to grave contract execution.
- Exercised best practices for Change Management process to ensure client objects were met on time and within budget.
- Built Work Breakdown Structures and Organization Breakdown Structures.
- Acted as contract specialist.
- Managed the lifecycle of change requests, ensured compliance with established policies, and facilitated effective communication and coordination across multiple teams.
- Provided accurate and timely information to Federal client, detailing project status reports within scope and budget.
- Collected funding requirement data and ensured adequate resources were available for project initiation.
- Regularly review grant policies and guidelines.
- Presented material to senior division, program, and government officials during high-level meetings.
- Conducted research and analysis to develop white papers, briefings, standard operating procedures, Procedural Instructions (PI), and executive summaries.
- Promoted continuous process improvement and standardization by proactively identifying gaps in service, training, or other processes and developed business documents and requirements.
- Developed and updated multiple client SharePoint sites, dashboards and Internal tracking systems.
- Daily use of ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence and Asana.
- Managed contract elements, task order deliverables, communications and employee requirements.
- Designed and implemented performance management frameworks for qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Coordinated with external organizations and teams to conduct data calls, complete tasks, and manage initiatives.
Project Management Analyst II
KSJ & Associates
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Provided project control support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in support of the Military Health System (MHS) enclave Infrastructure and Application Transition under Med-COI. This project included large scale technical and logistical coordination of network transition at over 120 military medical sites worldwide.
- Managed the lifecycle of change requests, ensured compliance with established policies, and facilitated effective communication and coordination across multiple teams.
- Provided accurate and timely information to Federal client, detailing project status reports within scope and budget.
- Collected funding requirement data and ensured adequate resources were available for project initiation.
- Coordinated and collaborated with project team members and stakeholders to facilitate completion of project objectives, led meetings, teleconferences, and web conferences to collect information needed for project tasks or schedules.
- Exercise management skills to maintain excellent client relationships. Understood and contributed to risk management and scheduled management.
- Strategically planned and facilitated 200+ calls and Teams meetings with participants both CONUS and OCONUS to assure cadence with current projects.
- Developed multiple proposals to include strategy, manpower and pricing.
- Exercise knowledge of FAR to ensure compliance.
- Built Work Breakdown Structures and Organization Breakdown Structures.
- Lead engineering teams towards targeted and scheduled outcomes providing regular workstream status to communicate project objectives, strategy, tactics, and ongoing progress.
- Demonstrated ability to plan resources and develop work breakdown structures.
- Possessed strong situational awareness and ability to navigate complex client cultures and environments.
- Expertise in Microsoft Office 365, CSTAR, REMEDY, JIRA, SharePoint, Confluence, UKG, Deltek/Costpoint, Azure DevOps.
Counterintelligence Program Support Specialist
Central Intelligence Agency
10.2016 - 06.2019
- CI Operations staff officer responsible for policy, doctrine, and foreign intelligence service threat assessments; evaluated CI Operations concept of operations (CONOPS), vulnerability assessments, and other planning, staffing, and programmatic activities.
- Collected, evaluated, and disseminated information from various collection platforms; Built effective queries and combined information from various data sources including but not limited to SIGINT and Open Source.
- Investigated activities of enemy agents, collaborators, and other specified personnel known or suspected to have knowledge and/or record of counterintelligence information; Evaluated information obtained and recommended remedial action; prepared administrative forms, official correspondence, and incident reports.
- Planned, organized, and coordinated activities of Counterintelligence Officers. Aided with the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) and experience with Services and joint exercises.
- Managed daily office requirements including travel arrangements, time and attendance records, petty cash accounts for employees; coordinated meetings between multiple government organizations.
- Performed cost-benefit analysis of travel options and requirements for office personnel; organized travel arrangements through DTS system.
- In charge of acquisition planning and source selection support.
- Responsible for integrity of cash reserves; drafted and disseminated official correspondence and prepared documentation and packaging of classified materials for shipment.
- Interviewed, onboarded, and supervised Locally Employed Staff (LES), ensuring host government regulations were adhered to.
Roving Secretary/Leahy Vetting Program Coordinator
Department of State, U.S. Embassy OCONUS
09.2013 - 10.2016
- Performed Office Management Specialist functions for the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission.
- Organized and maintained front office schedules, managing correspondence with other government officials; planned and booked business and personal travel.
- Cross-trained in Consular Section duties including Visa intake, document verification, and applicant fingerprinting; led update to embassy-wide employee database for Embassy management section with minimal guidance.
- Exemplified flexibility as short suspense stop gap, performing seamless transition for majority of office personnel during substantial summer rotation.
- Exercised best practices for grant management to include financial tracking, reporting, and compliance.
- Regularly review grant policies and guidelines.
- Managed provision of briefing materials for meetings with foreign dignitaries.
- Compiled NGO, refugee, and local economic analytic information into official reports to underpin USAID sponsored conferences.
- Cross-trained as Leahy Vetting Coordinator filling critical gap in clearance of potential human rights abuses by foreign persons nominated to attend U.S.-sponsored training.
- Wrote standard operating procedure (SOP) for Leahy vetting process, including job aids and training materials.
- Processed Time and Attendance documentation for over 60 mission employees in three embassy sections.
Education
B.S - Psychology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland Global Campus
College Park, MarylandSkills
- Project management
- Agile methodologies
- Earned value management
- Compliance administration
- Contract negotiation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Proposal writing
- Risk assessment
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Team leadership
- Conflict resolution
- Strategic planning
- Process improvement
- Staff training and mentoring
- Budget administration
- Contract development
- Microsoft office suite expert
- Change control operations
- Risk management
- Productivity improvement
- Schedule management
- Contract administration
- Government contracting
Certification
• PMP Cert., 12/31/27
• ITILv4 Cert.
• DevOps Cert.
• Top Secret Clearance, 12/31/28
• ITILv4 Cert.
• DevOps Cert.
• Top Secret Clearance, 12/31/28
Timeline
Project Manager
Wichita Tribal Enterprise
03.2025 - Current
Contracts Manager
Commonwealth Strategic Solutions
04.2024 - 03.2025
Project Manager, Facilities Security Officer, Insider Threat Senior Personnel
Bristol Alliance of Companies
03.2023 - 03.2024
Senior Business Program Consultant
NetImpact Strategies
08.2021 - 03.2023
Project Management Analyst II
KSJ & Associates
03.2020 - 08.2021
Counterintelligence Program Support Specialist
Central Intelligence Agency
10.2016 - 06.2019
Roving Secretary/Leahy Vetting Program Coordinator
Department of State, U.S. Embassy OCONUS
09.2013 - 10.2016
B.S - Psychology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland Global Campus