Defense Project Manager - Cross-Functional Delivery

MAGEE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Wildewood (MD); On-site; USD 62,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off including Holidays, PTO,

401(k) eligibility

Healthcare Eligibility including Med/D

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Employee Referral Bonus

Disability and Life Insurance

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Magee Technologies (MTech) seeks a Project Manager to direct high-stakes defense-related projects, ensuring on-time, under-budget delivery while meeting stringent requirements. You will manage scope, resources, and risks, coordinating engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes disciplined execution, data-driven decisions, and clear stakeholder communication to deliver mission-critical capabilities for national security.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of progressive experience in project management achieving project success, preferably within a defense contracting or related environment.
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and performance metrics.
• Experience with management types such as waterfall, agile, scrum.
• Experience with management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Project.
• Experience supporting DoD, NAVAIR, aerospace, aviation, or defense programs is highly desirable.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a security clearance if necessary.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with both organizational goals and client expectations.
• Develop, maintain, and actively manage integrated project schedules, budgets, resource plans, and performance metrics using established project management methodologies and tools.
• Monitor project execution against cost, schedule, technical, quality, and performance baselines, proactively identifying variances and implementing corrective actions.
• Oversee and coordinate with vendors, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure timely delivery of project components and adherence to predefined standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams spanning engineering, manufacturing, installation, quality, procurement, finance, data management, and other technical disciplines to successfully achieve project objectives.
• Implement and monitor project performance metrics to identify improvements and ensure compliance with NAVAIR and industry best practices.
• Ensure proper documentation of risks to include impacts and a thorough mitigation plan.
• Lead the resolution of project issues and conflicts, working collaboratively with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and airworthiness officials.
• Prioritize workload across engineering disciplines and manufacturing/installation facilities to align with project schedules and resource availability.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project strategy, adjustments, and progress.
• Close out project closeout activities, including financial reconciliation, data management, documentation, deliverable completion, lessons learned, and transition of remaining actions.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Problem-solving

Documentation

Adaptability

Education

BS/BA degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Management Information Technology

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Magee Technologies (MTech) seeks a Project Manager to direct high-stakes defense-related projects, ensuring on-time, under-budget delivery while meeting stringent requirements. You will manage scope, resources, and risks, coordinating engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes disciplined execution, data-driven decisions, and clear stakeholder communication to deliver mission-critical capabilities for national security.