Program Manager (Contingency) (FEMA)

Location: Washington, District of Columbia; U.S. citizenship required. The role supports nationwide disaster operations, including periodic travel, emergency activation periods, and deployment to remote or austere locations. End-Use Monitoring activities may include in-person inspections in Ukraine.

Company

hirify.global delivers mission-critical defense, federal civilian, logistics, engineering, and space exploration solutions through its Exploration & Logistics business unit.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day contract and task-order execution for FEMA’s Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract.
• Direct nationwide surge operations, staffing, resource allocation, disaster deployment, tracking, and demobilization.
• Coordinate stakeholders and manage contract cost, schedule, performance, risks, and quality standards.
• Plan and support End-Use Monitoring activities, including inspections in Ukraine.
• Design monitoring tools, surveys, sampling plans, and digital data-collection methods.
• Oversee field supervision, data validation and analysis, reporting, dashboards, documentation, and compliance-ready records.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in program management, logistics, business administration, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 15 years of program management experience, including managing multiple projects of comparable magnitude and complexity.
• Experience with FEMA Public Assistance delivery, grant management, disaster recovery operations, Stafford Act authorities, 2 CFR Part 200, and the FEMA Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide.
• Experience managing large-scale operations across multiple simultaneous federally declared disasters and geographically dispersed teams.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to deploy to remote or austere locations are required.
• Strong leadership, communication, cost control, budgeting, risk management, organization, problem-solving, and compliance skills.

Nice to have

• PMP, CEM, AEM, FEMA PDS or APS, Lean Six Sigma, CCM, PE, CFM, or PMI-RMP certification.
• FEMA NIMS training, including IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800.
• Master’s degree, subcontractor and local vendor management experience, and familiarity with FEMA quality management systems.
• FEMA cybersecurity, information security, records management, privacy, and PII training.

Culture & Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match may be available.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending, disability coverage, and paid time off may be available.
• Flexible work schedules may be available.
• Professional training, certification maintenance, FEMA updates, readiness exercises, and workforce development activities are supported.
• Operations follow hirify.global’s Zero Harm culture and applicable safety, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements.