Description
Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Senior Program Scheduler to support United States Space Force (USSF) program within our Digital Modernization division. We are seeking an Integrated Platform Scheduler to develop and manage a comprehensive, dynamic scheduling solution that integrates multiple schedules from our hosted applications, program office milestones, and agile task management tools such as Jira.
In this role, you will be responsible for establishing a robust scheduling framework that aligns with our future architecture block release plan while incorporating risk analysis through Monte Carlo simulations. We need a strategic thinker with strong data integration, scheduling analysis, and risk assessment skills to ensure program success and timely execution and will be able to identify critical paths across environments and missions, run real-time schedule excursions, and provide executive-level reporting with clear, visually compelling roadmap outputs.
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This role reports through the Sector Scheduling Manager the larger enterprise-wide Leidos Corporate Earned Value Management (EVM) and Scheduling Center of Excellence (COE) for functional guidance while supporting the program on a day-to-day basis.
While this is a telework role, selected candidate is required to work Pacific Standard Time.
Primary Responsibilities:
Schedule Integration and Management:
- Responsible for applying scheduling theory to develop and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) schedule that ingests data from multiple hosted applications, program office milestones, Jira tickets, and external dependencies.
- Ensure seamless synchronization between the integrated schedule and Jira, mapping dependencies down to the ticket level.
- Align scheduling with the future architecture block release plan to support long-term strategic planning.
- Implement a scheduling framework that adapts dynamically to changes, risks, and shifting priorities.
- Set and maintain the baseline schedule. Implement program scheduling business rhythms, developing baseline schedules and associated artifacts to meet contractual/project requirements, and monitoring, analyzing, and reporting performance against baseline schedules to ensure that contractual objectives are met.
Risk Analysis & Critical Path Identification:
- Determine the critical path across different environments and mission objectives to pinpoint potential delays.
- Run Monte Carlo simulations to assess schedule risk, identify bottlenecks, and forecast completion probabilities.
- Develop and execute schedule excursions to model different scenarios and assess impact on project timelines.
- Provide real-time schedule performance analysis at weekly granularity, ensuring clear visibility into potential delays.
Reporting, Visualization & Leadership Communication:
- Create and deliver PowerPoint presentations, graphic one-pagers, and executive summaries to effectively communicate scheduling data, risks, and status updates to leadership.
- Generate executive-level reporting that clearly communicates schedule status, risk, and forecasted completion.
- Utilize third-party software to produce visually compelling one-pager roadmaps for leadership and stakeholders.
- Provide trend analysis and performance metrics to drive proactive decision-making and risk mitigation.
- Develop detailed planning documents, decision briefs, and ad hoc reports to support leadership discussions and program reviews.
Basic Qualifications:
- US Citizenship with Active Final Secret DoD Clearance.
- Able to work Pacific Standard Time.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification.
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in project scheduling, integrated master scheduling, or program planning in a technical environment. Equivalent years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Expertise in Microsoft Project and experience integrating data from applications such as Jira and other agile tools.
- Strong knowledge of Monte Carlo simulation techniques and tools for risk assessment (e.g., Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Risk, SSI Tools, or similar).
- Ability to identify and communicate critical path dependencies across multiple integrated schedules.
- Visualization & Communication Tools:
- Proficiency in PowerPoint, developing high-quality presentations and briefings.
- Experience with graphic design and visualization tools for creating executive-friendly roadmaps and reporting (e.g., SSI Tools, OnePager Pro, Tableau, Power BI, or similar).
- Strong technical writing skills for summarizing scheduling insights in reports and executive briefings.
- Ability to perform complex schedule analysis, evaluate performance trends, and provide actionable insights.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey technical scheduling details to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Must possess an understanding of advanced scheduling theory including experience with:
- schedule status processes
- schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point Analysis)
- baseline change control processes
- schedule execution metrics (BEI, CEI, CPLI, SV, SPI, etc.)
- Critical Path Method (CPM) and Margin/Float management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) scheduling within an Agile or DevSecOps environment.
- Familiarity with DoD, Intelligence Community, or Government contracting schedules and milestones.
Original Posting Date:
2025-02-18
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $80,600.00 - $145,700.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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