Data Annotation Program Manager Jobs in Raleigh, NC

IEM is seekinganindividual to fill therole ofFullTime-Program Manager.The Program Manager oversees the planning, coordination, implementation, and performance of the City of Fort Lauderdale's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) programs.This role provides day-to-day leadership across program areas, ensuring compliance with HUD requirements, approved Action Plan commitments, program policies, grant agreements, budgets, schedules, and performance standards.Serving as a primary operational lead, the Program Manager collaborates with City leadership, staff, consultants, contractors, subrecipients, and other stakeholders to support effective program delivery. This position requires residence in or willingness to travel orrelocateto South Florida to support in-person coordination, stakeholder engagement, and field activities. The roleoperatesin a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, requiring accuracy and consistency.

Primary Location:

• Live anywhere in the United States but must be willing torelocateto South Florida for the life of the project.
• Work will take placeinan office environment,or personal office /at home and will depend on the need of the project.
• Preferred candidates will currently live in South Florida.

Travel Requirements:

• This position will require travel to complete work assignments or attend meetings.
• Daily travel and other expenses are reimbursablein accordance withFederal Travel Regulations or DoD Regulations.

Essential Functions:

• Provide overall program management for CDBG-DR programs, including development of strategies, processes, and standard operating procedures.
• Lead federally funded grant implementation (CDBG-DR, mitigation, and familiarity with FEMA programs).
• Manage project managers and cross-functional teams, including performance oversight and coordination with leadership, clients, and partners.
• Oversee full lifecycle implementation of the City's CDBG-DR portfolio, including housing, infrastructure, mitigation, public services, planning, and economic recovery.
• Direct day-to-day activities of staff, consultants, vendors, and subrecipients to ensuretimely,accurate, and compliant delivery.
• Establish program priorities, schedules, staffing plans, performance goals, and risk mitigation strategies with City leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across compliance, environmental review, procurement, finance, construction, reporting, outreach, and monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with HUD requirements, Federal Register notices, CDBG-DR regulations, 2 CFR Part 200, and local policies.
• Oversee program launch, implementation, and closeout, including monitoring milestones, budgets, expenditures, deliverables, and performance.
• Identifyrisks, barriers, and compliance issues and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and refine program policies, SOPs, workflows, tools, and guidance materials.
• Maintain internal controls, documentation, quality assurance, audit readiness, and coordination across program areas.
• Monitor KPIs, production metrics, and program trends; support HUD reporting, DRGR/QPR inputs, and data validation.
• Develop dashboards, reports, forecasts, and executive briefings.
• Serve as a primary coordination point for City leadership, departments, elected officials, stakeholders, contractors, and partners.
• Support meetings, public engagement, briefings, and responses to program inquiries and escalations.
• Ensure clear communication between technical teams and leadership; represent the program in meetings and field activities. Support business development, including proposal writing and pursuit of new opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree:Bachelor's degree in public administration, emergency management, urban planning, business administration, construction management, finance, ora relatedfield.
• Experience:Ten (10) years ofexperience managing federally funded programs, disaster recovery programs, housing programs, infrastructure programs, or complex public-sector initiatives.
• Experience with CDBG-DR, CDBG-MIT, CDBG, FEMA, HUD, or other federal recovery or resilience funding.
• Strong understanding of program implementation, grant compliance, performance management, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and operational risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate across technical, administrative, compliance, and operational workstreams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive briefings, reports, workplans, and issue summaries.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Proficiencywith Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in public administration, emergency management, urban planning, business administration, construction management, finance, ora relatedfield.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience supporting HUD Action Plan implementation, DRGR/QPR reporting, program policy development, monitoring, or audit readiness.
• Direct experience managing CDBG-DR programs for a local or state grantee. Experience managing consultants, subcontractors, subrecipients, or technicalassistanceproviders.
• Experience working with local government leadership, elected officials, community stakeholders, and intergovernmental partners.
• Familiarity with housing recovery, infrastructure recovery, mitigation, environmental review, procurement, construction management, and duplication of benefits requirements.
• Familiarity with systems of record, Smartsheet, Power BI, SharePoint, or other program management and reporting tools.

• The following core competencies:
  • CDBG-DR program management
  • Portfolio oversight
  • Federal grant compliance
  • Operational leadership
  • Stakeholder coordination
  • Performance management
  • Risk identification and resolution
  • Team coordination
  • Clear executive communication
  • Accountability and follow-through

Additional Information:

• Office Locations:Often, these offices are either owned by the client we work with or by IEM. All candidates are expected to follow any rules and regulations of the office in which theyare required toworkforthat project.
• Personal Office / At Home Locations:All personal office / athome workenvironments require the ability to maintain minimum Internet speeds of 25 Mbps upload and 3 Mbps download, as well as a ping rate of 100msor less during working hours, regardless of the type and number of devices using your Internet connection. You must also have account privileges and access to your Internet service provider account during working hours for thepurposesofmaintainingthe Internet connection, if needed.

Benefits and more:

• Salary is based on your location andexperience level:$150,000 - $175,000
• 10 paid Holidays
• Vacation Pay Sick Pay
• 401 (K) plan with matching
• Company paid STD and LTD

Equal Employment Opportunity:All IEM employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment, if necessary, are made without regard to an individual's race, color, religion, creed, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:IEM is committed to providing reasonable workplaceaccommodationsfor individuals with disabilities. If yourequireassistanceor reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or employment process, please email IEMhumanresources@iem.com with specific details about the requested accommodation. All accommodation requests are reviewed case-by-case in compliance with applicable law.