
PROJECT MANAGER: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
Job Description
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
KENTECH Consulting Inc. is an award-winning background technology screening company. We are the creators of innovative projects such as eKnowID.com - 1st consumer background checking system of its kind, and ClarityIQ a high-tech/high-touch investigative case management system.
MISSION
- Customer Focused: We are customer-focused and results-driven.
- Growth Minded: We believe in collaborative learning and industry best practices to deliver excellence.
- Fact Finders: We are passionate investigators for discovery and truth.
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Community and EmployeenPartnerships: We believe there is no greater power for transformation than delivering on what communities and employees care about.
KENTECH Consulting Inc. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee a high-trust, case-driven pre-employment background investigations program supporting public safety, security, and sworn hiring. This role is responsible for day-to-day program execution, investigator coordination, quality control, and client-ready deliverables.
- Serve as the main point of contact for program coordination and day-to-day communication
- Receive and log new cases, assign work based on workload, geography, and investigator strengths
- Track progress across all active investigations, deadlines, and milestones
- Maintain the program schedule and escalate risks early (records delays, candidate non-responsiveness, workload capacity)
- Own report quality and consistency, including enforcing templates and documentation standards
- Review work products for completeness, accuracy, and compliance before submission
- Coordinate with investigators and report writers to close gaps and resolve discrepancies
- Maintain organized records, status reporting, and audit-ready documentation
- Ensure secure handling of sensitive information and adherence to confidentiality expectations
- Support onboarding, training coordination, and ongoing process improvement (SOPs, checklists, workflows)
- Cases are assigned quickly, tracked cleanly, and delivered on time
- Reports meet standards the first time, with minimal rework
- The team follows consistent SOPs and uses the same structure and documentation rules
- Stakeholders get clear, dependable updates without chasing information
- 5+ years managing pre-employment background investigations for law enforcement or public safety programs
- Strong working knowledge of POST standards and California Government Code 1031 and 1029 (as applicable to sworn hiring)
- Proven experience managing a multi-investigator workflow with deadlines and quality requirements
- Strong writing and editing skills, able to catch inconsistencies and tighten reporting
- High attention to detail, strong judgment, and calm execution under pressure
- Comfortable working with sensitive PII and enforcing confidentiality standards
- Strong communication, able to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and drive follow-through
- Based in the Los Angeles area
- Prior experience managing work in a case management system (tracking, documentation, reporting)