Project Operations Coordinator (J5)

Amentum•Washington, DC

20d•$115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Amentum is seeking an experienced project management professional to serve as Project Operations Coordinator for the Threat Finance Certification Program (TFCP), a formal certification program being designed and developed with the Department of War and the Defense Intelligence Agency for qualifying Counter Threat Finance professionals across the DoW, Defense Intelligence Enterprise, and Intelligence Community. The position is a strategic planning and integration role that synchronizes program execution across multiple development swim lanes and supports realistic, scalable delivery on schedule. The coordinator will build and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), map task interdependencies, apply project scheduling and critical path methodology, and serve as the authoritative gatekeeper for schedule changes. The role also translates team inputs into structured milestones and communicates schedule data and execution strategies to government and corporate leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Operations Management, Project Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and at least five years of relevant experience.
At least five years of experience in project coordination, master scheduling, or operations management within a DoW or DoD program environment.
Advanced, demonstrated proficiency with enterprise project scheduling software such as MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or Primavera, including building dynamic schedules with complex logic networks.
Strong understanding of project management principles, including critical path methodology, phased development planning, schedule risk analysis, and dependency mapping.
Proven ability to synthesize unstructured, high-tempo team inputs into structured, logical, and trackable milestones.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to brief complex schedule data and execution strategies to government and corporate leadership.
U.S. citizen at the time of application.
Active Top Secret/SCI government security clearance.
Subject to an initial background investigation and periodic reinvestigation.
Subject to initial and periodic counterintelligence-scope polygraph tests.
Subject to initial and random drug testing; drug testing cannot be conducted outside the continental United States.

Nice To Haves

Formal project management certification, such as PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, or PMI-SP.
Familiarity with Counter Threat Finance terminology or intelligence community operational frameworks.
Experience establishing an Integrated Master Schedule for military training, curriculum development, or personnel certification programs.
Advanced skills with Microsoft Power BI, Excel, or SharePoint Lists for building automated project tracking dashboards.

Responsibilities

Guide and align the DoW CTF certification program across multiple development swim lanes.
Build, update, and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule to support realistic, scalable execution.
Apply project scheduling expertise and critical path methodology to meet execution milestones.
Identify, track, and map critical task dependencies across the program.
Control project schedule changes and modifications as the authoritative schedule gatekeeper.
Support strategic planning and integration to ensure on-time delivery of the certification program.
Synthesize unstructured, high-tempo team inputs into structured, logical, and trackable milestones.
Brief complex schedule data and execution strategies to government and corporate leadership.