Senior EVM & Project Controls Lead — Federal Programs

Ignite Digital; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

PTO

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

DoD government project experience

Volunteer and community engagement

Job summary

Ignite Digital seeks a Senior Project Controls Analyst to provide headquarters-level EVM, cost, schedule, and program controls support for a federal government client. The ideal candidate brings strong DoD experience and a track record of integrating cost, schedule, performance, and risk data for decision-making.

You will coordinate with program managers, cost estimators, schedulers, and contracting personnel while maintaining FAR/DoD EVM policy knowledge. A DoD security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Analytics, Project Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in project controls, EVM, financial analysis, cost estimating, scheduling, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting complex DoD or federal government programs.
• Advanced knowledge of EVM principles, EVMS requirements, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience analyzing IPMDAR, IPMR, IMS, or similar reporting.
• Experience with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Experience with EVM/cost tools such as Deltek COBRA or IBM Cognos.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior EVM and project controls subject matter expert supporting headquarters, program office, and portfolio-level requirements.
• Analyze program cost, schedule, performance, and risk to identify trends and emerging issues.
• Review contractor IPMDAR, IPMR, IMS, and other performance data for program health and compliance.
• Analyze EVM metrics including BCWS/PV, BCWP/EV, ACWP/AC, CPI, SPI, TCPI, EAC, ETC, and VAC.
• Evaluate cost and schedule variances, contractor explanations, corrective actions, and recovery plans.
• Develop independent assessments, forecasts, and recommendations for leadership.
• Support IBRs, baseline establishment, BCRs, replanning, rebaselining, contract modifications, and surveillance activities.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of FAR, DFARS, DoD EVM policy, acquisition guidance, and program management requirements.
• Coordinate across program managers, analysts, cost estimators, schedulers, technical leads, CAMs, contracting personnel, and industry partners.
• Integrate cost, schedule, technical, and historical performance data to identify and quantify risks.
• Conduct quantitative risk and scenario analyses.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings on program cost, schedule, risk, and performance.
• Provide recommendations to assist leadership with resource allocation, budgeting, contracting, and execution decisions.
• Develop standardized project controls processes, templates, and methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to automate data collection, reporting, forecasting, and analysis.

Skills

EVM principles

IPMDAR/IPMR

DoD experience

Scheduling tools

Excel

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Deltek COBRA

IBM Cognos

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Ignite Digital seeks a Senior Project Controls Analyst to provide headquarters-level EVM, cost, schedule, and program controls support for a federal government client. The ideal candidate brings strong DoD experience and a track record of integrating cost, schedule, performance, and risk data for decision-making.

You will coordinate with program managers, cost estimators, schedulers, and contracting personnel while maintaining FAR/DoD EVM policy knowledge. A DoD security clearance is required.