Program Scheduling Manager

Job Description:

  • Lead and direct a team of scheduling professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
  • Foster a collaborative environment and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
  • Drive significant improvements in scheduling processes and systems.
  • Develop new concepts and standards to enhance performance and ensure compliance with internal procedures and project control guidelines.
  • Communicate effectively within and outside the organization, including with customers and vendors.
  • Influence changes to scheduling practices and policies, and present schedule status and risk assessments to senior leadership.
  • Establish and implement short-term operational plans with measurable contributions towards departmental and business area results.
  • Responsible for creating and monitoring departmental budgets.
  • Manage scheduling projects within defined budgets and contribute to the development of new products, processes, or standards.
  • Oversee the creation and maintenance of integrated master schedules (IMS) using Statements of Work (SOW) and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
  • Ensure schedules are resource-loaded and compliant with Earned Value Management (EVM) standards.
  • Conduct and oversee critical path analysis, schedule risk analysis, and schedule metric analysis (e.g., BEI, CEI, CPLI, SPI).
  • Identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts to ensure project milestones are met.
  • Ensure schedules and plans are integrated across all functional groups and comply with internal program procedures and DECM metrics.
  • Lead scheduling status reviews and briefings with senior leaders.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related program scheduling experience
  • Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related program scheduling experience
  • In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related program scheduling experience
  • 4 years of experience with MS Project or similar software
  • 2 years of experience in a leadership role
  • Experience creating and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and supporting schedules
  • Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), critical path analysis, and schedule risk analysis
  • Familiarity with scheduling add-on tools such as OPDEC, Structured Solutions - SSI tools management, and RiskyProject
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform detailed schedule analysis, including variance analysis and network logic validation
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Attention to detail and quality of deliverables
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present complex information to senior leadership and external parties
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Knowledge of Planning & Scheduling Excellence Guide (PASEG), EVMS Standard (EIA 748-D), Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), and Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)
  • Experience with Agile Development methodologies and Monte Carlo Risk Analysis.
  • Experience in macro development is a plus.

Benefits:

  • health and disability insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • flexible spending accounts
  • EAP
  • education assistance
  • parental leave
  • paid time off
  • company-paid holidays
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