Project Management Specialist (Project Analysis, Senior Analyst)

Location: St. Inigoes, Maryland, at NAWCAD Webster Outlying Field; 5 days onsite. Travel may be required up to 10% to customer sites, program reviews, and meetings.

Salary: $100,006.40–$114,400 per year.

Company

hirify.global delivers solutions in cyber, engineering, financial management, and information technology for government and defense customers.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules and integrated master schedules.
• Monitor milestones, deliverables, critical paths, project resources, staffing, procurement activities, budgets, and labor utilization.
• Analyze schedule and project performance, identify risks and delays, and support mitigation and issue resolution.
• Collect and validate project data for planning, execution, reporting, dashboards, metrics, and executive briefings.
• Coordinate with project managers, task leads, technical teams, stakeholders, and program review participants.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and recommend improvements to project controls and reporting processes.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional experience in project planning, project controls, scheduling, project analysis, or program support, with all required experience associated with large and complex U.S. Navy or other DoD programs.
• At least one year of experience leading project tasks, work efforts, or project teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, tracking milestones, monitoring resources and budgets, and managing staffing and procurement activities.
• Experience preparing project status reports and presenting project performance information to stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Management, Operations Research, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field; additional directly relevant experience may substitute for the degree subject to contract requirements.
• Current Secret clearance is required. The clearance process considers financial background aspects.

Nice to have

• Engineering, Prototyping, and Fabrication experience.
• Experience with U.S. Navy acquisition, modernization, logistics, engineering, or operational programs.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, project controls, earned value management, integrated master schedules, and schedule risk assessment.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes and program management best practices.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or similar scheduling and analysis tools.
• PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, or equivalent certification.
• Experience developing executive-level reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with health, life, disability, and retirement plans.
• Paid time off, tuition assistance, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Onsite work five days per week with eligibility for a Compressed Work Schedule; the schedule may change based on company or contract requirements.
• Collaborative, people-first workplace supporting employee growth.