Principle Contract Specialist​/Program Mgr, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME

Category Procurement

Description

Established in 2006, Interactive Government Holdings, Inc. (IGH) is a leading professional services and technology provider to the Federal Government. Our mission is to serve uniformed service members globally and their support systems locally. We utilize strategy, data science, and technology to make the programs we execute more efficient for the people our programs serve. IGH has a national and international program staff and a corporate headquarters located in Springfield, Virginia.

We are proud of our ability to shape tomorrow while ensuring all active-duty personnel and reservists can carry out their critical missions and tasks today.

Interactive Government Holdings (IGH) is seeking qualified, trained and capable individual to serve as a Contract Specialist.

The Principal Contract Specialist / Program Manager provides senior-level acquisition leadership and program oversight in support of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's mission to safely overhaul, repair, and modernize the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet. The position leads complex procurement and contract‑management activities from acquisition planning through closeout while coordinating cost, schedule, technical, quality, and performance objectives across government and contractor teams.

This role serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, contracting officers, technical authorities, project teams, and mission partners. The incumbent applies sound business judgment, federal acquisition expertise, disciplined program controls, and proactive risk management to deliver compliant, timely, and cost-effective outcomes in a high‑consequence naval industrial environment.

Conduct services on‑site at the Contracting and Logistics office spaces primarily located at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Effectively utilize soft skills (e.g. clear and concise written and oral communication, problem solving, critical thinking, emotional intelligence).

Function effectively and efficiently during extended periods of high pressure and stress.

Function as an integral team member of highly trained professionals responsible for the safety and security of personnel and resources.

Provide critical analysis and pricing support, which utilizes advanced Excel functions to arrive at fixed‑priced rates and cost reimbursable projections extracted from very large datasets. Contractors must demonstrate strong experience in use of key advanced Excel functions and concepts such as:

Use of HLOOKUP, VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP functions for retrieving values from pricing data tables based on specific criteria to compute differential values and make extensive pricing adjustments to existing contracts and evaluate pricing for source selection on new solicitations

Expertise in constructing Pivot Tables used to quickly summarize, analyze, and report on large amounts of data containing millions of identifiable pricing points as well as creating special calculators for ACOs and CORs to facilitate invoice review and approvals involving multiple thousands of contractual pricing amounts for both fixed priced and cost reimbursable services.

Expertise in use of conditional formatting using custom formulas for visually highlighting relative values considered in price analysis.

Expertise in use of complex, nested functions.

Assist the program offices in preparing Independent Government Estimates (IGEs). Research may include, but is not limited to, previous purchases for the same products or services; current market value of the products or services; and other agency…